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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Saylors Pamela K   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol LANDAMERICA FINANCIAL GROUP INC [LFG] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) President-Commercial Services (Last) (First) (Middle) LANDAMERICA FINANCIAL GROUP, INC., 5600 COX ROAD 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 12/22/2008 (Street) GLEN ALLEN, VA 23060 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 12/22/2008   M(1)   178 A $ 0 8,308 D   Common Stock 12/22/2008   M(1)   386 A $ 0 8,694 D   Common Stock 12/22/2008   M(1)   630 A $ 0 9,324 D   Common Stock 12/22/2008   M(1)   1,470 A $ 0 10,794 D   Common Stock 12/22/2008   M(1)   643 A $ 0 11,437 D   Common Stock 12/22/2008   D(1)   3,307 D $ 0.07 8,130 D   Common Stock               81.7412 I By 401(k) plan Common Stock               170.1537 I by ESPP

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Phantom Stock

$ 0

12/22/2008

M(1)

178

12/22/2008

02/28/2009

Common Stock

178

$ 0.07

0

D

Phantom Stock

$ 0

12/22/2008

M(1)

386

12/22/2008

02/28/2010

Common Stock

386

$ 0.07

0

D

Phantom Stock

$ 0

12/22/2008

M(1)

643

12/22/2008

03/15/2010

Common Stock

643

$ 0.07

0

D

Phantom Stock

$ 0

12/22/2008

M(1)

630

12/22/2008

02/28/2011

Common Stock

630

$ 0.07

0

D

Phantom Stock

$ 0

12/22/2008

M(1)

1,470

12/22/2008

02/28/2012

Common Stock

1,470

$ 0.07

0

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Saylors Pamela K LANDAMERICA FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. 5600 COX ROAD GLEN ALLEN, VA 23060			President-Commercial Services

Signatures

By: Anna M. King For: Pamela K. Saylors		01/20/2009
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	The phantom stock units disposed were cash units that fully vested upon closing the sale of Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation, Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company, and United Capital Title Insurance Company to the Fidelity National Financial family of companies, which were inadvertently not reported following the event. The units were hypothetically converted to common stock and hypothetically sold at the closing price on the closing date, with the insider receiving cash for the value of the units.

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