Greater Illinois Title Company (GIT), a Chicago based title insurance and real estate information services firm, has announced that R. Michael Wood has been named Regional Account Manager and will be based out of the firm's Chicago Loop office at 120 N. La Salle Street. In making the announcement, Guy Lundstrom, senior vice president of GIT, stated, "We are very pleased to have a person of Mike's knowledge and professionalism become part of the sales and marketing team at Greater Illinois Title."

Mr. Wood, a graduate of Indiana state University, has been in the title business for over 10 years and was most recently in the sales department at First American Title before joining GIT. His responsibilities will include being involved in all aspects of commercial and residential title insurance business development with attorneys, developers, builders and lenders in the Chicago Loop and near-by areas. Wood, a resident of Muster Indiana, is an active member of the Chicago Association of Realtors, the Home Builders of Greater Chicago, the Executive's Club of Chicago and the Chicago Association of Neighborhood Development.

About Greater Illinois Title
Greater Illinois Title, celebrating its 25th Anniversary in 2010, is Chicago Title's largest title agent in Illinois and one of its largest title agents in the country. The company provides title insurance, construction and commercial escrow services, sale and refinance closing services, 1031 tax deferred exchanges, land surveys and real estate information in the Chicago metro region. It currently operates through a network of fourteen offices located in Arlington Heights, Crystal Lake, Downers Grove, Geneva, Homewood, Lindenhurst, Oak Lawn, Shorewood, Tinley Park, Westchester, Wheaton, Yorkville, in Chicago on North Milwaukee Avenue and in the Loop at 120 N. La Salle Street. Greater Illinois Title is authorized to write Title Insurance and issue policies in the Counties of Cook, DeKalb, Du Page, Grundy, Lake, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake, LaSalle, McHenry and Will. The company coordinates title insurance and escrows in all Illinois Counties and across the United States.