First American Corp (FAF) 39.91 $FAF
Affordability in Almost All Major Markets Continues to Improve in July, According to First American Real House Price Index
BusinessWire - Mon Sep 26, 10:00AM CDT
First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF), a leading global provider of title insurance, settlement services and risk solutions for real estate transactions, today released the July 2016 First American Real House Price Index (RHPI). The RHPI measures the price changes of single-family properties throughout the U.S. adjusted for the impact of income and interest rate changes on consumer house-buying power over time and across the United States at national, state and metropolitan area levels. Because the RHPI adjusts for house-buying power, it also serves as a measure of housing affordability.
FAF: 39.91 (-0.57)
Beat the Market with These High Dividend ETFs & Stocks
Sweta Killa - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Sep 23, 8:55AM CDT
The Fed once again duly turned investors' attention to the high-income investing corner of the equity world.
T: 41.14 (-0.14), LB: 73.33 (-1.87), UFS: 36.60 (-0.37), SDIV: 21.43 (-0.08), M: 36.24 (-0.38), XOM: 83.06 (-0.39), FAF: 39.91 (-0.57), HDV: 80.49 (-1.35), PEY: 15.61 (-0.12), WDIV: 63.02 (-0.62)
TitleVest Voted Best Title Agency for Fourth Consecutive Year
PRWeb - Thu Sep 22, 3:31PM CDT
TitleVest, a member of the First American family of companies and leading provider of title insurance and related real estate services, has earned New York Law Journal's Best Title Agency award for the fourth year in a row. TitleVest was named the best of the best, as determined by the seventh annual New York Law Journal Reader Rankings survey.
FAF: 39.91 (-0.57)
First American (FAF) Closes RedVisions Systems Buyout
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Sep 22, 9:35AM CDT
First American Financial Corporation (FAF) recently closed the buyout of RedVision Systems, Inc.
BRO: 37.19 (-0.30), FAF: 39.91 (-0.57), ACGL: 79.46 (-0.83), AIG: 58.25 (-0.48)
Edison Partners Exits RedVision Systems
PRWeb - Wed Sep 21, 9:09AM CDT
Edison Partners today announced that New Jersey-based RedVision Systems, the largest independent provider of title and real property research, has been acquired by First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF), a leading provider of title insurance, settlement services and risk solutions for real estate transactions.
FAF: 39.91 (-0.57)
First American Completes Acquisition of RedVision
BusinessWire - Wed Sep 21, 8:00AM CDT
First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF), a leading global provider of title insurance, settlement services and risk solutions for real estate transactions, today announced the completion of its acquisition of RedVision Systems, Inc., the largest independent national provider of title and real property research. RedVision, which is based in New Jersey and is now part of First American's Data and Mortgage Solutions division, offers title evidence solutions, including data, technology and managed services focused on the procurement and processing of title information. The company is recognized throughout the industry for its innovative, proprietary technology, which includes its production platform, TitleVision(2), and Nova(R), which offers a customizable and scalable solution for title research and production.
FAF: 39.91 (-0.57)
Market Potential Improves on the Back of Gains in Income, According to First American Chief Economist's Potential Home Sales Model
BusinessWire - Tue Sep 20, 10:00AM CDT
First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF), a leading global provider of title insurance, settlement services and risk solutions for real estate transactions, today released First American's proprietary Potential Home Sales model for the month of August 2016. The model provides a measure of what a healthy market level of home sales should be based on Chief Economist Mark Fleming's analysis of current economic and demographic factors and the dynamics of the housing market environment. For August, the model showed that the market for existing-home sales is underperforming its potential by 5.6 percent or an estimated 323,000 seasonally adjusted, annualized rate (SAAR) of sales, an improvement relative to last month's revised performance gap of -5.7 percent or 328,000 (SAAR) sales.
FAF: 39.91 (-0.57)
First American Ranked Among the 2016 Best Workplaces for Women by Fortune and Great Place to Work(R)
BusinessWire - Thu Sep 15, 11:00AM CDT
First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF), a leading global provider of title insurance, settlement services and risk solutions for real estate transactions, announced today that Fortune(R) and Great Place to Work(R) have recognized First American as one of the 2016 Best Workplaces for Women. The ranking is the result of an anonymous survey of 137,762 women employees from a variety of companies administered by Great Place to Work(R), a global authority on high-trust, high-performance workplace cultures.
FAF: 39.91 (-0.57)
Brown & Brown (BRO) Ramps Up Legal Professional Liability
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Sep 15, 9:18AM CDT
Brown & Brown of Connecticut, Inc., a subsidiary of Brown & Brown, Inc. (BRO), recently acquired the assets of Kronholm Insurance Services, Inc.
BRO: 37.19 (-0.30), FAF: 39.91 (-0.57), ACGL: 79.46 (-0.83), AIG: 58.25 (-0.48)
Forget MetLife (MET), Buy These 3 Insurance Stocks
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Sep 08, 10:31AM CDT
MetLife (MET) seems bothered by a host of factors ranging from regulatory to macroeconomic to industry specific issues
AGII: 55.34 (-0.60), PRU: 79.41 (-0.93), MET: 43.40 (-1.12), FAF: 39.91 (-0.57), AIG: 58.25 (-0.48), NATL: 32.47 (+0.02)
First American's New Deal to Boost Title & Property Business
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Sep 07, 9:26AM CDT
First American Financial Corporation (FAF) recently entered into an agreement to acquire RedVision Systems, Inc.
FAF: 39.91 (-0.57), FLT: 170.76 (+0.23), ACGL: 79.46 (-0.83), AIG: 58.25 (-0.48)
First American Announces Agreement to Acquire RedVision
BusinessWire - Tue Sep 06, 10:00AM CDT
First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF), a leading global provider of title insurance, settlement services and risk solutions for real estate transactions, today announced the signing of an agreement to acquire RedVision Systems, Inc., the largest independent national provider of title and real property research. RedVision, which is based in New Jersey, offers title evidence solutions, including data, technology and managed services focused on the procurement and processing of title information. The company is recognized throughout the industry for its proprietary technology, which includes its production platform, TitleVision(2), and Nova(R), which offers a customizable and scalable solution for title research and production.
FAF: 39.91 (-0.57)
First American Financial to Present at Barclays Global Financial Services Conference in New York City, Sept. 13, 2016
BusinessWire - Wed Aug 31, 4:00PM CDT
First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF), a leading provider of title insurance, settlement services and risk solutions for real estate transactions, today announced that company representatives will present at the Barclays Global Financial Services Conference on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016 at 3:30 p.m. EDT at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel in New York City.
FAF: 39.91 (-0.57)
Refinance Boom and Compliant Loan Production Processes Keeping Loan Defect Rate at Low Point, According to First American Loan Application Defect Index
BusinessWire - Wed Aug 31, 10:00AM CDT
First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF), a leading global provider of title insurance, settlement services and risk solutions for real estate transactions, today released the First American Loan Application Defect Index for July 2016, which estimates the frequency of defects, fraudulence and misrepresentation in the information submitted in mortgage loan applications. The Defect Index reflects estimated mortgage loan defect rates over time, by geography and by loan type. It's available as an interactive tool that can be tailored to showcase trends by category, including amortization type, lien position, loan purpose, property and transaction types, as well as state and market comparisons of mortgage loan defect levels.
FAF: 39.91 (-0.57)
Will Expected Rate Hike Heal Insurers' Cat Loss Wound?
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Aug 31, 9:58AM CDT
One of the sectors expected to gain from an interest rate hike is insurance.
PRI: 53.86 (-1.63), PFG: 49.42 (-0.38), FAF: 39.91 (-0.57), NATL: 32.47 (+0.02)
Forget The Hartford Financial, Buy These 3 Insurance Stocks
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Aug 31, 9:57AM CDT
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (HIG) is facing a rough patch with a number of factors acting against it.
AGII: 55.34 (-0.60), FAF: 39.91 (-0.57), NATL: 32.47 (+0.02), HIG: 42.38 (-0.39)
The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: First American Financial, Principal Financial Group, Heartland Financial and County Bancorp
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Aug 30, 8:30AM CDT
The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: First American Financial, Principal Financial Group, Heartland Financial and County Bancorp
PFG: 49.42 (-0.38), HTLF: 35.17 (-1.02), FAF: 39.91 (-0.57), ICBK: 19.76 (-1.00)
After a Hawkish Yellen, These 4 Financial Stocks are Best Buys
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Mon Aug 29, 9:05AM CDT
As Yellen asserted that the case for a rate increase is gathering steam, investing in solid financial stocks will be judicious.
PFG: 49.42 (-0.38), FAF: 39.91 (-0.57), HTLF: 35.17 (-1.02), ICBK: 19.76 (-1.00)
U.S. P&C Insurance: Buyer's Market Continues
Kalyan Nandy - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Aug 26, 3:53PM CDT
U.S. P&C Insurance: Buyer's Market Continues
STFC: 23.74 (-0.36), CINF: 74.42 (-0.54), PRA: 51.75 (-0.71), WTM: 825.34 (-0.66), FAF: 39.91 (-0.57), MCY: 54.83 (-0.32), AWH: 40.22 (-0.23), NATL: 32.47 (+0.02)
Affordability in Almost All Major Markets Continues to Improve in July, According to First American Real House Price Index
BusinessWire - Mon Sep 26, 10:00AM CDT
First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF), a leading global provider of title insurance, settlement services and risk solutions for real estate transactions, today released the July 2016 First American Real House Price Index (RHPI). The RHPI measures the price changes of single-family properties throughout the U.S. adjusted for the impact of income and interest rate changes on consumer house-buying power over time and across the United States at national, state and metropolitan area levels. Because the RHPI adjusts for house-buying power, it also serves as a measure of housing affordability.
FAF: 39.91 (-0.57)
Beat the Market with These High Dividend ETFs & Stocks
Sweta Killa - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Sep 23, 8:55AM CDT
The Fed once again duly turned investors' attention to the high-income investing corner of the equity world.
T: 41.14 (-0.14), LB: 73.33 (-1.87), UFS: 36.60 (-0.37), SDIV: 21.43 (-0.08), M: 36.24 (-0.38), XOM: 83.06 (-0.39), FAF: 39.91 (-0.57), HDV: 80.49 (-1.35), PEY: 15.61 (-0.12), WDIV: 63.02 (-0.62)
TitleVest Voted Best Title Agency for Fourth Consecutive Year
PRWeb - Thu Sep 22, 3:31PM CDT
TitleVest, a member of the First American family of companies and leading provider of title insurance and related real estate services, has earned New York Law Journal's Best Title Agency award for the fourth year in a row. TitleVest was named the best of the best, as determined by the seventh annual New York Law Journal Reader Rankings survey.
FAF: 39.91 (-0.57)
First American (FAF) Closes RedVisions Systems Buyout
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Sep 22, 9:35AM CDT
First American Financial Corporation (FAF) recently closed the buyout of RedVision Systems, Inc.
BRO: 37.19 (-0.30), FAF: 39.91 (-0.57), ACGL: 79.46 (-0.83), AIG: 58.25 (-0.48)
Edison Partners Exits RedVision Systems
PRWeb - Wed Sep 21, 9:09AM CDT
Edison Partners today announced that New Jersey-based RedVision Systems, the largest independent provider of title and real property research, has been acquired by First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF), a leading provider of title insurance, settlement services and risk solutions for real estate transactions.
FAF: 39.91 (-0.57)
First American Completes Acquisition of RedVision
BusinessWire - Wed Sep 21, 8:00AM CDT
First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF), a leading global provider of title insurance, settlement services and risk solutions for real estate transactions, today announced the completion of its acquisition of RedVision Systems, Inc., the largest independent national provider of title and real property research. RedVision, which is based in New Jersey and is now part of First American's Data and Mortgage Solutions division, offers title evidence solutions, including data, technology and managed services focused on the procurement and processing of title information. The company is recognized throughout the industry for its innovative, proprietary technology, which includes its production platform, TitleVision(2), and Nova(R), which offers a customizable and scalable solution for title research and production.
FAF: 39.91 (-0.57)
Market Potential Improves on the Back of Gains in Income, According to First American Chief Economist's Potential Home Sales Model
BusinessWire - Tue Sep 20, 10:00AM CDT
First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF), a leading global provider of title insurance, settlement services and risk solutions for real estate transactions, today released First American's proprietary Potential Home Sales model for the month of August 2016. The model provides a measure of what a healthy market level of home sales should be based on Chief Economist Mark Fleming's analysis of current economic and demographic factors and the dynamics of the housing market environment. For August, the model showed that the market for existing-home sales is underperforming its potential by 5.6 percent or an estimated 323,000 seasonally adjusted, annualized rate (SAAR) of sales, an improvement relative to last month's revised performance gap of -5.7 percent or 328,000 (SAAR) sales.
FAF: 39.91 (-0.57)
First American Ranked Among the 2016 Best Workplaces for Women by Fortune and Great Place to Work(R)
BusinessWire - Thu Sep 15, 11:00AM CDT
First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF), a leading global provider of title insurance, settlement services and risk solutions for real estate transactions, announced today that Fortune(R) and Great Place to Work(R) have recognized First American as one of the 2016 Best Workplaces for Women. The ranking is the result of an anonymous survey of 137,762 women employees from a variety of companies administered by Great Place to Work(R), a global authority on high-trust, high-performance workplace cultures.
FAF: 39.91 (-0.57)
Brown & Brown (BRO) Ramps Up Legal Professional Liability
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Sep 15, 9:18AM CDT
Brown & Brown of Connecticut, Inc., a subsidiary of Brown & Brown, Inc. (BRO), recently acquired the assets of Kronholm Insurance Services, Inc.
BRO: 37.19 (-0.30), FAF: 39.91 (-0.57), ACGL: 79.46 (-0.83), AIG: 58.25 (-0.48)
Forget MetLife (MET), Buy These 3 Insurance Stocks
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Sep 08, 10:31AM CDT
MetLife (MET) seems bothered by a host of factors ranging from regulatory to macroeconomic to industry specific issues
AGII: 55.34 (-0.60), PRU: 79.41 (-0.93), MET: 43.40 (-1.12), FAF: 39.91 (-0.57), AIG: 58.25 (-0.48), NATL: 32.47 (+0.02)
First American's New Deal to Boost Title & Property Business
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Sep 07, 9:26AM CDT
First American Financial Corporation (FAF) recently entered into an agreement to acquire RedVision Systems, Inc.
FAF: 39.91 (-0.57), FLT: 170.76 (+0.23), ACGL: 79.46 (-0.83), AIG: 58.25 (-0.48)
First American Announces Agreement to Acquire RedVision
BusinessWire - Tue Sep 06, 10:00AM CDT
First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF), a leading global provider of title insurance, settlement services and risk solutions for real estate transactions, today announced the signing of an agreement to acquire RedVision Systems, Inc., the largest independent national provider of title and real property research. RedVision, which is based in New Jersey, offers title evidence solutions, including data, technology and managed services focused on the procurement and processing of title information. The company is recognized throughout the industry for its proprietary technology, which includes its production platform, TitleVision(2), and Nova(R), which offers a customizable and scalable solution for title research and production.
FAF: 39.91 (-0.57)
First American Financial to Present at Barclays Global Financial Services Conference in New York City, Sept. 13, 2016
BusinessWire - Wed Aug 31, 4:00PM CDT
First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF), a leading provider of title insurance, settlement services and risk solutions for real estate transactions, today announced that company representatives will present at the Barclays Global Financial Services Conference on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016 at 3:30 p.m. EDT at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel in New York City.
FAF: 39.91 (-0.57)
Refinance Boom and Compliant Loan Production Processes Keeping Loan Defect Rate at Low Point, According to First American Loan Application Defect Index
BusinessWire - Wed Aug 31, 10:00AM CDT
First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF), a leading global provider of title insurance, settlement services and risk solutions for real estate transactions, today released the First American Loan Application Defect Index for July 2016, which estimates the frequency of defects, fraudulence and misrepresentation in the information submitted in mortgage loan applications. The Defect Index reflects estimated mortgage loan defect rates over time, by geography and by loan type. It's available as an interactive tool that can be tailored to showcase trends by category, including amortization type, lien position, loan purpose, property and transaction types, as well as state and market comparisons of mortgage loan defect levels.
FAF: 39.91 (-0.57)
Will Expected Rate Hike Heal Insurers' Cat Loss Wound?
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Aug 31, 9:58AM CDT
One of the sectors expected to gain from an interest rate hike is insurance.
PRI: 53.86 (-1.63), PFG: 49.42 (-0.38), FAF: 39.91 (-0.57), NATL: 32.47 (+0.02)
Forget The Hartford Financial, Buy These 3 Insurance Stocks
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Aug 31, 9:57AM CDT
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (HIG) is facing a rough patch with a number of factors acting against it.
AGII: 55.34 (-0.60), FAF: 39.91 (-0.57), NATL: 32.47 (+0.02), HIG: 42.38 (-0.39)
The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: First American Financial, Principal Financial Group, Heartland Financial and County Bancorp
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Aug 30, 8:30AM CDT
The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: First American Financial, Principal Financial Group, Heartland Financial and County Bancorp
PFG: 49.42 (-0.38), HTLF: 35.17 (-1.02), FAF: 39.91 (-0.57), ICBK: 19.76 (-1.00)
After a Hawkish Yellen, These 4 Financial Stocks are Best Buys
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Mon Aug 29, 9:05AM CDT
As Yellen asserted that the case for a rate increase is gathering steam, investing in solid financial stocks will be judicious.
PFG: 49.42 (-0.38), FAF: 39.91 (-0.57), HTLF: 35.17 (-1.02), ICBK: 19.76 (-1.00)
U.S. P&C Insurance: Buyer's Market Continues
Kalyan Nandy - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Aug 26, 3:53PM CDT
U.S. P&C Insurance: Buyer's Market Continues
STFC: 23.74 (-0.36), CINF: 74.42 (-0.54), PRA: 51.75 (-0.71), WTM: 825.34 (-0.66), FAF: 39.91 (-0.57), MCY: 54.83 (-0.32), AWH: 40.22 (-0.23), NATL: 32.47 (+0.02)
