Worldwide Assistance Services Delivers Identity Theft Resolution Services Through First Citizens National Bank

WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwire - July 2, 2007) - Worldwide Assistance Services, Inc., the U.S. business unit of the Europ Assistance Group, today announced that First Citizens National Bank of Tennessee (FCNB) is offering Worldwide Assistance's Identity Theft Resolution services to its DDA and credit/debit card customers.

The move flows from FCNB's longstanding commitment to educating its customers and the community's surrounding branch offices on how to combat fraud and identity theft.

"FCNB grasped the scope and personal impact of the identity theft problem years ago," said Kirk Voisin, VP of Business Development and Client Services of Worldwide Assistance. "Their leadership on this issue continues to deliver solid benefits to customers and the community alike, and we're pleased to be supporting them on this front."

The FBI called identity theft "a significant and growing crime problem" and an "increasingly insidious and pervasive problem," one that victimizes some 10 million Americans annually. Beyond its annual estimated price tag of $50 billion, identity theft costs individual victims as much as 600 hours of their time -- the average amount spent clearing one's name and credit history after their identity is stolen.

Worldwide Assistance Identity Theft Resolution helps victims quickly and easily recover from identity theft by assigning a specially trained coordinator to work with them toward a complete resolution. The coordinator personally assists the victim by doing the necessary paperwork, making appropriate phone calls, and completing other restoration activities, such as credit report reviews, account cancellations, disputed items removal, and more.

"We see identity theft as a growing problem and a concern for our customers," said Brooks McDonald, Bank Insurance Sales Manager of FCNB. "When we made the decision to offer an ID theft protection product, we wanted one that offered comprehensive protection as the time spent on and headaches of identity theft resolution often cost customers far more than the direct losses."

About Worldwide Assistance

Worldwide Assistance Services, Inc., headquartered in Washington, DC, is a part of the multinational Europ Assistance Group. Services include emergency medical evacuation and repatriation, medical referrals, case monitoring claims management, and identity theft resolution. Twenty-four hours a day at 35 assistance centers worldwide, multilingual assistance coordinators answer more than two calls per second and handle one assistance case every two seconds. www.worldwideassistance.com

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