First American Corp.

Public Company, Headquarters Location
1 First American Way, Santa Ana, CA 92707-5913, United States
(800)854-3643, (714)800-3000, (714)541-6372 fax, http://www.firstam.com

Primary SIC: Information Retrieval Services, Primary NAICS: Internet Service Providers
Description: The First American Corporation, through its subsidiaries, is engaged in the business of providing business information and related products and services. The company was founded in 1894 as Orange County Title Company. First American has five reporting segments that fall within two primary business groups: financial services and information solutions. The financial services group includes the title insurance and services segment and its specialty insurance segment. The information and outsourcing solutions, data and analytic solutions, and risk mitigation and business solutions segments comprise its information solutions group. In 1924, First American began issuing title insurance policies. In 1986, the company began a diversification program that involved the acquisition and development of business information companies closely related to the real estate transfer and closing process. In 1998, First American expanded its diversification program to include business information products and services outside of the real estate transfer and closing process. On January 15, 2008, First American announced its intention to separate its financial services companies from its information solutions companies via a spin-off transaction, resulting in two separate publicly traded entities. More

Services: Insurance: Title insurance. Manufacturing: Publisher of real estate information directories. Services: Information retrieval services for the mortgage industry and developer of real estate software. Finance: Nationally chartered non-depository trust and holding company.