Jacksonville, FL -- (June 8, 2005) -- Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE: FNF), a Fortune 500 provider of products and outsourced services and solutions to financial institutions and the real estate industry, and its Fidelity National Property and Casualty Insurance Division ("Fidelity") announced that Fidelity was awarded the National Flood Insurance Program's (NFIP) Administrator's Club Award in recognition of its contribution to new policy growth of the NFIP during Fiscal Year 2004.
In addition, Fidelity was awarded the Administrator's Quill Award in recognition for its highest percentage of overall growth in policy count among the largest Write Your Own companies.
Fidelity is the largest Write Your Own carrier in the country serving the independent agency force. Fidelity currently offers flood insurance in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Through a recent acquisition, Fidelity has become the only Write Your Own Flood carrier that serves the independent insurance agents with its own processing without the use of an outside vendor.
In addition to offering flood insurance, through its three primary carriers, Fidelity National Insurance Company, Fidelity National Property and Casualty Insurance Company and Fidelity National Indemnity Insurance Company, Fidelity also offers independent agents a broad array of personal lines products including homeowners, renters, condominium, automobile, dwelling fire, boat and umbrella in many states.
About Fidelity National Financial
Fidelity National Financial, Inc., number 261 on the Fortune 500, is a provider of products and outsourced services and solutions to financial institutions and the real estate industry. FNF is the nation's largest title insurance company, with nearly 32 percent national market share, and is also a provider of other specialty insurance products, including flood insurance, homeowners insurance and home warranty insurance. Through its majority-owned subsidiary Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. ("FIS"), the Company is a leading provider of technology solutions, processing services and information services to the financial services and real estate industries. FIS' software processes nearly 50 percent of all U. S. residential mortgages, it has processing and technology relationships with 45 of the top 50 U.S. banks and more than 2,800 small and mid-sized U.S. financial institutions and it has clients in more than 50 countries who rely on its processing and outsourcing products and services. FIS also provides customized business process outsourcing related to aspects of the origination and management of mortgage loans to national lenders and servicers. FIS offers information services, including property data and real estate-related services that are used by lenders, mortgage investors and real estate professionals to complete residential real estate transactions throughout the U.S. More information about the FNF family of companies can be found at www.fnf.com and www.fidelityinfoservices.com.
This press release contains statements related to future events and expectations and, as such, constitutes forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be different from those expressed or implied above. The Company expressly disclaims any duty to update or revise forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties which forward-looking statements are subject to include, but are not limited to, the effect of governmental regulations, the economy, competition and other risks detailed from time to time in the "Management's Discussion and Analysis" section of the Company's Form 10-K and other reports and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
SOURCE: Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
CONTACTS: Daniel Kennedy Murphy, Senior Vice President, Finance and Investor Relations, 904-854-8120, dkmurphy@fnf.com