Fidelity closes in on LandAmerica deal 
Antitrust regulators must still grant approval
By Matt Carter, Wednesday, December 17, 2008.
Flickr photo by Allan Ferguson.Fidelity National Financial Inc. has the green light from Nebraska insurance regulators and a federal bankruptcy court in Virginia to buy LandAmerica Financial Group Inc.'s two largest underwriting subsidiaries, Lawyers Title Insurance Corp. and Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Co., for $282 million.
Should antitrust regulators approve the deal, Fidelity would surpass First American Corp. as the nation's biggest title insurance underwriter.
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