This article is about First American Corporation, for the similarly named banks see First American National Bank First American National Bank was a subsidiary of First American National Corporation, a financial institution based in Nashville, Tennessee that served the states of Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Kentucky, and Virginia. ...

First American Corporation provides business information services. The company is on the Fortune 500. It was founded as the Orange County Title Company, and remains the largest company in the real estate title insurance business. Other businesses the company is involved include: home warranty, resident screening, automotive and consumer credit reporting, insurance tracking services, property and casualty insurance, pre-employment screening, trust services, investment services and a thrift. The Fortune 500 is a ranking of the top 500 United States corporations as measured by gross revenue. ... Real estate is a legal term that encompasses land along with anything permanently affixed to the land, such as buildings. ... Title insurance is insurance against defects in title to real property, available in most but not all countries. ...

The company was founded in 1889 and is based in Santa Ana, California. It is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol FAF. 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Santa Ana is the largest city and the county seat of Orange County, California. ... New York Stock Exchange (June 2003) The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), also nicknamed the Big Board, is the largest stock exchange in the world (by dollar volume) and second largest by number of listings. ...

External links

• First American Corporation website

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