NEW YORK (Standard&Poor's) March 3, 2009--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services today said it affirmed its 'BBB' counterparty credit rating on Fidelity National Financial Inc. (FNF) and its 'A' counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on FNF's core title insurance subsidiaries (FNF Title). At the same time, we removed these ratings from CreditWatch, where they had been placed with negative implications on Oct. 23, 2008. The outlook is negative. "The affirmation reflects a combination of improvement in FNF Title's operating results and expectations for strong refinancing activity in 2009," said Standard&Poor's credit analyst James Brender. "However, the environment for all title insurers is still very uncertain." FNF Title reported pretax operating income of $7 million in fourth-quarter
