lanelogic Announces Exclusive Partnership with Great American Insurance Group

DALLAS--Feb. 1, 20060, 2006--lanelogic announced today its partnership with Great American Insurance Group to insure all lanelogic guaranteed vehicles through Great American. This partnership allows lanelogic to reduce a dealership's wholesale loss by offering a 45-day buyback guarantee. All guarantees are fully insured by Great American Insurance Company (rated "A" Excellent by A.M. Best, as of February 9, 2006) and claims are redeemable within 24 hours.

Stated Bruce Thompson, CEO of lanelogic, "To be a true market maker a company must have credibility and financial stability. Our partnership with Great American lets dealers across the country know that we have the ability to honor our commitments. Providing a dealer with a consistent supply of his best performing vehicles is a substantial benefit; providing them on a risk free basis is groundbreaking. With today's inventory optimization tools, we are now able to assume risks because we have both market and historical dealer performance data. The result is that lanelogic now offers dealers the most comprehensive automotive data tool of our generation."

About lanelogic

lanelogic is the used-vehicle market-maker that uses real-time sales data to conduct electronic trading between automotive dealers nationwide. lanelogic acts as a buying agent, discerning which used vehicles specific dealerships are most likely to sell quickly for the optimal sales price, and which vehicles those dealerships should trade or send to lanelogic's/VB2 Fresh Trade Auction. lanelogic's 45-day buyback guarantee on all lanelogic-procured vehicles means that lanelogic eliminates the high risks of aged used-vehicle inventory--the single-greatest risk faced by automobile dealerships that buy, sell, or trade used vehicles.

About Great American

Great American Insurance Company, founded in 1872 and based in Cincinnati, Ohio, is a member of Great American Insurance Group, one of the most highly regarded property and casualty groups in the industry. Great American's parent company, American Financial Group, is a publicly owned corporation listed on the New York and NASDAQ stock exchanges under the symbol "AFG". Great American Insurance Group focuses on specialty commercial products for businesses and in the sale of annuities, life and supplemental health insurance products.