Fidelity National Financial provides title insurance, escrow, and other services related to real estate transactions. It is now the big dog in the title insurance sector, (the next largest player is First American) and accounts for more than 45% of all title insurance policies in the US. The company operates through underwriters including Fidelity National Title Company, Chicago Title, Ticor Title, Security Union Title, and Alamo Title. It sells its products both directly and through independent agents. Fidelity National Financial's specialty lines include flood and home warranty insurance.

Financial Guaranty Insurance Company provided credit enhancement on public finance (including transportation, state and local leases, and municipal electric utility), structured finance (asset-backed securities including mortgage and consumer loans), and global infrastructure and utility securities. FGIC has historically guaranteed the scheduled payments of principal and interest on an issuer's obligation. Founded in 1983, the company is owned by investors including mortgage guaranty insurer The PMI Group. FGIC is currently not issuing new policies or paying claims.

First American provides financial services through its Title Insurance and Services segment and its Specialty Insurance segment. The First American Family of Companies’ core business lines include title insurance and closing/settlement services; property data and automated title plant records and images; valuation products and services; home warranty products; property and casualty insurance; and banking, trust and investment advisory services.First American serves homebuyers and sellers, real estate professionals, loan originators and servicers, commercial property professionals, homebuilders and others involved in residential and commercial property transactions with products and services specific to their needs.

FPIC Insurance Group, Inc., through its subsidiary companies, is a leading provider of medical professional liability (MPL) insurance for physicians, dentists and other healthcare providers. The company's largest subsidiary, First Professionals Insurance Company, Inc., is the largest writer of MPL insurance in Florida and has served the market for 35 years. The company is also a leading writer of MPL insurance in Texas as a result of the company's acquisition of Advocate, MD Insurance Group, Inc. and subsidiaries. Other core markets include Georgia, Arkansas and Missouri. Licensed in 32 states, FPIC insurance subsidiaries currently have policyholders in a total of 13 states.

Gracy Title Company (which does business as Gracy Title, A Stewart Company) provides title insurance and related services to customers throughout Central Texas. Operating from about 15 offices in and around the capital city, it offers coverage for home purchases, assumptions, construction, and a number of other transactions for customers including developers and lenders. Gracy Title also participates in the SureClose online transaction management service. The oldest title company in Texas, Gracy Title was founded in 1873. In 2008 parent company Stewart Title merged sister subsidiary Stewart Title Austin into Gracy Title.

Heritage Title Company offers title insurance, marketing, and escrow services throughout Central Texas and beyond. Its products cover office, industrial, retail, multifamily, and residential properties. The company is an independent agent for underwriters such as First American Title and Chicago Title (part of Fidelity National Financial). Heritage Title Company, founded in 1984, operates three offices in Austin, Texas.

Founded in 1904, IFIC provides surety insurance in all 50 US states; Washington, DC; and Puerto Rico. IFIC writes five lines of surety: contract (which accounts for about half its business), commercial, bail, customs, and subdivision (covers construction costs related to municipal property projects such as fixing curbs or sewer lines). IFIC has a strong history with small contractors, primarily in its home base of New Jersey. The company operates more than two dozen branches throughout the US; its biggest concentration of offices is on the East Coast.

Title provides real estate title insurance and escrow closing services for residential and commercial property transactions. The company operates offices throughout the US. Along with the basic title insurance and escrow services, the company also offers other title-related services. The company was a subsidiary of LandAmerica Financial Group from 2003 until 2008 when it was sold to Fidelity National Financial. It now operates alongside Fidelity National's other title operations.

MBIA will make sure that bonds get paid, no matter what. Its independent subsidiary, National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation, is a leading provider of insurance for municipal bonds and stable corporate bonds (such as utility bonds) in the US. Separately, its MBIA Insurance Corporation provides global structured finance products and non-US public financial guarantees. MBIA's Cutwater business manages assets for public-sector clients. Other lines of business include tax compliance services and buying and servicing municipal real estate tax liens.

MGIC (www.mgic.com), the principal subsidiary of MGIC Investment Corporation, is the founder and leader of the private mortgage insurance industry, serving more than 3,300 lenders with locations across the country and Puerto Rico. MGIC provides a critical component of our country's residential mortgage finance system, protecting mortgage investors from credit losses. Mortgage insurance from MGIC also benefits consumers by helping them achieve homeownership sooner with low-down-payment loans.

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