First American Corp. News

New York Secures $13.75M From Title Insurer for Illegal No-Poach Agreements

New York Attorney General Letitia James announced an agreement with one of the nation’s largest title insurance companies to end its poaching agreements with competitors. The insurer, First American Financial Corp., will also pay a $4.5 million fine. The agreement …

Title Insurer First American Says App Defect May Have Exposed Customer Data

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 data. The statement was sent in …

New York Court Allows Lawsuit Over Bogus Home Appraisals

New York’s highest court allowed the state Tuesday to proceed with a lawsuit that had accused First American Corp. and its eAppraiseIt unit of colluding with the former Washington Mutual Inc. to fraudulently inflate home values. The Court of Appeals …