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Litigation and Regulatory Contingencies
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2023
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Litigation and Regulatory Contingencies

Note 17 – Litigation and Regulatory Contingencies

The Company and its subsidiaries are parties to a number of lawsuits and are also involved in numerous ongoing routine legal and regulatory proceedings related to their operations. These lawsuits and proceedings frequently are similar in nature to other lawsuits and proceedings pending against the Company’s competitors. When the Company has determined that a loss is both probable and reasonably estimable, a liability representing the best estimate of the Company’s financial exposure based on known facts has been recorded. Actual losses may materially differ from the amounts recorded.

With respect to the Company’s outstanding ordinary course lawsuits and proceedings, the Company has determined either that a loss is not reasonably possible or that the estimated loss or range of loss, if any, will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. The Company’s ordinary course lawsuits include putative or purported class action lawsuits, which challenge practices in the Company’s title insurance and services and home warranty businesses.

The Company’s title insurance, property and casualty insurance, home warranty, mortgage servicing and subservicing, banking, thrift, trust and wealth management businesses are regulated by various federal, state and local governmental agencies. Many of the Company’s other businesses operate within statutory guidelines. Consequently, the Company may from time to time be subject to examination or investigation by such governmental agencies. Currently, governmental agencies are examining or investigating certain of the Company’s operations. Exams and investigations by governmental agencies include an investigation initiated in connection with the information security incident that occurred during the second quarter of 2019 by the New York Department of Financial Services. The New York Department of Financial Services has alleged violations of its cyber security requirements for financial services companies and filed a statement of charges on July 22, 2020, as amended on March 10, 2021, and the previously scheduled administrative hearing has been postponed and not rescheduled. While the ultimate disposition of the New York Department of Financial Services matter is not yet determinable, the Company does not believe that it or any of the other pending examinations or investigations will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. Some of these exams or investigations could, however, result in changes to the Company’s business practices which could ultimately have a material adverse impact on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.