Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE:FNFV) Files An 8-K Changes in Registrant’s Certifying AccountantItem 4.01.
Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant.
The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (the “Company”) recently engaged in a comprehensive, competitive process to determine the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the Company's 2017 fiscal year. On August 2, 2017, the Audit Committee approved the engagement of Ernst & Young LLP ("E&Y") as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, effective upon completion of E&Y’s client acceptance process, for the year ended December 31, 2017, and dismissed KPMG LLP ("KPMG") from that role. E&Y advised the Company that it completed its client acceptance process on August 4, 2017. During the Company’s two most recent fiscal years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, and the subsequent interim period through August 2, 2017, neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf consulted with E&Y on any matters described in Item 304(a)(2) of Regulation S-K.
KPMG's reports on the Company's consolidated financial statements as of and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles. During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, and the subsequent interim period through August 2, 2017, there were (i) no "disagreements" as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and (ii) no "reportable events" as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.
The Company provided KPMG with a copy of this Current Report on Form 8-K. Attached hereto as Exhibit 16.1 is a letter from KPMG addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission indicating whether it agrees with such disclosures.
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Financial Statements and Exhibits |
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16.1 |
Letter dated August 4, 2017 from KPMG LLP to the Securities and Exchange Commission |
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About Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE:FNFV)
Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (FNF) is a holding company. The Company is a provider of title insurance, technology and transaction services to the real estate and mortgage industries. The Company’s segments include Title, Black Knight, FNF Core Corporate and Other, Restaurant Group, and FNFV Corporate and Other. Its business is organized into groups, including FNF Core Operations and FNF Ventures (FNFV). The Company offers title insurance through its title insurance underwriters: Fidelity National Title Insurance Company, Chicago Title Insurance Company, Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company, Alamo Title Insurance and National Title Insurance of New York Inc., which collectively issue more title insurance policies than any other title company in the United States. The Company, through its subsidiary, ServiceLink Holdings, LLC (ServiceLink), provides mortgage transaction services, including title-related services and facilitation of production and management of mortgage loans.
