American National Declares Quarterly Dividend

GALVESTON, Texas, July 28, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 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 16,
2011 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on September 2, 2011.
American National Insurance Company has paid dividends to stockholders for over
100 consecutive years.

The American National family of companies has, on a consolidated GAAP basis,
$22.4 billion in assets, $18.7 billion in liabilities and $3.7 billion in
stockholders' equity. The American National family of companies offers a broad
line of products and services, which include life insurance, annuities, health
insurance, credit insurance, pension products and property and casualty
insurance for personal lines, agribusiness, and targeted commercial exposures.
The American National family of companies operates in all 50 states, and its
major insurance subsidiaries include American National Property and Casualty
Company, Farm Family Life Insurance Company, Farm Family Casualty Insurance
Company, Standard Life and Accident Insurance Company, Garden State Life
Insurance Company, American National Life Insurance Company of Texas, American
National Life Insurance Company of New York, and United Farm Family Insurance
Company.

American National Insurance Company is headquartered in Galveston, Texas and was
founded in 1905 and is licensed to conduct the business of insurance in all
states except New York. American National Insurance Company has been evaluated
and assigned the following ratings by nationally recognized rating agencies: A
(Excellent) by A.M. Best Company, third highest of 13 active company ratings
noted as "An excellent ability to meet their ongoing insurance obligations" and
A+ (Strong) by Standard & Poor's, fifth highest of 20 active company ratings
noted as "Strong capacity to meet financial commitments but somewhat subject to
adverse economic conditions."

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

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CONTACT: John J. Dunn, Jr.
(409) 766-6063