The
five
states
with
the
largest
title
premium
volumes
in
Q1
2025
were
Texas
($580.87
million),
Florida
($448.04
million),
California
($321.71
million),
New
York
($271.92
million)
and
Pennsylvania
($138.99
million).
The
same
five
states
held
the
top
spots
in
2024.

All
five
states
posted
year-over-year
increases
in
volume
during
Q1
2025,
with
New
York
recording
the
largest
increase
at
42.7%
and
Florida
posting
the
smallest
gain
at
6.3%.

Top
underwriters
by
market
share
as
of
the
first
quarter
of
2025
included


First
American
Title
Insurance
Co.
at
22.9%,


Fidelity
National
Title
Insurance
at
14.1%,


Old
Republic
National
Title
Insurance
Co.
at
14%,

Chicago
Title
Insurance
Co.
at
12.9%
and


Stewart
Title
Guaranty
Co.
at
9.2%.

Chicago
Title
is
part
of
Fidelity.
With
27%
of
the
market,
it
was
again
the
largest
firm
by
share
of
premiums
written
in
Q1
2025.

In
2024,
First
American’s
market
share
was
22.2%,
while
Old
Republic’s
was
14.3%,
Fidelity’s
was
27.7%
and
Stewart’s
was
9.2%.
Stewart
has
been
looking
to
reclaim
some
of
the
business
it
lost
in
recent
years
as
the
firm’s
market
share
was
10.6%
as
recently
as
2019.

The
other
top
10
companies
for
Q1
2025
were

Westcor
Land
Title
Insurance
Co.
with
4.2%
of
the
market,

Commonwealth
Land
Title
Insurance
Co.
(3.2%),

Title
Resources
Guaranty
Co.
(3.1%),

WFG
National
Title
Insurance
Co.
(2.7%)
and

First
American
Title
Guaranty
Co.
(1.7%).

First
American
Title
Guaranty
replaced


Doma
Title
in
the
top
10.

Although
the
so-called

Big
Four
still
command
the
overwhelming
majority
of
the
market
with
a
combined
share
of
73.1%,
their
collective
grip
is
not
what
it
once
was.

In
2019,
independent
title
underwriters
such
as
Westcor
and
WFG
had
a
combined
market
share
just
shy
of
15%,
which
increased
to
26.9%
in
2024.