CT&T Family Is First-To-Market As Single-Source Real Estate-Related
                               Services Provider

    MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE, NEW YORK, Oct. 6 -- The Chicago
Title and Trust Family of Companies (CT&T Family) announced today that lenders
can initiate all real estate-related service orders through its unified
service called CastleLink.  The service provides access to a variety of
mortgage service solutions and unified billing through one automated point of
contact.  Visit booths #1502-1506 at the Mortgage Bankers Association
Conference for more information.
   CastleLink is the single-source mortgage service that fulfills nationwide
loan production needs, including credit information, flood compliance,
property valuation, title, escrow, and closing services.  To get connected,
lenders can call 888-CTT-0254.
    "Our customers trust the CT&T Family's reliability and superiority in the
marketplace and they came to us seeking a partnership that streamlines their
mortgage loan production processes," explained Mike Keller, executive vice
president, Technology and Real Estate-related Services.  "We've invested
tremendous resources to make sure CastleLink measures up to CT&T Family
standards."
    To ensure that such standards are met, the CT&T Family has hired
Christopher Canedy, formerly senior vice president of Sales and Marketing,
Strategic Mortgage Services, as National Sales manager for CastleLink.  Keller
joined the CT&T Family in February 1997 after 22 years with Norwest Corp.,
where he served as executive vice president of Norwest Mortgage Banking from
1993 until early 1997.
    "CastleLink is about listening to our customers' needs and developing
multiple solutions that dovetail with their systems' strategies," said Canedy.
"CastleLink also is about the superior knowledge that our team members bring
to partnerships we are forging with both first- and second-mortgage lenders."
    As part of the organization's efforts to offer a unified, integrated
series of products to mortgage lenders, CT&T Family members Credit Data
Reporting Services Inc., National Flood Information Services Inc. and Market
Intelligence Inc. were recently renamed Chicago Title Credit Services Inc.,
Chicago Title Flood Services Inc. and Chicago Title -- Market Intelligence
Inc., respectively.
    The Chicago Title and Trust Family of Companies is the source of real
estate services, providing title insurance, escrow and closing services, as
well as property valuation, credit information and flood compliance products
through a network of more than 300 offices and approximately 3,700 agents
nationwide.  Chicago Title and Trust's title insurance subsidiaries --
including Chicago Title Insurance Co., Ticor Title Insurance Co. and Security
Union Title Insurance Co. -- together issue approximately one in every four
title insurance policies in the United States with annual gross revenues in
excess of $1.3 billion.  CT&T also is the parent company of Chicago Title
Flood Services Inc. of Arlington, Texas; Chicago Title Credit Services Inc. of
Kingston, N.Y.; and Chicago Title-Market Intelligence Inc. of Hopkinton, Mass.
Chicago Title and Trust Co. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Alleghany Corp.
(NYSE: Y).

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