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Fidelity National Financial company history timeline

1961

1961: Fidelity National Title Insurance Co. (FNTIC) is incorporated in Nebraska; Chicago Title Insurance Co. is formed that same year.

1980

The company's current incarnation began to take form in 1980.

1981

1981: FNTIC, with revenues of $6.2 million, is the 48th largest title insurer in the United States.

1985

The sale of stock to employees in 1985 gave Fidelity the distinction of being the nation's first and only employee-owned title insurance underwriter.

1992

1992: Fidelity moves to the New York Stock Exchange.

1993

Year-end 1993 revenue was $575 million.

1994

Fidelity deepened its involvement in technical services when it purchased, in 1994, ACS Systems Inc.

1996

Fidelity brought the country's eighth largest title underwriter into the fold in 1996 and, by doing so, doubled its existing agency base.

1998

In 1998, nine years after its initial entry in the state, FNTIC would merge with Alamo Title and gain the number two spot among underwriters in Texas.

1999

But the first half of 1999 saw the industry slumping again in response to rising interest rates and a slowing down of property transactions.

In addition, Chicago's reserves-to-revenue ratio was nearly double Fidelity's, according to a 1999 Forbes article.

2000

According to Forbes, the company is considered one of the top 2000 largest public companies in the world.

2001

Formed in 2001 through a merger with and reorganization of VISTA Information Solutions, FNIS was the largest provider of Multiple Listing Services in the nation only a year into operation.

2002

Coinciding with the 2002 year-end report, Fidelity announced plans to acquire Alltel Information Services for approximately $1 billion.

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