First American Title Insurance Co., Santa Ana, Calif., has announced an agreement to acquire Columbian National Title Co., Topeka, Kan., and its affiliated title companies from McCaffree Financial Corp.The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Columbia National, a regional underwriter, is a licensed insurer in 11 states, including Kansas, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Montana, First American said. The affiliates of Columbian National are Columbian Title of Johnson City Inc.; Columbian Title of Kansas City Inc.; Columbian Title of Topeka Inc.; and Columbian Title of Wichita Inc. First American Title is the largest subsidiary of First American Corp., which can be found on the Web at http://www.firstam.com.
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A tour of the technology that banking has run on, dating back to Franklin's anti-counterfeit measures and the bank-note bulletin that preceded American Banker.
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