Direct General Corporation Announces Conference Call Details

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--Oct. 2, 20032, 2003--Direct General Corporation today announced that it will release its 2003 third quarter results after the market closes on November 4, 2003. The Company will hold a one-hour conference call to discuss the results at 10:00 a.m. (CST), November 5, 2003. The conference call will be broadcast over the Internet. To listen to the call via the Internet, go to Direct's website, http://www.direct-general.com, click on Investors and follow the instructions at the webcast link. The archived webcast will be available shortly after the call on the Company's website until the Company's next conference call.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Direct General Corporation, headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, is a financial services holding company whose principal operating subsidiaries provide non-standard personal automobile insurance, term life insurance, premium finance and other consumer products and services through neighborhood sales offices staffed primarily by employee-agents. Direct's operations are concentrated in the southeastern part of the United States. Additional information about Direct can be found online at http://www.direct-general.com.