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Dan Carmichael Joins LPS Board of Directors
JACKSONVILLE, FL (Feb. 7, 2013) – Lender Processing Services, Inc. (NYSE: LPS), a leading provider of integrated technology and services to the mortgage and real estate industries, today announced the appointment of Dan Carmichael to its board of directors.
“We are pleased to welcome Dan to our board,” said Lee A. Kennedy, chairman of the LPS board. “Dan’s extensive experience in building, operating and charting strategic direction for a wide range of diversified businesses will add significant value to LPS’ board and stakeholders.”
Mr. Carmichael is the chairman of the board of Platinum Underwriters Holdings and serves on the board of directors for EagleEye Analytics and Dovetail Insurance Corporation. In addition, Mr. Carmichael serves as an advisor to FirstMark Capital, an investment company focused on high-growth businesses in key technology markets. Previously, Mr. Carmichael served as president and chief executive officer of Ohio Casualty Corporation, where he helped improve the company’s financial strength and performance. Before joining Ohio Casualty, Mr. Carmichael was the president and chief executive officer of IVANS, Inc., a privately held, industry-owned organization that provides insurance carrier exchange technologies.
About Lender Processing Services
Lender Processing Services (NYSE: LPS) delivers comprehensive technology solutions and services, as well as powerful data and analytics, to the nation’s top mortgage lenders, servicers and investors. As a proven and trusted partner with deep client relationships, LPS offers the only end-to-end suite of solutions that provides major U.S. banks and many federal government agencies the technology and data needed to support mortgage lending and servicing operations, meet unique regulatory and compliance requirements and mitigate risk.
These integrated solutions support origination, servicing, portfolio retention and default servicing. LPS’ servicing solutions include MSP, the industry’s leading loan-servicing platform, which is used to service approximately 50 percent of all U.S. mortgages by dollar volume. The company also provides proprietary data and analytics for the mortgage, real estate and capital markets industries.
LPS is headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla., and employs approximately 8,000 professionals. The company is ranked on the Fortune 1000 as the 877th largest American company in 2012. For more information, please visit www.lpsvcs.com.
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