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LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc. was the third largest title insurance group in the US. It was incorporated in 1991 as Lawyers Title Corporation, and renamed LandAmerica after Lawyers Title acquired Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company and Transnation Title Insurance Company in 1998. It was headquartered in Glen Allen, Virginia.
The officers and board of the new company were the same as that of the Lawyers' Title Insurance Company, with the addition of Henry Morgenthau, president of Central Realty, as a member of the board and of the finance committee. The real estate of Central Realty was to be acquired by a syndicate or corporation to be organized by Henry Morgenthau ...
The first title insurance company, the Law Property Assurance and Trust Society, was formed in Pennsylvania in 1853. [1] Typically the real property interests insured are fee simple ownership or a mortgage. However, title insurance can be purchased to insure any interest in real property, including an easement, lease, or life estate.
Title insurance policies typically cost .67% of the property’s sale price, according to the American Land Title Association (ALTA). The total costs of a title insurance premium, settlement ...
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Joshua H. Morris, a conveyancer in Philadelphia, and several colleagues met on 28 March 1876 to incorporate the first title insurance company to address the issue.The new firm, they stated, would "insure the purchasers of real estate and mortgages against losses from defective titles, liens and encumbrances," and that "through these facilities, transfer of real estate and real estate ...
The company was known for accumulating a notable collection of historic photographs (now in the collection of the California Historical Society) and commissioning writers, such as W. W. Robinson, to write a series of pamphlets about the history of regions and neighborhoods in Southern California. [1] [2] The Title Insurance and Trust Company ...
First American Title had its initial public offering on the over-the-counter market in 1964 and, four years later, was restructured with the formation of The First American Financial Corporation as a holding company. First American Title became a subsidiary company and a trust business was conducted through First American Trust Company.