Board of Directors

Jim is the President & CEO of CATIC Title Insurance Company.  He received his B.S. in Finance, cum laude, from the University of Connecticut. While attending law school, he worked for a high-volume residential law firm in East Hartford, CT where he was a title searcher for three years. He graduated from Western New England College School of Law and started work for a national title insurance underwriter in 1995. In October 2015 he was named President and Chief Executive Officer of CATIC. 

A 20-year veteran of the title industry, Jim has held many positions and has experience in claims administration, underwriting, sales, and operations management. A Past President of the Connecticut Title Association, he is a member of the Connecticut Bar Association's Real Property Section, the New England Land Title Association, the American Land Title Association, and the Real Estate Finance Association of Connecticut.

A graduate of Syracuse University and New York Law School, Larry spent 16 years engaged in the private practice of law before entering the title insurance industry in 1994, gaining extensive transactional and litigation experience.  He has served as state underwriting counsel, claims counsel, regional underwriting counsel and national underwriting counsel before joining CATIC Title in August of 2018 as a senior vice president and senior underwriter. 

Larry has been the director of a state-licensed continuing education school for over 20 years, authoring and presenting programs to title agent and bar groups in the northeast and mid-Atlantic states.  He has spoken before ALTA, the NJSBA, the NJLTA, and the NAILTA on ethics, and a variety of real estate and title related subjects.  He is a past president of the New Jersey Land Title Association and delegate to the New Jersey Land Title Insurance Rating Bureau.  Larry is a frequent contributor to The Advocate, the NJ statewide title industry publication and is the author of The CATIC Title Courier.    

Ken is a founding member of Goldman Gruder & Woods, LLC and Chairman of the Real Estate Law Practice Group, where he has practiced since 1995. Goldman Gruder & Woods, LLC has offices in Norwalk, Greenwich and Trumbull, Connecticut and Tarrytown, New York. He handles all aspects of residential and commercial real estate law, including purchases, sales, refinances, evictions, foreclosures, short sales and loan workouts. Attorney Gruder is an important personal advisor to many real estate developers, builders, lenders and other clients. A graduate of George Washington University and The Boston University School of Law, Ken is a frequent lecturer on many topics involving real estate law and has spoken before the Greater Fairfield Board of Realtors, Greater Bridgeport Board of Realtors and the Stamford Board of Realtors. Ken is also an affiliate member of the Mid-Fairfield County Association of Realtors. Ken also served as General Counsel for the Connecticut Multiple Listing Service for over ten years and was involved in its formation. Ken presently serves as general counsel for several religious non-profit organizations in Connecticut.

Stephen Maggiola has been in the title business for more than forty years, first as a title searcher, then in private practice after graduating from UConn School of Law in 1980, and later as counsel for title insurance companies, joining CATIC in 2009. He has extensive experience in all aspects of real estate law.

Mr. Maggiola is admitted to practice in New York and Connecticut. He is an emeritus member of the Executive Committee of the Real Property Section of the Connecticut Bar Association, and a member of the Real Property Section of the New York State Bar Association, The New York State Land Title Association, Past President of the Connecticut Title Association, former chairman of the Town of Fairfield Planning and Zoning Commission, and former Board Member of Habitat for Humanity of Coastal Fairfield County.

Steve presently serves as Senior Vice President and New York State Counsel for CATIC Title Insurance Company in Tarrytown, NY.  

Tom received his BA from St. Anselm’s College, then served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Army and was awarded the Bronze Star for his service in Vietnam. He received his JD from Suffolk University Law School and served as the Prosecutor for the City of Chicopee before joining his current firm, Murphy McCoubrey.

Tom is a member of the Massachusetts and Hampden County Bars and past President of the Chicopee Bar Association. He has been a Trustee of the Chicopee Chamber of Commerce, President of the Chicopee Boys & Girls Club, Director of the Chicopee Savings Bank, Director of Baystate Medical Center, and past Chairman of the Board of Elms College. Tom is also the Founder and past Chairman of EstateWorks, and current Chairman of the Board of Convenient Cards.