EXHIBIT 23

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT AND REPORT ON SCHEDULES

We consent to the use in Registration Statement No. 333-33903 of Investors Title
Company (the "Company") and subsidiaries on Form S-8 of our report dated March
11, 2003, incorporated by reference in this Annual Report on Form 10-K of
Investors Title Company for the year ended December 31, 2002.

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 15. 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
March 25, 2003