B&C News Briefs Conseco Finance has formed a subsidiary to provide title-related products, appraisals and settlement services for its core home-equity and manufactured-housing loan products. Dubbed Convergent Lending Services, the new business is expected to launch next month with close to 100 employees. The new unit will be headquartered near Pittsburgh, PA. Conseco officials said the title shop will allow the finance company to generate new revenue while improving the “uniformity and consistency” of its