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Auto Club Adds New Insurance Services

19 July 1999

Auto Club Adds New Insurance Services

    LOS ANGELES--July 15, 1999--The Automobile Club of Southern California has expanded its insurance services to include small businesses, rental properties, mobile homes, collector cars and large watercraft.
    The new services are designed to provide one-stop insurance shopping for members at competitive prices.
    The Auto Club already offers automobile, motorcycle, motorhome, homeowner/condo, renters, personal excess liability, life and boat/Jet Ski(R)/Sea-Doo(R) insurance.
    "We want to simplify the insurance buying process for our members," said Bill Moody, vice president of agency and investment products for the Auto Club. "People today lead busy, complicated lives. It is easier for them to fulfill all their insurance needs through one point of contact."
    New insurance services now offered by the Auto Club include:

     -- Small commercial business owners policy - property and 
        liability coverage for in-home businesses, apartment 
        buildings, office buildings and small retail businesses.
  
     -- Rental dwelling - coverage for rental houses and vacation 
        homes owned by members not covered by a homeowners policy.

     -- Mobile home - offers property and liability protection for
        members who own mobile homes.

     -- Collector cars - protection for collector cars, trucks and
        motorcycles.

     -- Large watercraft - coverage for large boats over 26 feet and
        other boats not qualifying for insurance currently offered
        through the Auto Club.

    New and existing insurance services offered by the Auto Club to qualified members are underwritten by the Interinsurance Exchange of the Automobile Club and independent insurance companies.
    For more information about insurance products, visit any Auto Club office Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., or call 888/588-2983. The Auto Club has 70 offices located throughout Southern California in the counties of Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles, Mono, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Tulare and Ventura.
    The Automobile Club of Southern California, the largest affiliate of the AAA, has been serving members since 1900. Today, the Auto Club's members benefit by the organization's emergency road service, insurance services, travel agency, financial products, automotive pricing, buying and financing programs, automotive testing and analysis, trip planning services, highway and transportation safety programs and legislative advocacy.
    Information about these products and services is available on the Auto Club's Web site at www.aaa-calif.com.