EXHIBIT 23

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT AND REPORT ON SCHEDULES

We have audited the financial statements of Investors Title Company and
subsidiaries as of December 21, 2001 and 2000, and for each of the three years
in the period ended December 31, 2001, and have issued our report thereon dated
February 14, 2002. We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration
Statement No. 333-33903 of Investors Title Company on Form S-8 of our report
dated February 14, 2002, incorporated by reference in this Annual Report on Form
10-K of Investors Title Company for the year ended December 31, 2001.

Our audits of the consolidated financial statements referred to in our
aforementioned report also included the financial statement schedules of
Investors Title Company, listed in Item 14. These financial statement schedules
are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to
express an opinion based on our audits. In our opinion, such financial statement
schedules, when considered in relation to the basic consolidated financial
statements taken as a whole, present fairly in all material respects the
information set forth therein.

/s/  Deloitte & Touche LLP

Raleigh, North Carolina
February 14, 2002

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