The Knight Barry Title Group is a trade name for several title insurance agencies operating in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Florida and Texas under the names:
Knight Barry Title, Inc.
Knight Barry Title Solutions, Inc.
The history of Knight Barry Title began in April 1836 when the pioneering Albert G. Knight arrived in Racine, Wisconsin. On December 29th of that year, the area became known as Racine County. Soon after that, Albert became the County Clerk and the County Treasurer and, in 1854, formed a company dealing with title abstracts. Knight’s company was responsible for storing the original plat maps of Racine County in a brick vault in his office next to the County Courthouse. When the Courthouse burned down on January 24, 1861, Knight's records were used to restore the court's records. Over 170 years later, Knight Barry Title still provides random missing documents to the County when needed. Since that auspicious beginning, the company has remained in the hands of leaders, including a Register of Deeds, County Clerk, Treasurer, Assessor, and Under Sheriff.
In 1979, Jeffrey B. Green and Estelle Siegman purchased the company (then known as Knight-Barry Abstract Company) from the Patrick and Foldy families and renamed it Knight Barry Title. In 1994, they expanded the company beyond Racine County and opened an office in the City of Kenosha, Wisconsin. The company focused on the Racine and Kenosha markets for many years until Jeff hired his stepson, Craig Haskins, after he graduated from the University of Florida.
Together, Jeff and Craig began an aggressive expansion plan for the company to capitalize on the technological advances Knight Barry Title created in the early 2000s when the internet became the main distribution method for data and information to lenders. Craig created a proprietary software system called The Q, which today contains millions of lines of code and is maintained by an in-house software development department. It would be a decade more until the company’s competitors offered such services.
During that time, Knight Barry Title looked to grow quickly. Its first acquisition was of Port Abstract & Title in Port Washington, Wisconsin, in 2001. More than 20 years later, with over a dozen Wisconsin acquisitions under their belts, Craig and Jeff focused on other states - namely Minnesota - and acquired several companies there. Soon after beginning its expansion into Minnesota, the focus turned to Florida, and in early 2019, Knight Barry Title acquired two agents in the Florida panhandle. Now, our offices span several Florida towns and cities. In mid-2020, during the COVID-19 crisis, Knight Barry Title found its way to Houston, Texas, and opened its first office there.
To this day the company analyzes 10-15 agency acquisitions per year and is always looking for that next great opportunity.
Today, the Knight Barry Title Group has over 80 offices in Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, and Florida with more than 400 experienced title, closing, and escrow professionals making it one of the largest title agencies in the US.
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