| As far as the company's evolution in Ohio...in 1954, Robert Swadey started Midland Title
Security, Inc., a small title agency, with a chair and a folding card table. Later through the purchase
of Commerce Title, Celtic Title, and Colonial Title, the company grew to be one of the largest title agencies
in Ohio. First American purchased Swadey's company in 1982 and proceeded to earn the Number One position
in Ohio title premium market share. |