Ms. Tammy Adair, President and Todd Hagley, CFO, of Direct General Corporation,
Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell

Friday, April 7, 2006
at NASDAQ's MarketSite
in New York City.

Direct General Corporation

Ms. Tammy Adair, President of Direct General Corporation, presides over the closing bell to celebrate its 15-year business anniversary. Direct General Corporation (NASDAQ: DRCT) is a publicly traded insurance holding company headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, that provides personal lines insurance and insurance-related products directly to the customer through a network of neighborhood offices throughout twelve states in the southeastern United States.

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