Public Abstract Corporation Officers
Company Profile
Public Abstract Corporation ("the Company"), a New York State Corporation, was established February 14, 1969,
in Rochester, New York. The Company serves banking and legal communities, as well as municipalities, developers,
corporations, business enterprises and homeowners, with complete search and title insurance products and services.
The Company provides comprehensive real property title services on local, state and national levels, with direct
operations throughout New York and affiliated offices throughout the nation.
Public Abstract Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of First American Title Insurance Company of New York
("First American"), a wholly owned subsidiary of one of the nation's largest title insurance underwriters, First American
Title Insurance Company.
The Company currently services 2,000 active clients throughout its nine branch office operations. To properly meet the
traditional and current needs of a diverse clientele, each branch office is staffed with highly skilled professionals, including
on-staff attorneys who are familiar with the complexities of commercial and residential land title law and local real estate
custom and practice. The Company's attorneys have assisted its clients in closing some of the highest profile, most
complex transactions throughout the country.
The cornerstone of effective title insurance involves rational and creative solutions to title problems consistent with the
elimination of risk. Public Abstract issues policies of insurance that protect its client's interests in real property.
As a wholly owned subsidiary of First American Title Insurance Company of New York, Public Abstract Corporation is able to make
all underwriting decisions at the local level and write insurance on a per transaction basis with no limit on the dollar amount
of coverage.
Public Abstract has gathered as much talent as possible to continually meet the levels of service and expertise required
by its clients. The Company has the most technically equipped proficient group of employees in the industry, whose
individual and collective goal is service to its clients. The Company's staff of approximately 300 employees, use common
sense solutions to resolve today's complicated underwriting problems - further reinforcing First American's leadership
position in the industry.
Founded in 1973, First American Title Insurance Company of New York operates through four offices and more than 180 agents
throughout the state of New York. The company is the preferred source for title insurance as well as a wide range of complementary
products and services. First American Title Insurance Company of New York is a wholly owned subsidiary of First American Title
Insurance Company, the largest subsidiary of The First American Corporation (NYSE: FAF), which traces its history to 1889.
First American Title is one of the largest title insurers in the nation, offering title services through nearly 1,500 offices and
an extensive network of agents throughout the United States and abroad. The company has its headquarters in Santa Ana, Calif.
Information about The First American Corporation?s subsidiaries and an archive of its press releases can be found on the Internet
at www.firstam.com.