Fidelity National Financial, Inc. Announces Appointment of Paul Perez as Chief Compliance Officer
March 13 2007 - 5:18PM
PR Newswire (US)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., March 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fidelity
National Financial, Inc. (NYSE:FNF), a leading provider of title
insurance, specialty insurance and claims management services,
today announced the appointment of Paul Perez, the United States
Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, as Chief Compliance
Officer for Fidelity National Title Group (FNT). "We're very
pleased that a lawyer so highly placed and praised by the
Department of Justice as Paul Perez is joining our company," said
FNF General Counsel Peter Sadowski. "We take compliance to codes of
conduct and federal and state regulations very seriously and we're
confident that Paul will continue to uphold our high standards of
ethics and regulatory compliance." Mr. Perez was appointed by
President Bush in January 2002, to be the United States Attorney
for the Middle District of Florida, covering 35 counties and home
to 8.3 million Floridians. As the chief of the office, he
supervises more than 100 assistant U.S. Attorneys in the
prosecution of criminal cases brought by the United States,
prosecutes and defends cases to which the United States is a party,
and collects debts owed to the government. In addition, out of 93
U.S. Attorneys across the nation, Perez is one of 18 serving on the
Attorney General's Advisory Committee. This committee advises and
counsels Attorney General Alberto Gonzales in areas such as
terrorism prevention, immigration enforcement and civil rights. As
a prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's office from 1989 to 1992, Perez
successfully pursued significant international forfeitures and
money- laundering cases. He returned to the U.S. Attorney's office
in 2002 after a 10-year civil and criminal trial career with the
firm of Booth, Arnold and Perez. Mr. Perez, born in Havana in 1955,
immigrated to the United States with his parents in 1960. He
received a degree in history and international affairs from
Jacksonville University, a Master's Degree in Latin American
Studies from the University of Florida and his law degree (with
honors) from The George Washington University. Fidelity National
Financial, Inc. (NYSE:FNF), is a leading provider of title
insurance, specialty insurance and claims management services. FNF
is one of the nation's largest title insurance companies through
its title insurance underwriters -- Fidelity National Title,
Chicago Title, Ticor Title, Security Union Title and Alamo Title --
that issue approximately 29 percent of all title insurance policies
in the United States. FNF also provides flood insurance, personal
lines insurance and home warranty insurance through its specialty
insurance business. FNF also is a leading provider of outsourced
claims management services to large corporate and public sector
entities through its minority-owned subsidiary, Sedgwick CMS. More
information about FNF can be found at http://www.fnf.com/. This
press release contains forward-looking statements that involve a
number of risks and uncertainties. Statements that are not
historical facts, including statements about our beliefs and
expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking
statements are based on management's beliefs, as well as
assumptions made by, and information currently available to,
management. Because such statements are based on expectations as to
future economic performance and are not statements of fact, actual
results may differ materially from those projected. We undertake no
obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise. The risks
and uncertainties which forward-looking statements are subject to
include, but are not limited to: changes in general economic,
business and political conditions, including changes in the
financial markets; adverse changes in the level of real estate
activity, which may be caused by, among other things, high or
increasing interest rates, a limited supply of mortgage funding or
a weak U.S. economy; our potential inability to find suitable
acquisition candidates, acquisitions in lines of business that will
not necessarily be limited to our traditional areas of focus, or
difficulties in integrating acquisitions; our dependence on
operating subsidiaries as a source of cash flow; significant
competition that our operating subsidiaries face; compliance with
extensive government regulation of our operating subsidiaries; and
other risks detailed in the "Statement Regarding Forward-Looking
Information," "Risk Factors" and other sections of the Company's
Form 10-K and other filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. DATASOURCE: Fidelity National Financial, Inc. CONTACT:
Daniel Kennedy Murphy, Senior Vice President, Finance and Investor
Relations, +1-904-854-8120, , or Peter Sadowski, General Counsel,
+1-904-854-8152, , both of Fidelity National Financial, Inc. Web
site: http://www.fidelityinfoservices.com/
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