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The Talon Group, a newcomer to the title insurance fray, is creating tension in the industry by recruiting employees away from Central Ohio's largest title company, Chicago Title Insurance Co.
Talon, a newly-created division of First American Title Insurance Co., has hired 35 workers, many from Chicago Title's Central Ohio office, over the last two months.
And it's Just getting started, said one of its Columbus managers. The company, which operates from an office near Polaris, is opening branches later this month in Westerville, Pickerington and Upper Arlington.
The company has hired Jim Steller and Joe Barone - two industry veterans from Chicago Title - to launch Talon's Ohio, Indiana, Florida, and Michigan operations.
Steller co-owned a Columbus title agency and sold it to Chicago Title in 1991. More...