Settlement Agent
Information Sheet
Current as of September 2026
Vendor information for lender third-party management and approved-agent files. Items that depend on Pennsylvania agency licensure are marked Pending rather than estimated.
Entity
- Legal name
- William Penn Settlement, LLC
- Entity type
- Pennsylvania limited liability company
- Business address
- 3950 William Penn Highway, Suite 5B
Murrysville, PA 15668 - Main telephone
- 724-733-7700
- Orders and documents
- [email protected]
- Website
- wpsettlement.com
- Ownership
- Attorney-owned: a single-member Pennsylvania limited liability company whose sole member is Ament Law Group, P.C. The two companies are affiliates, and an Affiliated Business Arrangement Disclosure is provided on every file where the firm may be engaged.
- W-9
- Furnished on request to [email protected].
Licensure and underwriting
- PA agency license
- PendingApplication with the Pennsylvania Insurance Department. The license number will be published here and in the site footer when it issues.
- Title underwriter
- PendingNo underwriter appointment is in place. Appointment follows agency licensure; the underwriter will be named here when it issues.
- Closing protection letters
- PendingA CPL is issued by the underwriter, not by the settlement agent. We cannot furnish one until the appointment above is in place, and we will say so on any file rather than let it reach the table without one.
- Principals
- John W. Ament, Esq., MBA — Principal; Pennsylvania attorney; licensed PA title agent since 2014.
W. Robert Ament, Esq. — Principal; Pennsylvania attorney; licensed PA title agent since 1996. Both principals examine files directly. Individual title agent licensure is current; the pending item above is agency-level licensure for the LLC. - Professional liability (E&O)
- PendingCertificate furnished on request once bound. Lenders who need the certificate before adding us to an approved list should ask; we will tell you where the placement stands.
- Fidelity bond / surety
- PendingFurnished on request once bound.
- ALTA Best Practices
- PendingNot yet assessed. We are not claiming certification or self-certification we do not hold.
Escrow, funds, and wire controls
- Account structure
- Settlement funds held in separate, federally insured fiduciary accounts, segregated from operating funds and reconciled daily.
- Disbursement controls
- Positive Pay on disbursement accounts; dual authorization on large wires.
- Inbound instructions
- Every payoff and disbursement instruction we receive is verified by verbal callback to an independently known number. We do not accept payoff or disbursement changes from email alone.
- Outbound instructions
- We never transmit or change our own wire instructions by email. Parties are instructed in writing that any emailed change is fraud until confirmed by telephone.
- Email environment
- Closing traffic runs on a dedicated email tenancy, separate from any other business.
- Borrower education
- Every file receives the closing-safety guide with the first email: wpsettlement.com/closing-safety and a one-page PDF.
Wire instructions are never published, emailed unsolicited, or changed by email. They are provided per file and confirmed by telephone to a number you already hold. Any instruction that appears to come from us by email and has not been confirmed by phone should be treated as fraudulent.
Services and operations
- Services
- Title search and examination, title insurance, escrow and settlement, disbursement, and recording for residential purchase, refinance, and commercial transactions.
- Counties served
- Westmoreland and Allegheny primarily, plus surrounding Western Pennsylvania counties. Full list: wpsettlement.com/service-areas
- Closing locations
- Our Murrysville office; the lender's office by arrangement; the realtor's office; evening appointments available.
- Title commitment review
- Every commitment is reviewed by a Pennsylvania attorney before issuance, refinances included.
- Rates
- Pennsylvania title insurance rates are filed and regulated (TIRBOP). Quotes identify which rate was applied. Realty transfer tax varies by municipality and school district; published rates for every municipality in Westmoreland and Allegheny: wpsettlement.com/pa-transfer-tax
- Closing Disclosure
- Seller CD prepared and balanced with the lender's closer prior to settlement.
- Document delivery
- Electronic delivery of commitments and closing documents. We will use the lender's secure portal where one is provided.
- Order acknowledgment
- Same business day, with the closing window confirmed in writing.
- Privacy and data
- Nonpublic personal information handled under our published privacy notice: wpsettlement.com/privacy
Read the pending items as pending. William Penn Settlement is a pre-licensure company. Until agency licensure and the underwriter appointment issue, we cannot issue title insurance or a closing protection letter, and this sheet says so in the rows above rather than burying it. Files can be opened and worked now; tell us your timeline and we will tell you plainly whether we can close it.
William Penn Settlement, LLC · 3950 William Penn Highway, Suite 5B, Murrysville, PA 15668 · 724-733-7700 · [email protected] · wpsettlement.com
William Penn Settlement, LLC provides title insurance and settlement services. It does not provide legal advice, and no attorney-client relationship arises from the use of its settlement services. Legal work is provided by Ament Law Group, P.C. under a separate written engagement and a separately disclosed fee; use of the firm is never required. PA agency licensure pending; our principals are licensed Pennsylvania title agents.