Title insurance. Insure against the seller's ownership being defective.
It is a financial instrument.
It exists to relieve The seller may not truly own what they are selling. That is the whole reason it is here: nothing enters this map without a human problem behind it.
It could not exist without Property law and title records. These are the quiet preconditions — remove any one and the solution stops working.
3 organisations in this map sell it, 3 of them publicly listed.
Its neighbourhood
Everything this entry connects to directly. Click any point to follow it.
The line back to a human being
4 hops from a person at a phase of life. The further a thing sits from the person, the more abstract it looks — and the more it tends to be mistaken for something that came from nowhere.
- SolutionTitle insurance
- FrictionThe seller may not truly own what they are selling
- SolutionMortgage
- FrictionNeed a shared home before you can afford to own one
- Life phaseHousehold formation
- Rooted inScarce resources
- Rooted inShelter
- Rooted inUncertainty
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Who sells it
| Organisation | Value | Type | Products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fidelity National Financial | $16B | public · FNF | title insurance, F&G annuities |
| First American Financial | $7B | public · FAF | title insurance, escrow |
| Radian Group | $5B | public · RDN | private mortgage insurance, title services |