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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...
- White papers
- 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
- What Happens in Escrow?
- An escrow is an arrangement in which a disinterested third party, called an escrow holder, holds legal documents and funds on behalf of a buyer and seller, and distributes them according to the buyer's and seller's instructions. People buying and selling real estate often open an escrow for their protection...
- 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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- 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
- Patent Market Maker pl-x.com Partners With Transaction Assurance Leader Chicago Title Company
- PASADENA, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 5, 1999-- The Patent & License Exchange Inc. (pl-x.com), the first e-commerce market-maker for intellectual property-based intangible assets, announced today a strategic partnership with Chicago Title Company for e-commerce transaction assurance services. pl-x.com's suite of unique risk and knowledge management tools to enhance market liquidity...
- Research articles 1999-10-05
- Chicago Title and Trust Company Installs Electronic Document Warehouse from Mobius Management Systems, Inc
- RYE, N.Y.--BUSINESS WIRE--June 9, 1998-- New System Provides Instant Access to Over 500,000 Pages of Documents via Company Intranet Chicago Title and...
- Research articles 1998-06-09
- California Financial Firm Buckles Down to Buy Chicago Title Insurer.
- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 8 -- Now that last week's hoopla has died down, it's clear that creating a new Orange County-based titan in the title insurance business won't be easy. When Fidelity National Financial announced it was buying Chicago ...
- Research articles 1999-08-08
- Irvine, Calif.-Based Title Insurer Working to Complete Chicago Title Deal.
- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 21 -- Fidelity National Financial said Wednesday that it was "furiously working" to complete its purchase of rival Chicago Title, a $1.2 billion deal announced this summer that would transform the Irvine company into America' No. 1 title insurer....
- Research articles 1999-10-20
- Chicago Title and Trust Has Roots in Bakersfield, Calif.(Originated from The Bakersfield Californian)
- Jun. 11--Chicago Title and Trust Co., the nation's oldest and largest such company, is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year. While the Bakersfield office may have only opened six years ago, the office has roots that date back to local title...
- Research articles 1997-06-11
- Chicago Title Corp. Wasn't Fidelity National's First Choice.
- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 2 -- Merge or die. Alone, Chicago Title Corp. and Fidelity National Financial Inc. both knew they couldn't survive in an increasingly competitive industry that demanded financial heft and resources. So Sunday, the No. 3 and...
- Research articles 1999-08-04
- Chicago title opens two new LA offices
- company notesLos Angeles--Chicago Title, the subsidiary of Santa Barbara-based Fidelity National Financial, has opened two new escrow offices in the Los Angeles area. The two locations stand at 15260 Ventura Blvd. in Sherman Oaks and 19191 S. Vermont Ave. in Torrance. The Sherman Oaks office will be handled by Irene...
- Research articles 2002-01-01
- Irvine, Calif.-Based Fidelity National to Buy Rival Insurer Chicago Title.
- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 2 -- Irvine-based Fidelity National Financial Inc. on Sunday said it is buying rival Chicago Title Corp. for $1.2 billion in cash and stock, creating the nation's largest insurer of property titles. The deal means Fidelity will...
- Research articles 1999-08-03
- Area title agency changes name
- Northwest Title Agency of Ohio and Michigan, Inc. has officially changed its name to Chicago Title for all six of its offices. For nearly 25 years, Northwest Title Agency has been the exclusive Chicago Title provider in the Toledo market, also serving Monroe, Michigan. and is a wholly owned subsidiary...
- Research articles 2005-03-01
- Big Title Merger Gets FTC Approval.(Brief Article)
- WASHINGTON--The Federal Trade Commission has agreed to the merger of Fidelity National Financial Inc., Irvine, Calif., and Chicago Title Corp., Chicago. But in order to get the deal done, the parties had to agree to sell title plants in six Californi WASHINGTON--The Federal Trade Commission has...
- Research articles 2000-01-17
- Hollinger probes Chicago title's misstatement of circulation figures
- CHICAGO AFP ? The troubled Hollinger International Inc. media group said that its Chicago Sun-Times newspaper had misstated circulation figures for the "past several years," and was the subject of an internal investigation. A Hollinger spokesman said the probe was launched in May, the same month that the group...
- Research articles 2004-06-15
- $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
- Irvine, Calif.-Based Title Insurer's Shareholders Approve Merger.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- Feb. 10--IRVINE, Calif.--Shareholders of Fidelity National Financial approved the company's proposed purchase of rival Chicago Title on Wednesday, putting the industry-dominating $1.2 billion deal one step closer to completion. Chicago Title shareholders are expected to follow suit Friday, when they meet in special...
- Research articles 2000-02-10
- 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
- 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
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