Fidelity National Financial, Inc. Announces Election of Janet Kerr to Board of Directors

March 4, 2016 at 4:10 PM EST

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., March 4, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Fidelity National Financial, Inc. today announced its Board of Directors adopted a resolution increasing the size of the Company's Board of Directors to eleven and elected Janet Kerr to serve on its Board of Directors.

Ms. Kerr is Vice-Chancellor of Pepperdine University and Professor Emeritus of Law at Pepperdine University'sSchool of Law, where she taught for thirty years and was awarded the Laure Sudreau-Rippe Endowed Chair in 2011.  She also is Chief Executive Officer of Kerr Strategic Consulting and is currently Of Counsel to Nave & Cortell.  Ms. Kerr was appointed by ISS/Risk Metrics to serve on the Governance Exchange Advisory Council and is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors and Women Corporate Directors.

"We are excited to welcome Janet Kerr as a member of our board," said Chairman William P. Foley, II.  "Janet has extensive board experience, having served on numerous public company boards over the past twelve years.  She also brings a wealth of talent in mergers, acquisitions and other strategic relationships, corporate organization and governance and securities and corporate law, all of which 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., Fleetcor Technologies, 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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