Worldwide Assistance's Me & Me Blog on Identity Theft Features Web Cast of Expert Panel on Identity Theft Tips and Trends

WASHINGTON, DC -- (MARKET WIRE) -- May 21, 2007 -- The U.S. office of Europ Assistance, Worldwide Assistance Services, Inc., a provider of travel, health and identity theft resolution services, today announced that it has posted a web cast of an identity theft panel discussion on its "Me & Me" blog at www.meandmeblog.com.

The web cast was taken from an identity theft expert panel hosted by Worldwide Assistance at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The panel was moderated by Bob Sullivan, MSNBC journalist and noted identity theft expert who authored best seller, "Your Evil Twin: Behind the Identity Theft Epidemic." The panel included:

--  Jay Foley, Executive Director, Identity Theft Resource Center
--  Marc Emden, Attorney Specializing in Identity Theft Resolution
--  Guillaume Deybach, President and CEO, Worldwide Assistance
--  Sergeant Scott Wyne, Montgomery County Police
--  Jarrett Ferrier, Identity Theft Victim
    

The Me & Me identity theft blog welcomes and supports input from other organizations and individuals who have interest in and knowledge of identity theft, travel safety, and related topics. The blog's name flows from the two identities -- real and compromised -- that emerge in cases of identity theft. Information on the blog is organized according to positive news and breakthroughs in reducing identity theft and the hindrances lurking in the unknown with regard to both identity theft and travel safety. Interested persons can visit the blog at www.meandmeblog.com.

About Worldwide Assistance

Worldwide Assistance Services, Inc., headquartered in Washington, D.C., is a part of the multinational Europ Assistance Group and its network of 61 companies, 5,000 employees and more than 401,000 service providers and medical personnel offering assistance services in 208 countries around the globe. For close to half a century, the group has tailored innovative solutions for assisting people wherever they may be and helping them respond to the unexpected throughout their daily lives. 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.

Contact Information: Contact: Matthew Langan DBC Public Relations Experts 202-298-7600 x.219 matthew@dbcpr.com