Fidelity National Financial, Inc. Announces Election of Heather H. Murren to Board of Directors

May 3, 2017 at 4:20 PM EDT

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 3, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Fidelity National Financial, Inc. today announced that its Board of Directors adopted a resolution increasing the size of the Company's Board of Directors to thirteen and elected Heather H. Murren to serve on its Board of Directors.  Ms. Murren is a private investor and a retired Managing Director and group head of Global Securities and Economics at Merrill Lynch, formally retiring in 2002 after more than a decade on Wall Street.  In 2002, Ms. Murren founded the nonprofit Nevada Cancer Institute, a cancer research and treatment center, where she served as Chairman and CEO and then as a board member until the institute merged into Roseman University in 2013. She was appointed by Congress to serve on the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission from 2009 to 2011. The Commission's findings, "The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report" was listed on the New York Times bestseller list.  Ms. Murren was appointed and served as a Commissioner on the White House Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity in 2016.  The Commissions' findings were presented to President Obama in December 2016.  She serves on the Board of Trustees of the Johns Hopkins University and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.

"We are excited to welcome Heather Murren as a member of our board," said Chairman William P. Foley, II.  "Heather has extensive financial markets experience and has been appointed to investigate some of the most pressing issues in our country by Congress and the President.  She brings a wealth of talent, leadership and knowledge of Wall Street, the financial crisis and cybersecurity that will serve our board and company well."

About Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
Fidelity National Financial, Inc. is organized into two groups, FNF Group (NYSE: FNF) and FNFV Group (NYSE: FNFV).  FNF is a leading provider of title insurance, technology and transaction services to the real estate and mortgage industries.  FNF is the nation's largest title insurance company through its title insurance underwriters - Fidelity National Title, Chicago Title, Commonwealth Land Title, Alamo Title and National Title of New York - that collectively issue more title insurance policies than any other title company in the United States.  FNF also provides industry-leading mortgage technology solutions and transaction services, including MSP®, the leading residential mortgage servicing technology platform in the U.S., through its majority-owned subsidiaries, Black Knight Financial Services and ServiceLink Holdings.  FNFV holds majority and minority equity investment stakes in a number of entities, including American Blue Ribbon Holdings, LLC, Ceridian HCM, Inc., Digital Insurance, Inc. and Del Frisco's Restaurant Group, Inc.  More information about FNF and FNFV can be found at www.fnf.com.

Forward-Looking Statements
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