Webcast Alert: Mercury General Corporation to Report Second Quarter Results on August 7, 2006

Mercury General Corporation (NYSE: MCY) announces the following Webcast:

  What:     Mercury General Corporation's Second Quarter 2006 Conference
            Call

  When:     August 7, 2006 @ 01:00 p.m. Eastern

  Where:    http://www.videonewswire.com/event.asp?id=34966

  How:      Live over the Internet -- Simply log on to the web at the
            address above.

If you are unable to participate during the live webcast, the call will be archived at (http://www.videonewswire.com/event.asp?id=34966).

Mercury General Corporation (NYSE: MCY) and its subsidiaries are a multiple line insurance organization offering predominantly personal automobile and homeowners insurance through a network of independent producers in many states. For more information, visit our website at www.mercuryinsurance.com.

SOURCE: Mercury General Corporation

CONTACT: Judy Walters of Mercury General Corporation, +1-323-857-7140,
jwalters@mercuryinsurance.com

Web site: http://www.mercuryinsurance.com/
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