524127 Direct Title Insurance Carriers

Official definition

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in initially underwriting (i.e., assuming the risk and assigning premiums) insurance policies to protect the owners of real estate or real estate creditors against loss sustained by reason of any title defect to real property.

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS descriptions.

When to use a different code

Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:

• Reinsuring title insurance policies are classified in Industry 524130, Reinsurance Carriers.
• Researching public land records for ownership of titles and/or conveying real estate titles are classified in U.S. Industry 541191, Title Abstract and Settlement Offices.

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS cross-references.

Activities listed under 524127

The Census index assigns these 5 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Guaranteeing titles
• Insurance carriers, title, direct
• Insurance underwriting, title, direct
• Real estate title insurance carriers, direct
• Title insurance carriers, real estate, direct

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 524127

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 524127, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed $47 million in average annual receipts. Check your business.

Source: SBA table of size standards, effective March 17, 2023.

Closest UK SIC 2007 codes

There is no official one-to-one link between NAICS and UK SIC. These codes share the same international class (ISIC Rev. 4: 6512), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 65120Non-life insuranceUK SIC

Built from Census concordances 2022→2017 NAICS and 2017 NAICS→ISIC Rev. 4.

Similar codes to compare

• 524126Direct Property and Casualty Insurance Carriers
• 524128Other Direct Insurance (except Life, Health, and Medical) Carriers