Fidelity National Financial, Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2009 EPS of $0.32

Jacksonville, Fla. -- (October 21, 2009) -- Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE:FNF), a leading provider of title insurance, mortgage services, specialty insurance, claims management services and information services, today reported operating results for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2009.

The following are summary financial and operational results for the operating segments of FNF for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2009 and 2008:

Fidelity National Title Group ("FNT")

- The preceding table only includes commercial activity from FNF's commercial offices in the national commercial division and does not attempt to capture potential commercial activity in our local offices.

Specialty Insurance

"This was another solid financial quarter for our company," said Chairman William P. Foley, II. "Title order volumes increased nicely versus the prior year and showed a modest overall sequential decline from the second quarter of this year, as refinance volumes slowed from their accelerated pace early in the year. However, we were able to reduce costs throughout the quarter and our title business produced nearly a 9% pre-tax margin, almost equal to our second quarter performance. We did see strength in open order counts as the quarter progressed, as September showed the strongest open order volumes during the quarter. Additionally, open order volumes continued to accelerate in October, reaching their highest levels in the last four months. These elevated open order levels have us well positioned as we enter the normally seasonally slower fourth quarter and first quarter of next year."

"We did release approximately $74 million in title reserves during the quarter, as we reached the conclusion that the consistently lower claims payments we have seen for the last four quarters had caused a redundant title reserve situation. We offset much of the benefit of this reserve release through the reversal of an insurance receivable associated with a fraud claim that was previously paid in 2007 and 2008. Recent court rulings relating to specific insurance coverage have caused us to reassess our accounting position with respect to this insurance receivable and we, therefore, have reversed approximately $63 million of the recorded balance as a charge to claim loss expense."

"Finally, we announced the sale of our small leasing company, Fidelity National Capital, during the quarter for total net proceeds of approximately $50 million. While Fidelity National Capital was a relatively small business for FNF, its strong growth had resulted in more than $200 million of primarily non-recourse debt on our consolidated balance sheet and we believe this sale was a great opportunity to continue to delever our balance sheet and to monetize an investment. Our debt to total capital ratio ended the quarter at 21% as a result of the sale of this asset."

Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE:FNF), is a leading provider of title insurance, mortgage services, specialty insurance, claims management services and information services. FNF is the nation's largest title insurance company through its title insurance underwriters - Fidelity National Title, Chicago Title, Commonwealth Land Title, Lawyers Title, Ticor Title, Security Union Title and Alamo Title - that collectively issue more title insurance policies than any other title company in the United States. FNF also provides flood insurance, personal lines insurance and home warranty insurance through its specialty insurance business. FNF also is a leading provider of outsourced claims management services to large corporate and public sector entities through its minority-owned subsidiary, Sedgwick CMS. FNF is also a leading information services company in the human resource, retail and transportation markets through another minority-owned subsidiary, Ceridian Corporation. More information about FNF can be found at www.fnf.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about our beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on management's beliefs, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management. Because such statements are based on expectations as to future economic performance and are not statements of fact, actual results may differ materially from those projected. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. The risks and uncertainties which forward-looking statements are subject to include, but are not limited to: changes in general economic, business and political conditions, including changes in the financial markets; weakness or adverse changes in the level of real estate activity, which may be caused by, among other things, high or increasing interest rates, a limited supply of mortgage funding or a weak U. S. economy; our potential inability to find suitable acquisition candidates, acquisitions in lines of business that will not necessarily be limited to our traditional areas of focus, or difficulties in integrating acquisitions; our dependence on operating subsidiaries as a source of cash flow; significant competition that our operating subsidiaries face; compliance with extensive government regulation of our operating subsidiaries; and other risks detailed in the "Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information," "Risk Factors" and other sections of the Company's Form 10-K and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

SOURCE: Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
CONTACT:
Daniel Kennedy Murphy
Senior Vice President and Treasurer
904-854-8120
dkmurphy@fnf.com