| The First American Corporation, through its subsidiaries, is engaged in the business of providing business information, and related products and services. The Company has five segments that fall within two primary business groups, financial services and information solutions. The financial services group includes its title insurance and services segment and its specialty insurance segment. The Company's information and outsourcing solutions, data and analytic solutions and risk mitigation and business solutions segments comprise its information solutions group In June 2009, the Company acquired BasePoint Analytics, LLC, a provider of predictive analytic fraud and risk management solutions for the mortgage and global banking industries. In November 2009, the Company completed the buy-in of First Advantage Corporation. |