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First American Financial Corp is engaged in the business of providing title insurance, settlement services, and other financial services and risk solutions. The group's reportable segments are: Title insurance and services, Home warranty, and Corporate. Maximum revenue is generated from the Title insurance and services segment, which provides title insurance, closing, escrow, and related services domestically and internationally in connection with residential and commercial real estate transactions. This segment also provides solutions to mitigate risk and facilitate real estate transactions, along with offering banking, trust, warehouse lending, mortgage subservicing and wealth management services. The majority of the group's revenue is generated from escrow fees and insurance premiums.

Berkshire Hathaway is a holding company with a wide array of subsidiaries engaged in diverse activities. The firm's core business segment is insurance, run primarily through Geico, Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group, and Berkshire Hathaway Primary Group. Berkshire has used the excess cash thrown off from its operations to acquire Burlington Northern Santa Fe (railroad), Berkshire Hathaway Energy (utilities and energy distributors), and the companies that make up its manufacturing, service, and retailing operations (which include Precision Castparts, Lubrizol, Clayton Homes, Marmon, and IMC/ISCAR). The conglomerate is unique in that it is run on a completely decentralized basis.