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The company's origins date back to 1889 when Orange County, California separated from Los Angeles County. The two firms that stepped in to deal with the title matters in the newly established county later merged, thus forming the Orange County Title Company. This company was the forerunner to the First American Title Insurance Company, which would later become the First American Financial Corporation's largest subsidiary.
By 1963, the company had established operations in four states and eventually became the first title insurance provider in Mexico, Korea, and Hong Kong. In 2010, the First American Financial Corporation's real estate information businesses were separated from its title and financial services operations. This resulted in two independent companies. The information and analytics operations took on the name of CoreLogic Inc. and the financial services and title technology operations became the First American Financial Corporation.
Today, the company's main offerings include title insurance and closing settlement services; title plant management services; title and other real property records and images; valuation products and services; home warranty products; property and casualty insurance; and banking, trust, and investment advisory services. It's major subsidiaries include the First American Title Insurance Company; Data Trace; First American Data Tree; FAF International; First American Trust, FSB; First American Thrift; First American Property and Casualty Insurance Company; First American Homebuyers Protection Group: and First American-India.
Career opportunities with the First American Financial Corporation are available in financial services, technology, marketing, and law. Benefits typically include medical, dental, and vision coverage; flexible reimbursement accounts; a healthy steps program; a 401(k) savings plan and an employee stock purchase plan; life and disability insurance; group legal, auto, and veterinary pet insurance plans; and fitness discounts. Additionally, employee advancement opportunities are available through live webinars, classroom courses, and online courses in a range of areas including business skill development, workplace compliance, sales, information technology training, and more.
There are 166 job listings with the First American Financial Corporation at www.hound.com, including a posting for a senior internal auditor in Santa Ana, California. This position will be responsible for internal audits in conformity with FAF policies and procedures. He or she will be expected to contribute to the audit process by identifying and evaluating accounting, auditing, and internal control issues during the put forth effective solutions. Applicants should have a Bachelor's degree in accounting, business administration, or economics and at least four years of related audit experience. CPA, CA, or CIA professional designation is desirable.
The company also has an opening for a short sale specialist in Okemos, Michigan. This position will aid sellers and agents in gaining lender approvals for short payoff closings. The selected candidate will be responsible for gathering the necessary documents to submit the short sale request to the sellers lender and will maintain communication with all parties. Two years of title or mortgage insurance experience is desired and short sales experience is preferred. Bilingual candidates will be favored.
The keywords for a job search with the First American Financial Corporation include title insurance, financial services, investment, escrow, real estate, property insurance, casualty insurance, specialty insurance, and homebuyers insurance.
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