Chicago Title

Chicago Title Insurance Company provides title examination, title insurance, escrow and closing services for real estate transactions through local offices, which buyers find using an office locator and state pages on its site. Related services offered alongside title and settlement include notary services through Bancserv, home warranty contracts through Fidelity Home Warranty, property and casualty insurance, investment property exchange services, appraisals and national title information.

The company traces its business to 1847, when a Chicago law clerk devised a system for tracking every recorded instrument and legal proceeding affecting real estate titles in Cook County, Illinois. Successor firms, including Chase Brothers & Co., became Chicago Title and Trust Co., and the site says the business dates back more than 150 years.

In southern Nevada the brand operates alongside United Title and United Title of Nevada, which handle title and escrow for residential, commercial, industrial and vacant property; customers there can enrol in a complimentary service giving online access to property information and real estate calculators around the clock. A national rate calculator provides title insurance rate quotes, though online quotes are not available in Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma, and lenders needing Loan Estimate or Good Faith Estimate figures are directed to a separate tool.

The general line published on the site is (888) 934-3354, with claims at (877) 862-9111 or the Jacksonville Claims Center. The pages crawled do not list commercial national services offices, so identify the specific local or national commercial office that would handle an order before relying on a rate quote.