JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE:FNF), a Fortune 500 provider of outsourced products and services to a variety of industries, today announced the appointment of Alan L. Stinson, Chief Financial Officer, to the additional role of Chief Operating Officer and Brent B. Bickett to President of FNF. Additionally, Richard N. Massey was elected to FNF's Board of Directors. "With our structure as a holding company, Al Stinson will take on the additional role of Chief Operating Officer with responsibility for accounting governance and oversight for the entire family of FNF companies," said FNF Chairman and Chief Executive Officer William P. Foley, II. "Additionally, Brent Bickett has run our M&A group through the numerous acquisitions we have completed in the last several years and his appointment as President of FNF exemplifies the significance that merger and acquisition activity will have in the future FNF holding company strategy." Mr. Massey is Executive Vice President, Corporate Secretary and General Counsel for Alltel, a customer-focused communications company with more than 15 million customers in 36 states and nearly $10 billion in annual revenues. Prior to his appointment to his current role with Alltel in December 2005, Mr. Massey had been a managing director at Stephens Inc. of Little Rock, Arkansas since 2000. From 1998 through 2000, Mr. Massey was a partner with Kutak Rock, where he led the national mergers and acquisition practice for the firm. "We are very excited to add a seasoned executive like Rick to our Board of Directors," said FNF Chairman and Chief Executive Officer William P. Foley, II. "Rick's mergers and acquisitions background and his thorough prior knowledge of FNF from his tenure at Stephens make him a perfect addition to our Board, as we continue to focus on maximizing the value of the assets of FNF and continuing to create shareholder value." Fidelity National Financial, Inc., number 261 on the Fortune 500, provides products and outsourced services and solutions to a number of industries. Through its majority-owned, publicly traded subsidiary, Fidelity National Title Group, Inc. (NYSE:FNT), FNF is the nation's largest title insurance company, with nearly 31 percent national market share. Through its majority- owned subsidiary Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. ("FIS"), the Company is a leading provider of core financial institution processing, mortgage loan processing and related information products and outsourcing services to financial institutions, mortgage lenders and real estate professionals. Through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, FNF is also a provider of specialty insurance products, including flood insurance, homeowners insurance and home warranty insurance. Through its minority-owned subsidiary, Sedgwick CMS, FNF is an industry leading provider of outsourced insurance claims management services to large corporate and public sector entities. More information about the FNF family of companies can be found at http://www.fnf.com/ , http://www.fntg.com/ , http://www.fidelityinfoservices.com/ and http://www.sedgwickcms.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. First Call Analyst: FCMN Contact: JFleetwood@fnf.com DATASOURCE: Fidelity National Financial, Inc. CONTACT: Daniel Kennedy Murphy, Senior Vice President, Finance and Investor Relations, Fidelity National Financial, +1-904-854-8120, Web site: http://www.fnf.com/ http://www.fntg.com/ and http://www.fidelityinfoservices.com/ http://www.sedgwickcms.com/

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