American National Declares Quarterly Dividend

GALVESTON, Texas, July 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American National
Insurance Company's (Nasdaq: ANAT) board of directors declared a quarterly
dividend of 77 cents per share on its common stock, CUSIP #028591-105, payable
September 18, 2009 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on
September 4, 2009. This is the 99th consecutive year that dividends have been
paid to stockholders.

American National Insurance Company is headquartered in Galveston, Texas.
American National has over $19.2 billion in assets and is rated A (Excellent)
by A.M. Best Company, and AA- (Very Strong) by Standard & Poor's. The American
National family of companies offers a broad line of products and services,
which include life insurance, annuities, health insurance, credit insurance,
pension plan services and property and casualty insurance for personal lines,
agribusiness, and targeted commercial exposures. American National's major
insurance subsidiaries include American National Life Insurance Company of
Texas, Standard Life and Accident Insurance Company, Garden State Life
Insurance Company, American National Property and Casualty Company, Farm
Family Life Insurance Company, Farm Family Casualty Insurance Company and
United Farm Family Insurance Company.

For more information, including company news and investor relations
information, visit the company's web site at www.anico.com.

SOURCE American National Insurance Company

Steve Pavlicek of American National Insurance Company, +1-409-766-6447