In Brief: 1st American Buying Cleanup Risk Assessor

CLEARWATER, Fla. - First American Real Estate Information Services Inc., a subsidiary of First American Financial Corp., announced a strategic alliance with Environmental Risk Information and Imaging Services.

First American provides reporting and outsourcing services for mortgage lenders and servicers nationwide. Environmental Risk provides site-specific environmental due-diligence services supporting commercial and residential property transfers.

"We formed our alliance to further position our organization as the single-source provider of services that any lender or financial services firm might need," said John W. Long, First American's president. He said Environmental Risk has the largest data base of environmental hazard property information in the country.

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