Infinity Property and Casualty Holds Annual Meeting of Shareholders

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Infinity Property and Casualty Corporation (NASDAQ: IPCC) today announced that the shareholders re-elected the ten director nominees to the Board of Directors at today's Annual Shareholders' Meeting.  Other actions taken at the Annual Meeting included the approval by the shareholders of the proposals to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Infinity's independent registered public accounting firm, to approve the compensation of Infinity's named executive officers and to indicate a preferred frequency for future advisory votes on executive compensation.

Re-elected for one year terms were Teresa A. Canida, President of Taplin, Canida & Habacht LLC; Jorge G. Castro, CEO of Lombardia Capital Partners; James R. Gober, Chairman, CEO and President of Infinity; Harold E. Layman, retired CEO of Blount International, Inc.; Drayton Nabers, Jr., shareholder in the law firm of Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C.; Samuel J. Simon, Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Infinity; Roger Smith, Executive Vice President, CFO and Treasurer of Infinity; William Stancil Starnes, Chairman and CEO of ProAssurance Corporation; Gregory C. Thomas, retired CFO and Executive Vice President of Citicasters, Inc.; and Samuel J. Weinhoff, insurance industry consultant.  

At the Board of Directors meeting immediately following the annual meeting of shareholders, the following individuals were elected to serve as officers for one year terms:  James R. Gober, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President; Samuel J. Simon, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary; Roger Smith, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer; Glen N. Godwin, Senior Vice President, Business Development; Scott C. Pitrone, Senior Vice President, Product Management; Troy P. Ballard,  Assistant Treasurer; Mary Linn Clark, Assistant Treasurer; Amy K. Jordan, Assistant Vice President, Investor Relations; Roger H. Prestridge, Assistant Treasurer; and James H. Romaker, Secretary and Associate General Counsel.

Infinity Property and Casualty Corporation is a national provider of personal automobile insurance with a concentration on nonstandard auto insurance.  Its products are offered through a network of approximately 12,500 independent agencies and brokers.  For more information about Infinity, please visit http://www.infinityauto.com.

SOURCE Infinity Property and Casualty Corporation