EXHIBIT 99.1
MARIETTA, Pa., Oct. 15, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Donegal Group Inc. (Nasdaq:DGICA) (Nasdaq:DGICB) reported that its board of directors today declared a regular quarterly cash dividend payable November 16, 2009 of $.1125 per share of Class A common stock and $.10 per share of Class B common stock to stockholders of record as of the close of business on November 2, 2009.
Donegal Group Inc. is an insurance holding company whose insurance subsidiaries offer personal and commercial property and casualty lines of insurance in five Mid-Atlantic states (Delaware, Maryland, New Hampshire, New York and Pennsylvania), seven Southeastern states (Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia) and six Midwestern states (Iowa, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Wisconsin).
CONTACT: Donegal Group Inc.
Jeffrey D. Miller, Senior Vice President &
Chief Financial Officer
(717) 426-1931
Fax: (717) 426-7009
jeffmiller@donegalgroup.com