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- What Every Buyer and Seller Should Know About Title Insurance
- Most home sellers and buyers have been informed that obtaining title insurance will provide them necessary protection over possible title defects; but many remain uncertain about why this is so - or even about what title insurance is. At the Chicago Title and Trust Family of Companies, they believe they...
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- What's in a Title Search?
- A title search is a means of determining that the person who is selling the property really has the right to sell it, and that the buyer is getting all the rights to the property title that he or she is paying for. The search process can be undertaken by...
- White papers
- About the Title to Your Condominium Home
- Title insurance policies are an accepted form of protection for buyers of real estate, providing assurance that the buyer is receiving good title. Such a policy insures the rights of an owner, and makes certain that the owner will be able to convey good title when the time comes to...
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- S&P Affirms Fidelity Natl Fncl and Title Units Rtgs
- Business Editors NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Standard & Poor's Dec. 21, 2000--Standard & Poor's today affirmed its triple-'B' minus senior debt rating on Fidelity National Financial Inc. FNF. At the same time, Standard & Poor's affirmed its single-'A'-minus counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Fidelity National Title Insurance...
- Research articles 2000-12-21
- Irvine, Calif.-Based Title Insurance Company Launches Automated Business Unit.
- By Maria Zate, Santa Barbara News-Press, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 9--SANTA BARBARA, Calif.--Fidelity National Financial Inc. announced Tuesday that it has launched a new company called Property Insight, which will combine all of the automated operations from four of its title...
- Research articles 2002-01-09
- Fidelity forms New Title information company
- FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL INC., IRVINE, California, has launched a new company, Property Insight, Santa Barbara, California. Property Insight was formed to improve the speed and efficiency of real property title insurance underwriting by creating a nationwide capability for standardizing and automating title research. The new company combines all the automated...
- Research articles 2002-02-01
- $1.2B Deal Creates Largest U.S. Title Insurer.
- In a line of insurance where the top six companies command 90 percent of the market, two of them--Fidelity National Financial Inc. and Chicago Title Corp.--have announced a $1.2 billion deal that will create the largest player in the title insurance In a line of...
- Research articles 1999-08-09
- Fidelity National to acquire Chicago Title for 13.0 times earnings
- The Deal: Fidelity National Financial Inc. has agreed to acquire its larger rival Chicago Title Corp. for $1.2 billion in cash and stock. The acquisition will create the largest U.S. title-insurance company. The combination is expected to increase earnings between 8% and 12% and reduce costs by $65 million within...
- Research articles 1999-08-09
- Fitch Affirms Connecticut Attorneys Title Insurance Co. on Planned NJ Title Insurance Acquisition
- CHICAGO -- Fitch Ratings has affirmed the 'A-' insurer financial strength IFS rating of Connecticut Attorneys Title Insurance Company CATIC after the company announced its plan to acquire New Jersey Title Insurance Company NJ Title. The acquisition is expected to close in the fourth quarter and cost CATIC Financial, the...
- Research articles 2006-07-13
- State nears settlement with title firm
- The nation's largest title insurance company is expected to soon become the second to settle with Colorado regulators in a 15-state investigation of alleged kickbacks. Fidelity National Financial Inc., which owns six title insurers, is expected to announce soon a settlement with the Colorado Insurance Division without...
- Research articles 2005-03-04
- Fitch Affirms Connecticut Attorneys Title Insurance Company At 'A-'
- Business Editors CHICAGO--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 24, 2002 Fitch Ratings has affirmed the 'A-' insurer financial strength IFS rating of Connecticut Attorneys Title Insurance Company CATIC. The rating reflects CATIC's strong franchise in the Connecticut title insurance market, the company's efforts to expand into additional markets, a conservative investment policy,...
- Research articles 2002-09-24
- Healthcare Roundup: Medical Tourism Goes Pro, HCA CEO Out, Chicago Hospital Fails, and More
- More health-insurance plans paying for overseas care -- Medical tourism, or sending patients to cheaper overseas hospitals, appears to be the latest new tool for health-insurance companies and employers seeking to cut costs. Among the most recent developments: Blue Cross & Blue Shield of South Carolina created a medical-tourism subsidiary...
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- Fitch Affirms Connecticut Attorneys Title Insurance Company At 'A-'
- Business Editors CHICAGO--BUSINESS WIRE--May 25, 2004 Fitch Ratings has affirmed the 'A-' insurer financial strength IFS rating of Connecticut Attorneys Title Insurance Company CATIC. The rating reflects CATIC's strong balance sheet fundamentals and favorable five-year operating performance that has been driven by advantageous market conditions and a strong...
- Research articles 2004-05-25
- Fitch Affirms Connecticut Attorneys Title Insurance Company At 'A-'
- CHICAGO -- Fitch Ratings has affirmed the 'A-' insurer financial strength IFS rating of Connecticut Attorneys Title Insurance Company CATIC. The rating reflects CATIC's solid franchise in the Connecticut title insurance market, a conservative investment policy, strong capital position, favorable five-year operating performance and adequate agency monitoring systems. The rating...
- Research articles 2005-05-12
- Fitch Affirms Attorneys' Title Insurance Fund
- CHICAGO -- Fitch Ratings has affirmed the Insurer Financial Strength rating of Attorneys' Title Insurance Fund, Inc. The Fund at 'A-'. The Rating Outlook is Stable. The rating of The Fund is supported by its 19% share in the FL title insurance market, good profitability and improving risk-adjusted capital...
- Research articles 2006-07-24
- Fitch Maintains Stable Outlook on Title Insurance Industry
- Business Editors CHICAGO--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 13, 2003 After two consecutive record breaking years in title insurance, and despite expectations for a decline in industry revenues in 2003, Fitch Ratings continues to carry a Stable Outlook on the industry, following Fitch's annual review and outlook. Statutory net operating revenues...
- Research articles 2003-01-13
- Fitch Affirms Connecticut Attorneys Title Insurance Co. IFS at 'A-'
- CHICAGO -- Fitch Ratings has affirmed the insurer financial strength IFS rating of Connecticut Attorneys Title Insurance Company CATIC at 'A-'. The Rating Outlook is Stable. CATIC's ratings are favorably impacted by its solid franchise in the Connecticut title insurance market and a conservative balance sheet typified by a...
- Research articles 2007-07-31
- National Title Insurance Provider Restructures Acquisition.
- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 4 -- Fidelity National Financial's bid to become the nation's largest title-insurance company is in jeopardy. Faced with higher interest rates and a sagging stock price, Fidelity National said Friday that it would restructure its pending $1.2...
- Research articles 1999-09-03
- Burnet Financial Group Opens Burnet Title in Chicago; New Company Offers Home Buyers Greater Convenience, Better Service
- EDINA, Minn.--BUSINESS WIRE--June 4, 1996--Burnet Financial Group today announced the opening of Burnet Title, a full-service title insurance agency, in Chicago. The action follows Burnet Financial Group's merger with Prudential Preferred Properties in December 1995, and is part of Burnet's commitment to providing consumers with integrated real-estate services and...
- Research articles 1996-06-04
- Fitch Issues Report On Title Insurance Industry's Risk Adjusted Capital Position
- CHICAGO -- Fitch Ratings has completed its study on the U.S. title insurance industry's risk-adjusted capital RAC position at year-end 2004. The RAC ratio for Fitch's aggregate title insurer universe decreased slightly in 2004 relative to year-end 2003. This decrease reflects growth in several of the risk components of our...
- Research articles 2005-07-18
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