Meriden CT – January 17, 2006 |  The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) elected Mory Katz to its Board during its Annual Meeting held in Chicago. Mr. Katz is chairman and chief executive officer of the Meriden, CT headquartered Response Insurance.

“PCI is the nation’s premier insurer trade association,” said Mr. Katz. “I’m looking forward to working with my colleagues in advocating for sound public policies that foster a healthy and competitive insurance marketplace that benefit both the industry and our customers.”

Mr. Katz also serves on the Board of Directors of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, one of the nation’s most influential safety organizations, best known to the public for conducting crash tests to rate vehicles, researching traffic safety and driver behavior, and for their famous Crash Test Dummies.

Response Insurance is a national direct-to-the-consumer auto insurer. The Response Insurance Group was formed in 1996 and includes Response Insurance, Connecticut Life & Casualty, and their educator-specific program, Teachers’ Insurance Plan. The Company gained international notoriety in 1999 when it released its National Driving Habits Survey, the study that first called public attention to the issue of driving distractions. The Company is headquartered in Meriden, CT and has offices in Melville, NY, St. Louis, MO, and Bellevue, WA.

PCI is composed of more than 1,000 member companies, representing the broadest cross-section of insurers of any national trade association. PCI members write over $184 billion in annual premium, 40.7 percent of the nation’s property/casualty insurance. PCI is headquartered in Des Plaines, IL.