Court Named President of First American Property and Casualty in California

First American Property and Casualty Insurance Group has named James J. Court president of the company.

Court is based in the company’s office in Santa Ana, Calif. Dirk McNamee assumes the role of vice chairman.

Court has served as senior vice president and chief operating officer since 2007 and has been with the company since 1999.

Before joining First American Property and Casualty, Court held operations and information technology leadership positions with Printronix Inc. and MGE UPS Systems.

First American Property and Casualty is a wholly-owned subsidiary of First American Financial Corp.