FNF Fidelity National Financial Inc

MEMPHIS, Tenn., Aug. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. (Sedgwick CMS) has been voted Best Third-Party Claims Administrator (TPA) for the second year in a row in a national survey of the subscribers of Business Insurance, the leading weekly newsmagazine for executives and other professionals responsible for purchasing or providing insurance, risk management and employee benefits services for businesses and institutions. The editors of Business Insurance asked their readers to consider service, value, quality and innovation in casting their ballots. "Repeating as Best TPA in the Business Insurance Readers' Choice Award program is great recognition for the hardworking, dedicated colleagues of Sedgwick CMS," said David A. North, president and chief executive officer of Sedgwick CMS. "Our business is built on long-term relationships. Consistency in delivering cost savings for clients and executing fundamentals for claimants are the keys to creating a lasting positive reputation. Receiving this award in the program's 2005 inaugural year was exciting for us, but we regard this year's result as an even more significant validation. "I would like to thank the community of risk and benefits professionals for honoring Sedgwick CMS with this recognition, the editors of Business Insurance for their focus on excellence in our industry, our colleagues for their commitment to client and claimant satisfaction, and our clients for the privilege of serving as their TPA of choice," North said. For more see Business Insurance, August 21, 2006 or on the Web at http://www.businessinsurance.com/. Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. is the leading provider of innovative claims and productivity management solutions. Sedgwick CMS delivers cost-effective claims administration, managed care, program management and related services to major employers through the expertise of 4,600 colleagues in more than eighty offices in the U.S. and Canada. The company specializes in workers' compensation; disability, FMLA and other employee absence; and general, automobile and professional liability claims services. Sedgwick CMS designs and implements customized programs based on proven practices that meet client needs. For more see http://www.sedgwickcms.com/. Sedgwick CMS is a minority-owned subsidiary of Fidelity National Financial Inc. (NYSE:FNF), number 248 on the Fortune 500 and a provider of outsourced products and services to a variety of industries. More information about FNF can be found at http://www.fnf.com/. The other principal investors in Sedgwick CMS are Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. and Evercore Capital Partners. Contact: Frank J. Huffman, director of corporate communications, (901) 415-7548, . DATASOURCE: Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. CONTACT: Frank J. Huffman, director of corporate communications of Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc., +1-901-415-7548, or Web site: http://www.sedgwickcms.com/ http://www.businessinsurance.com/ http://www.fnf.com/

Copyright