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Montgomery, Alabama (July 27, 2007) -- Alfa
Corp. today announced financial results for the three and
six months ended June 30, 2007. Operating income for the quarter
was $34,828,816, or $0.43 per diluted share, compared with
operating income of $24,428,642, or $0.30 per diluted share,
for the second quarter of 2006, a per share increase of 41.9
percent. Net income, which includes net realized investment
gains, was $35,281,464, or $0.43 per diluted share, for the
second quarter of 2007, compared with $25,508,448, or $0.31
per diluted share in 2006, a per share increase of 37.6 percent.
Premiums and policy charges for the second quarter of 2007
increased 5.1 percent to $179,556,628.
For the six months ended June 30, 2007, operating income
was $48,342,975 compared with operating income of $44,483,721
for the first six months of 2006. On a per share basis, operating
income increased 8.1 percent to $0.59 per diluted share for
the six-month period in 2007 compared with $0.55 per diluted
share for the same period in 2006. After net realized investment
gains, net income was $49,610,284, or $0.61 per diluted share,
for the first six months of 2007, compared with net income
of $45,645,890, or $0.56 per diluted share, for the same period
in 2006, a per share increase of 8.1 percent. Premiums and
policy charges increased 5.2 percent to $357,563,010 for the
first six months of 2007.
A 30-day Internet play of the July 27 conference call is
also available here on Alfa’s
Web site. Alfa Corp. is engaged in insurance and financial
activities through its subsidiaries. The common stock of Alfa
Corp. is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the
symbol ALFA.
The associated investor supplement package for the second
quarter ended June 30, 2007, may be found by clicking on the
web cast link in the “About Alfa – Investor Relations”
section of Alfa’s web site and is also available at:
http://www.irinfo.com/alfa/ALFA2q07tvs.pdf.
Investors are cautioned that statements in this press
release which relate to the future are, by their nature, uncertain
and dependent upon numerous contingencies – including
political, economic, regulatory, climatic, competitive, legal,
and technological – any of which could cause actual
results and events to differ materially from those indicated
in such forward-looking statements. Additional information
regarding these and other risk factors and uncertainties may
be found in Alfa Corp.’s filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission.
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