Latest First American Headlines
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Ratings Recap: Darwin, First American, CIGNA, First Marine, SUA, Tailwind/Northwind/Unum
Feb 12 2008 // A.M. Best Co. has assigned an issuer credit rating (ICR) of “bbb-” to Darwin Professional Underwriters, Inc. (DPUI) of Wilmington, Del. and has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A-‘...
Ratings Roundup: Ambac, Prospect Medical, First American Title
Jan 22 2008 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has placed Ambac Assurance Corp.’s financial strength, financial enhancement, and issuer credit ratings and Ambac Financial Group Inc.’s senior unsecured, issuer...
Information Firm First American to Spin-Off Insurance Divisions
Jan 15 2008 // The First American Corp., an $8.5 billion provider of business information, said it will spin-off its title insurance and specialty insurance reporting segments, into a separate public company to be called First American...
Fla. Title Co. to Pay $5 Million in Penalties
Nov 16 2007 // In violation of the Florida Insurance Code and federal law, First American Title Insurance Company agreed to pay $5 million in penalties and costs after allegedly paying “kickbacks” to builders, bankers, real...
First American Home Cuts 1,300 Jobs
Sep 6 2007 // Shares of First American Corp. dipped Wednesday after the seller of home title insurance said it would eliminate 1,300 full-time jobs and cut some executive perks to trim costs during the ongoing housing slump. Shares fell...
iLeads.com Partners with The First American Financial Corporation To Enhance Insurance Leads
Jul 11 2007 // Shared Data Allows for Real-Time Calculation of Underinsurance Newport Beach, CA. iLeads.com, the nation’s leading provider of internet-generated consumer leads for the insurance and mortgage industries, and The...
New Mexico PRC Asking Why Former Superintendent Didn’t Investigate
Mar 8 2007 // New Mexico’s Public Regulation Commission is asking why former Insurance Superintendent Eric Serna did not investigate a title insurance company that admitted giving more than $300,000 to a builder in what a state...
First American Property & Casualty Insurance CIO Named Elite 8
Nov 10 2006 // Santa Ana, Calif.-based First American Property & Casualty Insurance Co. a member of The First American Corp. family of companies, announced that Jim Court, vice president and chief information officer of First...
N.Y. Title Insurance Rates Slashed
Jun 30 2006 // New York Superintendent of Insurance Howard Mills and Attorney General Eliot Spitzer announced that the insurance department has approved 15 percent rate reductions for title insurance companies that cumulatively have 93...
Brooke Sells Stock of Topeka Company
Mar 25 2005 // Overland Park, Kan.-based agency franchisor Brooke Corp. announced that it has sold all of its holdings of First American Capital Corp. to the company in a privately negotiated transaction. First American is the holding...
Brooke Explores First American Capital Buyout
Jul 13 2004 // Overland Park, Kan.-based franchise agency company Brooke Corp. announced that its board of directors’ executive committee has authorized management to explore the possible acquisition of additional shares of...
Insurity Licenses Software to First American Corp.
Jun 18 2002 // Insurity, a ChoicePoint® company, has signed First American Insurance Company to a multi-year software licensing agreement. First American will use Insurity’s Commercial Intellisys® platform to process general...
QualCorp’s FormsPlus Policy Chosen by First American Insurance Co.
Mar 27 2002 // California-based QualCorp, Inc. of Valencia has announced that First American Insurance Co. of Stamford, Conn. has signed a two-year agreement with QualCorp, Inc. In a move to automate their directors & officers and...
Aon Corp., First American Form Partnership
Nov 29 2001 // Aon Corporation’s risk services group and The First American Corporation, a diversified provider of business information and related products and services, announced a strategic partnership to market First...
Golden Eagle Pulls Out of Homeowners Market in California
Oct 15 2001 // San Diego-based Golden Eagle Insurance announced in September that it would cease offering new policies for homeowners and dwelling fire in California. The company also sells insurance in neighboring Arizona, but this move...
