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Violation Tracker Current Parent Company Summary

Current Parent Company Name: First American Financial
Ownership Structure: publicly traded (ticker symbol FAF)
Headquartered in: California
Major Industry: financial services
Specific Industry: insurance
Penalty total since 2000$21,472,851
Number of records: 30
Top 5 Offense Groups (Groups Defined)Penalty TotalNumber of Records
consumer-protection-related offenses$11,151,71023
competition-related offenses$10,180,0003
employment-related offenses$96,4302
environment-related offenses$44,7112
Top 5 Primary Offense TypesPenalty TotalNumber of Records
consumer protection violation$7,000,0001
kickbacks and bribery$5,680,0002
price-fixing or anti-competitive practices$4,500,0001
insurance violation$2,664,09420
privacy violation$1,487,6162
Notes: Parent-subsidiary linkages are based on relationships current as of the latest revision listed in the Update Log, which may vary from what was the case when a violation occurred. The penalty totals are adjusted to account for the fact that the individual entries below may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. The totals are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the list below.

Links: Subsidy Tracker data on financial assistance to this company by federal, state and local government agencies can be found here.

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CompanyPrimary Offense TypeYear sort iconAgencyPenalty Amount
First American Title Insurance Companyconsumer protection violation2002CA-AG$7,000,000
First American Financial Corp.environmental violation2002CA-SCAQMD$6,500
First American Title Insurance Companykickbacks and bribery2005HUD$680,000
The First American Title Insurance, Co.wage and hour violation2005WHD$24,067
The First American Title Companywage and hour violation2006WHD$72,363
First American Titleenvironmental violation2006CA-SCAQMD$38,211
First American Title Insurance Companykickbacks and bribery2007HUD$5,000,000
First American Title Insurance Co.insurance violation2007MN-FIN$500,000
First American Title Insurance Co.insurance violation2007MO-INS$150,344
First American Title Insurance Company of Oregoninsurance violation2008OR-FIN$6,000
First American Title Insurance Companyinsurance violation2009OR-FIN$61,000
First American Title Insurance Company of Oregoninsurance violation2009OR-FIN$18,000
First American Title Insurance Co.insurance violation2010MN-FIN$21,750
First American Title Insurance Co.insurance violation2011MD-INS$15,000
First American Title Insurance Co.insurance violation2012MO-INS$34,500
First American Title Insurance Co.insurance violation2012MO-INS$165,000
First American Title Insurance Co.insurance violation2013CO-INS$177,500
First American Titleinsurance violation2014IN-INS$12,500
First American Title Insurance Company:insurance violation2014UT-INS$73,000
First American Title Insurance Companyinsurance violation2016UT-INS$6,500
First American Title Insurance Co.insurance violation2019DE-INS$36,000
First American Title Insurance Co.insurance violation2020MD-INS$52,000
First American Title insurance Co.insurance violation2020CT-INS$40,000
First American Title Co.insurance violation2021CA-INS$50,000
First American Title Co.insurance violation2021CA-INS$1,185,000
First American Title Co.insurance violation2021CA-INS$55,000
First American Financial Corporationprivacy violation2021SEC$487,616
First American Title Insurance Company of Louisianainsurance violation2021LA-INS$5,000
First American Financial Corporationprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2023NY-AG$4,500,000
First American Title Insurance Companyprivacy violation2023NY-DFS$1,000,000
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.