Our Mission

It's one thing to found the title industry, but to consistently remain a leader in that industry for more than 100 year

It's one thing to found the title industry, but to consistently remain a leader in that industry for more than 100 years is quite another accomplishment.

Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company traces its roots to the founding of the the title industry. In 1868, in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court case of Watson vs. Muirhead, 57 Pa. 161, the court ruled that conveyancers and attorneys were not liable for erroneous opinions based on professional standards of evaluation and Muirhead lost his investment. As a result, a group of conveyancers pledged to "insure the purchases of real estate and mortgages against losses from defective titles, liens and encumbrances." On March 28, 1876, the Real Estate Title Insurance Company of Philadelphia, the original predecessor of Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company, was formed . In that same year, the industry's first title insurance policy was issued to Martha Morris to protect her loan on a residential row home in Philadelphia.

As a subsidiary of LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc., Commonwealth has the resources to back up all of our work. Our top priority has and always will be to clients and homeowners looking for a company that upholds the highest moral standards.


Mission Statement

To be the preeminent economical, quick-turnaround national provider of a diversified set of services related to the transfer of ownership and other interests in real property.


Strength and Stability

LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc. is the parent company of Commonwealth Land Title Company:

• One of the largest families of title insurers in the nation


• The only one of the top three title insurers to increase assets every year since 1975


• National strength: more than 5,000 policy-issuing locations serving every state in the nation


• More than 98% of invested assets are investment grade or better