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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=5>UNITED STATES</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=5>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Washington, D.C. 20549</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=5>FORM 8-K</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>CURRENT REPORT</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE </font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  November 17, 2009</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=5>LANDAMERICA FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>Commission file number: 1-13990</font></p>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Virginia</font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>54-1589611</font></b></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(State of incorporation)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>5600 Cox Road</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Glen Allen, Virginia</font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>23060</font></b></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(Address of principal executive offices)</font></p> </td>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code: </font><b><font size=2>(804) 267-8000</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font face=Wingdings>o</font><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;Written communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font face=Wingdings>o</font><font size=2>&nbsp; Soliciting material pursuant to Rule&nbsp;14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font face=Wingdings>o</font><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font face=Wingdings>o</font><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Other Events.</font></b></p> </td> </tr></table>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>On November 17, 2009, the Company filed the Monthly Operating Report for the period from September 1, 2009 to September 30, 2009 with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond Division.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Bankruptcy Court has presided over the Company&#146;s Chapter 11 case since its voluntary petition filing on November 26, 2008.&nbsp;&nbsp;A copy of the Monthly Operating Report is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is incorporated herein by reference into this Item 8.01.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The Company cautions investors and potential investors not to place undue reliance upon the information contained in the Monthly Operating Report, which was not prepared for the purpose of providing the basis for an investment decision relating to any of the Company&#146;s securities.&nbsp; The Monthly Operating Report is limited in scope, covers a limited time period, and has been prepared solely for the purpose of complying with the monthly reporting requirements of the Office of the United States Trustee.&nbsp; The Monthly Operating Report was not audited or reviewed by independent accountants, is in a format prescribed by applicable requirements of the Office of the United States Trustee and is subject to future adjustment and reconciliation.&nbsp; There can be no assurance that, from the perspective of an investor or potential investor in the Company&#146;s securities, the Monthly
Operating Report contains any information beyond that required by the Office of the United States Trustee.&nbsp; The Monthly Operating Report also contains information for periods that are shorter or otherwise different from those required in the Company&#146;s reports pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), and such information might not be indicative of the Company&#146;s financial condition or operating results for the period that would be reflected in the Company&#146;s financial statements or in its reports pursuant to the Exchange Act.&nbsp; Results set forth in the Monthly Operating Report should not be viewed as indicative of future results.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>This report and Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 to this report may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 with respect to the Company's financial condition, results of operations, and business that is not historical information.&nbsp; As a general matter, forward-looking statements are those focused upon future or anticipated events or trends and expectations and beliefs relating to matters that are not historical in nature.&nbsp; The words &#147;believe,&#148; &#147;expect,&#148; &#147;plan,&#148; &#147;intend,&#148; &#147;estimate,&#148; or &#147;anticipate&#148; and similar expressions, as well as future or conditional verbs such as &#147;will,&#148; &#147;should,&#148;&nbsp; &#147;would,&#148; and &#147;could,&#148; often identify forward-looking statements.&nbsp; The Company believes that there is a reasonable basis for its
expectations and beliefs, but they are inherently uncertain, and the Company may not realize its expectations and its beliefs may not prove correct.&nbsp; The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.&nbsp; The Company&#146;s actual results and future financial condition may differ materially from those described or implied by any such forward-looking statements as a result of many factors that may be outside the Company&#146;s control.&nbsp; Such factors include, without limitation, developments in the bankruptcy proceedings, the results from the disposition of the Company&#146;s various businesses and other matters.</font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>99.1</font></p> </td>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>SIGNATURE</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</font></p>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font SIZE=2>LANDAMERICA FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>By:</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>/s/ G. William Evans&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:21.0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>G. William Evans</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:.25in;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Executive Vice President and </font></p>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Date:&nbsp; November 17, 2009</font></p> </td>
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  November 17, 2009
LANDAMERICA FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Commission file number: 1-13990
Virginia
54-1589611
(State of incorporation)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
5600 Cox Road
Glen Allen, Virginia
23060
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(804) 267-8000
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 8.01
Other Events.
On November 17, 2009, the Company filed the Monthly Operating Report for the period from September 1, 2009 to September 30, 2009 with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond Division.  The Bankruptcy Court has presided over the Company's Chapter 11 case since its voluntary petition filing on November 26, 2008.  A copy of the Monthly Operating Report is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is incorporated herein by reference into this Item 8.01.
The Company cautions investors and potential investors not to place undue reliance upon the information contained in the Monthly Operating Report, which was not prepared for the purpose of providing the basis for an investment decision relating to any of the Company's securities.  The Monthly Operating Report is limited in scope, covers a limited time period, and has been prepared solely for the purpose of complying with the monthly reporting requirements of the Office of the United States Trustee.  The Monthly Operating Report was not audited or reviewed by independent accountants, is in a format prescribed by applicable requirements of the Office of the United States Trustee and is subject to future adjustment and reconciliation.  There can be no assurance that, from the perspective of an investor or potential investor in the Company's securities, the Monthly
Operating Report contains any information beyond that required by the Office of the United States Trustee.  The Monthly Operating Report also contains information for periods that are shorter or otherwise different from those required in the Company's reports pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and such information might not be indicative of the Company's financial condition or operating results for the period that would be reflected in the Company's financial statements or in its reports pursuant to the Exchange Act.  Results set forth in the Monthly Operating Report should not be viewed as indicative of future results.
This report and Exhibit 99.1 to this report may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 with respect to the Company's financial condition, results of operations, and business that is not historical information.  As a general matter, forward-looking statements are those focused upon future or anticipated events or trends and expectations and beliefs relating to matters that are not historical in nature.  The words "believe," "expect," "plan," "intend," "estimate," or "anticipate" and similar expressions, as well as future or conditional verbs such as "will," "should,"  "would," and "could," often identify forward-looking statements.  The Company believes that there is a reasonable basis for its
expectations and beliefs, but they are inherently uncertain, and the Company may not realize its expectations and its beliefs may not prove correct.  The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.  The Company's actual results and future financial condition may differ materially from those described or implied by any such forward-looking statements as a result of many factors that may be outside the Company's control.  Such factors include, without limitation, developments in the bankruptcy proceedings, the results from the disposition of the Company's various businesses and other matters.
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits
Exhibit No.
Description
99.1
Monthly Operating Report dated November 17, 2009
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
LANDAMERICA FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
By:
/s/ G. William Evans
G. William Evans
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Date:  November 17, 2009
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
99.1
Monthly Operating Report dated November 17, 2009