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Title Insurance: An American Tradition

In the midst of the nation’s centennial celebration in 1876, the direct corporate predecessor of Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company founded the title insurance industry. Since then, title insurance has become a part of the American ideals of progress and endurance. And all the while, Commonwealth has remained at the forefront of the very industry it founded.

1874	The Pennsylvania legislature passes an act that provides for the incorporation and regulation of title insurance companies
1876		As the U.S. celebrates its Centennial and Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone, Commonwealth’s predecessor founds the title insurance industry
1879		Thomas Edison develops the first light bulb
1903		Orville and Wilbur Wright accomplish historic flights near Kitty Hawk, N.C.
1907		The American Title Association, the forerunner of the American Land Title Association, is established
1910	Transamerica Title Insurance Company (now Transnation Title Insurance Company) is founded
1923		The first sound-on-film motion picture is demonstrated for the press
1927		Captain Charles A. Lindbergh makes the first non-stop New York-Paris flight
1929	Stock market crash begins the Great Depression. Commonwealth’s predecessor remains strong and stable
1931		The completion of the Empire State Building
1946		Commonwealth issues its one-millionth policy

It’s one thing to found an industry, but to consistently remain a leader in that industry for more than one hundred years is quite another accomplishment.

Today, the Commonwealth/Transnation organization represents one of the largest and most consistently profitable title insurance operations in the United States, protecting ownership across the nation and in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands with a network of more than 4,000 policy-issuing locations. As a representative of Commonwealth and Transnation, Landmark Title of Walworth, Inc. has the resources and backing of the industry founders.