Home services: profiles
Last updated: 2026-10-20
We do not score home warranty companies or inspector associations. Whether a plan pays depends on the contract and the claim, which we cannot test. Listed alphabetically.
ASHI (American Society of Home Inspectors)
Nonprofit trade association.
Its top credential, ASHI Certified Inspector, requires at least 250 fee-paid inspections and the National Home Inspector Examination.
Profile and sources →Choice Home Warranty
Private. Settled state consumer fraud cases in New Jersey (2015) and Arizona (2026).
Agreed in January 2026 to pay Arizona $11.8M and change its sales practices; it denies the allegations.
Profile and sources →First American Home Warranty
Segment of a public title insurer.
Paid out 41.4% of premiums in claims in 2025, down from 48.8% in 2023, and earned a 19.5% pretax margin.
Profile and sources →Frontdoor (American Home Shield)
Public company. Brands: American Home Shield, HSA, OneGuard, Landmark, 2-10 HBW.
Agents hand out warranties at closing, but the real estate channel was only $141M of Frontdoor’s $2,093M revenue in 2025. Renewals were 76%.
Profile and sources →HomeServe
Private. Owned through Brookfield Infrastructure since Jan 2023.
Sells repair plans for water, sewer, gas and electric lines, mostly through 1,300+ utilities and cities whose logos appear on its mail.
Profile and sources →InterNACHI (International Association of Certified Home Inspectors)
Nonprofit trade organization, founded 1994.
Backs participating inspectors with a ‘We’ll Buy Your Home’ guarantee, with strict conditions.
Profile and sources →Last verified 2026-10-20. Figures were re-read from the linked sources that day.
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- Section published: hub, three sub-hubs, six profiles and three comparisons, from filings, state attorney general records and organization pages read this day.