Austin Title began as a small, family-owned company in 1953 to handle builder and realtor business. It grew over the course of three decades until it was acquired by American Title Company a subsidiary of Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation.

In 1998 Lawyers Title Corporation* acquired Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company and Transnation Title Insurance Company from Reliance Insurance Company to become LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE:LFG)

LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc, is one of the nation’s leading providers of real estate transaction services and on September 19, 2002 introduced a new corporate brand identity and updated logo to unite all of its corporate-wide business offices.

Austin Title Company, renamed LandAmerica Austin Title, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc. located in Austin Texas with thirteen metro locations, with two more offices scheduled to open fall 2004.