Response Insurance Group Ranked Above Most Large Insurers by Connecticut Insurance Department for Sixth Year

MERIDEN, Conn., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The Response Insurance Group, a national direct-to-the-consumer auto insurer, once again beat most of the "household-name" insurers, as measured by the fewest number of complaints against the companies, according to the Connecticut Insurance Department's recently released rankings.

With just one justified consumer complaint in 2007, the Response Insurance Group ranked better than Allstate, Progressive, Chubb, GEICO, State Farm, The Hartford, Safeco, Nationwide, AIG, and White Mountains.

"Our dedicated team of employees works very hard to give our Response customers and the educators who have our Teachers' Insurance Plan(TM) the best service around," stated Mory Katz, CEO of the Response Insurance Group. "It's all the more gratifying when a state regulator recognizes that we outperform so many leaders in our industry."

The Response Insurance Group has scored better than most of the state's leading insurers in six of the last seven annual rankings.

The list included 44 insurance companies and groups that had more than $5,000,000 in automobile earned premium in the state. The complete listing, which ranks companies based on a ratio of justified complaints to the amount of premium written in the state, can be found at the Insurance Department's website www.ct.gov/cid.

About the Response Insurance Group: The Response Insurance Group is marketed to drivers in Connecticut as Response Insurance and Teachers' Insurance Plan(TM), an educator-specific insurance program. The national car insurer has its headquarters in Meriden, CT. More information is available at www.response.com and www.teachers.com.

CONTACT: Ray Palermo, +1-203-634-7251, rpalermo@response.com, for the Response Insurance Group