First American Financial Corporation

First American Financial Corporation through its subsidiaries provides financial services. It operates through Title Insurance and Services and Specialty Insurance segments. The Title Insurance and Services segment issues title insurance policies on residential and commercial property as well as offers related products and services. This segment also provides closing and/or escrow services; products services and solutions to mitigate risk or otherwise facilitate real estate transactions; and appraisals and other valuation-related products and services lien release and document custodial services warehouse lending services default-related products and services mortgage subservicing and related products and services as well as banking trust and wealth management services. In addition it accommodates tax-deferred exchanges of real estate; and maintains manages and provides access to title plant data and records. This segment offers its products through a network of direct operations and agents in 49 states and in the District of Columbia as well as in Canada the United Kingdom Australia New Zealand South Korea and internationally. The Specialty Insurance segment provides home warranty products including residential service contracts that cover residential systems such as heating and air conditioning systems and various appliances against failures that occur as the result of normal usage during the coverage period. This segment operates in 35 states and the District of Columbia. The company was founded in 1889 and is headquartered in Santa Ana California.