Exhibit 99.1


     STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER REGARDING FACTS AND
                 CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS

I, Charles H. Foster, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (Principal
Executive Officer) of LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc., state and attest that:

(1)      To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports
         of  LandAmerica  Financial  Group,  Inc.,  and,  except as corrected or
         supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

         o        no covered report  contained an untrue statement of a material
                  fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in
                  the  case  of  a  report  on  Form  8-K  or  definitive  proxy
                  materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and

         o        no covered  report  omitted to state a material fact necessary
                  to make the statements in the covered report,  in light of the
                  circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of
                  the end of the period  covered by such  report (or in the case
                  of a report filed on Form 8-K or definitive  proxy  materials,
                  as of the date on which it was filed).

(2)      I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit
         committee.

(3)      In this statement  under oath,  each of the  following,  if filed on or
         before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":

         o        December  31, 2001 Annual  Report on Form 10-K of  LandAmerica
                  Financial Group, Inc.

         o        all  reports  on Form  10-Q,  all  reports on Form 8-K and all
                  definitive  proxy  materials of LandAmerica  Financial  Group,
                  Inc. filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the
                  Form 10-K identified above; and

         o        any amendments to any of the foregoing.


     /s/ Charles H. Foster, Jr.               Subscribed and sworn to before me
------------------------------------          before me this 13th day of
Charles H. Foster, Jr.                        August, 2002.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
   (Principal Executive Officer)
                                              /s/ Lori A. Dolan, Notary Public
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August 13, 2002                               My commission expires 6/30/05.