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California Title Rep Banned for Life Following First American’s $1M Fine
Dec 21 2021 // Title marketing representative Eugene Bleecker agreed to surrender his certificate of registration to market title insurance and accept a permanent ban on seeking another license from the California Department of Insurance...
Bamboo Insurance Acquires First American P/C Agency to Expand Nationally
Jun 18 2021 // Bamboo Insurance has acquired certain of the assets of First American Property and Casualty Insurance Agency of Santa Ana, Calif. from parent company title insurer, First American Financial Corp., which is exiting the...
AM Best Withdraws Credit Ratings of First American Property & Casualty and First American Specialty
May 28 2021 // AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B++ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of “bbb” (Good) of First American Property & Casualty Insurance Co. and First American Specialty...
Title Insurer First American to Exit P/C Insurance with Transfers to Safeco, Heritage
Jan 27 2021 // Title insurer First American Financial Corp. reported recently that its property/casualty insurance subsidiaries have entered into book transfer agreements with Safeco Insurance and Heritage Insurance Holdings. The...
First Charges Filed Under New York’s Cyber Reg Involve First American Data Leak
Sep 21 2020 // The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) filed cybersecurity charges against a title insurance provider for exposing millions of documents containing consumers’ personal information. The charges are...
First American Insurance Agency Acquires Massachusetts’ Morin & Foy
Jul 29 2020 // First American Insurance Agency, an independent insurance firm, has acquired Morin & Foy, a property and casualty firm situated in Brimfield, Mass. First American Insurance Agency is only acquiring the Brimfield,...
First Charges Filed Under New York’s Cyber Reg Involve First American Data Leak
Jul 22 2020 // The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has filed cybersecurity charges against a title insurance provider for exposing millions of documents containing consumers’ personal information. The charges...
Title Insurer First American Says App Defect May Have Exposed Customer Data
May 28 2019 // U.S. real estate title insurance company First American Financial Corp. said on Friday it had learned of a design defect in one of its production applications that had made possible unauthorized access to customer...
People – West
Aug 18 2014 // Salt Lake City, Utah-based The Buckner Co. is making several leadership changes. Terry H. Buckner, formerly the president and CEO, will now serve as chairman and CEO. Buckner plans to focus more of his attention now on...
Court Named President of First American Property and Casualty in California
Aug 11 2014 // First American Property and Casualty Insurance Group has named James J. Court president of the company. Court is based in the company’s office in Santa Ana, Calif. Dirk McNamee assumes the role of vice...
Verisk to Sell Mortgage Data Arm Interthinx to First American for $155M
Feb 7 2014 // First American Financial Corp., the second-largest U.S. title insurer, agreed to buy Interthinx Inc. from Verisk Analytics Inc. for $155 million to add data that serves the mortgage industry. The sale will increase 2014...
Mass.-Based First American Insurance Announces 2 Appointments
May 30 2012 // First American Insurance Underwriters, Inc., a Needham, Mass.-based wholesale life insurance, annuity, long-term care and disability income firm, announced two officer appointments.Thomas Curtin and David TyrrellFirst...
Supreme Court to Decide Whether Harm Needed in Kickback Suits
Nov 28 2011 // In a dispute pitting big business against consumer groups, the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Monday on whether a person has to suffer legal harm to sue a company over an alleged kickback it got. Cleveland home buyer...
Ratings: Guardian, Golden Bear, ARIC, SUIC, First American, Seminole
Jun 5 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating to ‘A-‘ (Excellent) from ‘B++’ (Good) and issuer credit rating to “a-” from “bbb+” of Guardian Insurance Company,...
California Wildfires May Take Longer to Settle
Jan 11 2009 // Industry analysts are predicting insured losses from the Freeway Complex, Sayre and Tea Fires that burned Southern California in mid-November will range from $600 million to $800 million, as of estimates gathered in early...
California Wildfires May Take Longer to Settle
Nov 30 2008 // Industry analysts are predicting insured losses from the Freeway Complex, Sayre and Tea Fires that burned Southern California in mid-November will range from $600 million to $800 million. Comparatively, those losses are...
California Insured Fire Losses Could Reach $800 Million
Nov 21 2008 // As the fires continue to burn in parts of southern California, industry analysts are predicting insured losses from the Freeway Complex, Sayre and Tea Fires will range from $600 million to $800 million. Catastrophe risk...
First American Spatial Solutions Releases Flood Catastrophe Model
May 13 2008 // First American Spatial Solutions launched its new U.S. flood catastrophe model, a key component of its suite of advanced flood risk solutions, which includes geospatial analytics, basic flood data, flood risk scoring and...
Ratings Roundup: Greenville, Delphi, First American, American Family, Well Point
Apr 25 2008 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘B’ (Fair) and issuer credit rating of “bb+” of Greenville Casualty Insurance Company, and has revised the outlook to positive from...
Ratings Recap: National Fire, Alliance Mutual, Farmers Branch, Millers Capital, First American
Apr 15 2008 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a” of National Fire & Casualty Company (NF&C) of Bloomington, Ill., a...
