Violation Tracker Individual Record
Company:
First American Title Insurance Company
Current Parent Company:
First American Financial
Penalty:
$7,000,000
Year:
2002
Date:
October 8, 2002
Offense Group:
consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense:
consumer protection violation
Violation Description:
A group of title companies agreed to pay a total of $50 million to settle allegations that they engaged in deceptive advertising and unfair business practices in their escrow services.
Level of Government:
state
Action Type:
agency action
Agency:
California Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case:
civil
Facility State:
California
HQ Country of Parent:
USA
HQ State of Parent:
California
Ownership Structure of Parent:
publicly traded
Major Industry of Parent:
financial services
Specific Industry of Parent:
insurance
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Parent company note:
Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.
