I don’t see where anyone has said ‘how’ to apply for a stand-alone approval. A few people have asked but Lisa keeps replying. I don’t want to go through a signing agency. I have the insurance and all the qualifications. Can someone please give me the information.
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It is my understanding that you have to be sponsored my an escrow officer or work under a signing service as an approved vendor for 2 years to apply to go direct. If you are doing direct business now then ask the escrow office to help push the app thur. You going by yourself is not very successful from what im told.
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This is the million dollar question of the century! @LISA1 can you help us with this question? After a notary has been an “approved” Fidelity Notary for 2 years, you said in one of your comments on this thread that, a notary can THEN be independently approved through Fidelity as long as their E&O is increased to 100k. Is this true and if it is, who/where/how do we go/do to get this independent approval WITHOUT a sponsor?
Hi there,
after 2 years you can be hired by a Fidelity company escrow officer. I would suspect your E&O insurance needs to be $100k.
My company has to have $5 million E&O
$5 million of Automobile insurance
$5 million of Cyber Crime
$5 million of General Liability
I think there is another one… but cant off hand remember.
But as a signing agent, so far its just the E&O, and you will be listed on their web site for those agents who look for their own signing agents, and not through a company like C2C.
I hope this helps
Lisa
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Thank you very much for your reply.
Lisa,
You say you “suspect” our E&O Insurance needs to be 100K. Do you know for sure? I’m asking because you seem to have a close direct relationship with them and I’ve been trying to get a response from Fidelity on this issue and have never been given clarification. How does an independent notary who has been sub-contractor Fidelity Certified for the 2 years, get certified as an independent notary with them? Explain what you mean by “hired by a Fidelity company escrow officer”.
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I was advised that I was fidelity approved but how do I verify this?
I want to see how to get Fidelity Approved. May you please tell me where to start with this? Do I need to go to an escrow company or can I apply to Fidelity?
Michbeecher I was told I was ‘Fidelity Approved’ by a couple signing agencies who sponsored me for that but that just means I am approved to do Fidelity signings for them. It definitely does not mean I am “Fidelity Approved” nationwide, which I verified when I called the FNTG (Fidelity National Title Group) people to ask. So far I’ve never seen a direct answer on how to become truly "Fidelity Approved. I’m no longer trying to do that since I’m so busy anyway but at least it’d be nice to know how to get that Holy Grail Fidelity Approved checkmark.
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Hello Lisa,
I just emailed you please reply thank you.
You are most likely an approved Fidelity subcontractor notary, which means you are approved to work as subcontractor to one of the many signing services who have contracts directly with Fidelity.
To become a Fidelity approved independent notary, contact your regional Fidelity office (my regional office email is approved-notary-nocal@fnf.com) for information to start the process.
You will need industry references Fidelity can confirm, a $100,000 E&O policy, and some additional requirements specific to your state. Then wait.
Be aware that Fidelity will not approve you as an independent notary if you are a licensed real estate agent/broker.
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I received an email from “approved-notary-socal@fnf.com” reminding me to update my contact info/profile in order to receive the background check renewal reminders and any other new communication from Fidelity National Title Group. Really, I need a reminder? 
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Thank you so much for sharing this information on the forum! I appreciate you!
As a newbie THANK YOU for the tip 
I will increase my E&O from 25K to 100K
Lisa,
Can you reach out to me about Fidelity Approval? Thanks.
Andrew
Does anyone have information on becoming Fidelity Approved?
Lisa helped me too. I have done 30+ signings for C2C and have had no issues. Since becoming Fidelity approved, i have received signings from Chicago Title (Through SnapDocs/C2C).
bi Berk can cover ALL your current and future branches of your Notary business, i.e., Notary Signing Agent, RON. (I don’t work for them, just thought I would throw it out there). My point being is that it is not THAT hard or expensive to carry a large amount of E&0. It IS more expensive than the E&O offered by NNA, but it covers more. You can go forth with confidence that what you are doing IS actually covered.
Lisa, Can you help me become Fidelity Approved or guide me in the steps to do it