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        <P ALIGN="CENTER">U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</P>
        <P ALIGN="CENTER">Washington, D.C. 20549</P>
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  <FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">OMB APPROVAL</FONT></TD>
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        <P><FONT SIZE=1>OMB Number:</font><FONT SIZE=2> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=1>
          3235-0101 <BR>
          Expires:</FONT><FONT SIZE=2> &nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=1> </FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=1>
          December 31, 2006<BR>
          Estimated average burden<BR>
          hours per response</FONT><FONT SIZE=1>. . . 4.47</FONT>
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  <B><FONT SIZE=4><P ALIGN="CENTER">FORM 144</font></B></TD>
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  <FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">SEC USE ONLY</FONT></TD>
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  <B><P ALIGN="CENTER">NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES <BR>
  PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></TD>
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  <FONT SIZE=1><P>DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO</FONT></TD>
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  <B></B><P><FONT SIZE=2><B>ATTENTION:</b></font><FONT SIZE=1> <I>Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or <BR>
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;executing a sale directly with a market maker.</I></FONT></TD>
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  <FONT SIZE=1><P>CUSIP NUMBER.</FONT></TD>
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  <P><FONT SIZE=1>1<I>(a) </I>NAME OF ISSUER</font><FONT SIZE=2></FONT><I><FONT SIZE=1><BR><BR></font></I><FONT SIZE=2>American National Insurance Company</FONT></TD>
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  <I></I><P><FONT SIZE=1><I>(b)</i></font><FONT SIZE=1>IRS IDENT. NO.<BR><BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>74-0484030</FONT></TD>
  <TD WIDTH="14%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN=2><P><FONT SIZE=1><I>(c)</i></font><FONT SIZE=1>S.E.C. FILE NO.<BR><BR>001-34280</FONT></TD>
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  <FONT SIZE=1><P>WORK LOCATION</FONT></TD>
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  <FONT SIZE=1><P>1<I>(d)</I> ADDRESS OF ISSUER&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;STREET&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;CITY&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;STATE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ZIP CODE&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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  <I></I><P><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><I>(e)</i></font><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1> TELEPHONE NO. </FONT></TD>
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        <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
            &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;One
          Moody Plaza&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Galveston&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;TX&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;77550
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  <TD WIDTH="6%" NOWRAP VALIGN="TOP"><P><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1>AREA CODE AND<BR><BR>
  </font><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2> </FONT><FONT SIZE=2>409</FONT></TD>
  <TD WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP"><P><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1>NUMBER</font><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2><BR><BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>763-4661</FONT></TD>
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  <FONT SIZE=1><P>2<I>(a)</I> NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD</FONT></TD>
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  <I></I><P><FONT SIZE=1><I>(b)</i></font><FONT SIZE=1> IRS IDENT. NO.  </FONT></TD>
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  <I></I><P><FONT SIZE=1><I>(c)</i></font><FONT SIZE=1> RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER</FONT></TD>
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  <I></I><P><FONT SIZE=1><I>(d)</i></font><FONT SIZE=1> ADDRESS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;CITY&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;STATE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ZIP CODE</FONT></TD>
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        <P>Moody Insurance Group, Inc.
        </FONT></TD>
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        <P>See Remarks
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        <P><FONT SIZE=2>2302 Postoffice, Suite 601&nbsp;</font><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;Galveston
          TX</FONT><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2> 77550</FONT>
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  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2><P>INSTRUCTION: The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.</P></font>
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  <I><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P>3 (a)</font></I></TD>
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  <I><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P>(b)</font></I></TD>
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  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P>SEC USE ONLY</FONT></TD>
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  <I><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P>(c)</font></I></TD>
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  <I><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P>(d)</font></I></TD>
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  <I><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P>(e)</font></I></TD>
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  <I><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P>(f)</font></I></TD>
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  <I><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P>(g)</font></I></TD>
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  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">Title of the Class of Securities To Be Sold</FONT></TD>
  <TD WIDTH="29%" VALIGN="TOP">
  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the Securities are to be Offered or Each Market Maker who is Acquiring the Securities</FONT></TD>
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  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">Broker-Dealer<BR>
  File Number
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  <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1>Number of Shares or Other Units To Be Sold <BR>
  </font><I><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1>(See instr. 3(c))</font></I></TD>
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  <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1>Aggregate Market Value <BR>
  </font><I><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1>(See instr. 3(d))</font></I></TD>
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  <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1>Number of Shares or Other Units Outstanding <BR>
  </font><I><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1>(See instr. 3(e))</font></I></TD>
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  <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1>Approximate Date of Sale <BR>
  </font><I><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1>(See instr. 3(f))</font></I><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><BR>
  (MO.  DAY  YR.)</FONT></TD>
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  <P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1>Name of Each Securities Exchange<BR>
  </font><I><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1>(See instr. 3(g))</font></I></TD>
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        <P>Common Stock
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        <P>Signal Securities - 44S, 700 Throckmorton, Fort Worth, TX 76102
        </FONT></TD>
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        <P ALIGN="CENTER">5000
        </FONT></TD>
      <TD WIDTH="11%" VALIGN="TOP"> <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1>
        <P>$584,300 (03/18/2010)
        </FONT></TD>
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        <P>26,820,166 as of 03/01/2010
        </FONT></TD>
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        <P>03/19/2010
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        <P>NASDAQ
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        <P><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1>1.<BR>
            (a)&#9;Name of issuer.<BR>
  &#9;(b)&#9;Issuer&#146;s IRS Identification Number.<BR>
  &#9;(c)&#9;Issuer&#146;s SEC file number, if any.<BR>
  &#9;(d)&#9;Issuer&#146;s address, including zip code.<BR>
  &#9;(e)&#9;Issuer&#146;s telephone number, including area code.<BR>
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  2.&#9;<BR>(a)&#9;Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold.<BR>
  &#9;(b)&#9;Such person&#146;s or I.R.S. identification number, if such a person is an entity.<BR>
  &#9;(c)&#9;Such person&#146;s relationship to the issuer (e.g. officer, director, 10 percent<BR>
  &#9;&#9;stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing).<BR>
  &#9;(d)&#9;Such person&#146;s address, including zip code.</FONT></TD>
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  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P>3.<BR>&#9;(a)&#9;Title of the class of securities to be sold.<BR>
  &#9;(b)&#9;Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold.<BR>
  &#9;(c)&#9;Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount).<BR>
  &#9;(d)&#9;Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the
  filing of this notice.<BR>
  &#9;(e)&#9;Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof
  outstanding, as shown by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer.<BR>
  &#9;(f)&#9;Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold.<BR>
  &#9;(g)&#9;Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold.</FONT></TD>
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  <P ALIGN="CENTER">TABLE I - SECURITIES TO BE SOLD</P>
  </font></B><I><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold <BR>
  and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:</P>
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  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">Date you Acquired</FONT></TD>
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  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">Name of Person from Whom Acquired <BR>
  <I>(If gift, also give date donor acquired)</I></FONT></TD>
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  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">Amount of Securities Acquired</FONT></TD>
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  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">Date of Payment</FONT></TD>
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      <TD WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="TOP"> <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1>      <P>Common Stock      </FONT></TD>
      <TD WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP"> <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1>      <P>08/25/1999      </FONT></TD>
      <TD WIDTH="25%" VALIGN="TOP"> <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1>       <P>Awarded by Issuer pursuant to Issuer&#146;s 1999 Stock and Incentive Plan      </FONT></TD>
      <TD WIDTH="28%" VALIGN="TOP"> <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1>      <P>American National Insurance Company      </FONT></TD>
      <TD WIDTH="12%" VALIGN="TOP"> <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1>      <P ALIGN="CENTER">5000      </FONT></TD>
      <TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="TOP"> <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1>      <P ALIGN="CENTER">N/A      </FONT></TD>
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  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P>INSTRUCTIONS:</FONT></TD>
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  <P><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1>&#9;</font><FONT SIZE=1>If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.</font></DIR>
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  TABLE II - SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS</P>
  </font></B><I><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months <BR>by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.</P></font></I>
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  Name and Address of Seller</FONT></TD>
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  Title of Securities Sold </FONT></TD>
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  Date of Sale</FONT></TD>
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  <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">Amount of <BR>
  Securities Sold</FONT></TD>
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  Gross Proceeds</FONT></TD>
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      <TD WIDTH="29%" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1>Robert L. Moody, Jr., One Moody Plaza, Galveston,
        TX 77550</FONT></TD>
      <TD WIDTH="31%" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1>Common Stock</FONT></TD>
      <TD WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1>11/20/2009</FONT></TD>
      <TD WIDTH="13%" ALIGN="RIGHT" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1>1714</FONT></TD>
      <TD WIDTH="13%" ALIGN="RIGHT" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=1>$168,829</FONT></TD>
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt">Moody Insurance Group, Inc. is wholly owned by Robert L. Moody, Jr., an advisory director of the Issuer. The filing of this Form&nbsp;144 shall not be
  construed as an admission that Robert L. Moody, Jr. or Moody Insurance Group, Inc. is an affiliate of the Issuer.
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">See the definition of &#147;person&#148; in paragraph (a)&nbsp;of Rule&nbsp;144. Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are
  to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose
  sales are required by paragraph (e)&nbsp;of Rule&nbsp;144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice.
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><I>The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know
  any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been
  publicly disclosed.</I>
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  <DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt">/s/ Moody Insurance Group, Inc., by Robert L. Moody, Jr., President
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  <I>Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.</I>
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text: e144
  U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  OMB APPROVAL
  OMB Number:
  3235-0101
  Expires:
  December 31, 2006
  Estimated average burden
  hours per response
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  FORM 144
  SEC USE ONLY
  NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
  PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO
  ATTENTION:
  Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or
  executing a sale directly with a market maker.
  CUSIP NUMBER.
  1
  (a)
  NAME OF ISSUER
  American National Insurance Company
  (b)
  IRS IDENT. NO.
  74-0484030
  (c)
  S.E.C. FILE NO.
  001-34280
  WORK LOCATION
  1
  (d)
  ADDRESS OF ISSUER                     STREET                          CITY             STATE          ZIP CODE
  (e)
  TELEPHONE NO.
  One
          Moody Plaza        Galveston        TX           77550
  AREA CODE AND
  409
  NUMBER
  763-4661
  2
  (a)
  NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD
  (b)
  IRS IDENT. NO.
  (c)
  RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER
  (d)
  ADDRESS         CITY       STATE      ZIP CODE
  Moody Insurance Group, Inc.
  See Remarks
  2302 Postoffice, Suite 601
  Galveston
          TX
  77550
  INSTRUCTION: The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.
  3 (a)
  (b)
  SEC USE ONLY
  (c)
  (d)
  (e)
  (f)
  (g)
  Title of the Class of Securities To Be Sold
  Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the Securities are to be Offered or Each Market Maker who is Acquiring the Securities
  Broker-Dealer
  File Number
  Number of Shares or Other Units To Be Sold
  (See instr. 3(c))
  Aggregate Market Value
  (See instr. 3(d))
  Number of Shares or Other Units Outstanding
  (See instr. 3(e))
  Approximate Date of Sale
  (See instr. 3(f))
  (MO.  DAY  YR.)
  Name of Each Securities Exchange
  (See instr. 3(g))
  Common Stock
  Signal Securities - 44S, 700 Throckmorton, Fort Worth, TX 76102
  5000
  $584,300 (03/18/2010)
  26,820,166 as of 03/01/2010
  03/19/2010
  NASDAQ
  1.
  (a)	Name of issuer.
  (b)	Issuer's IRS Identification Number.
  (c)	Issuer's SEC file number, if any.
  (d)	Issuer's address, including zip code.
  (e)	Issuer's telephone number, including area code.
  2.
  (a)	Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold.
  (b)	Such person's or I.R.S. identification number, if such a person is an entity.
  (c)	Such person's relationship to the issuer (e.g. officer, director, 10 percent
  stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing).
  (d)	Such person's address, including zip code.
  3.
  (a)	Title of the class of securities to be sold.
  (b)	Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold.
  (c)	Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount).
  (d)	Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the
  filing of this notice.
  (e)	Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof
  outstanding, as shown by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer.
  (f)	Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold.
  (g)	Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold.
  TABLE I - SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
  Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold
  and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:
  Title of the Class
  Date you Acquired
  Nature of Acquisition Transaction
  Name of Person from Whom Acquired
  (If gift, also give date donor acquired)
  Amount of Securities Acquired
  Date of Payment
  Nature of Payment
  Common Stock
  08/25/1999
  Awarded by Issuer pursuant to Issuer's 1999 Stock and Incentive Plan
  American National Insurance Company
  5000
  N/A
  N/A
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.
  TABLE II - SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
  Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months
  by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.
  Name and Address of Seller
  Title of Securities Sold
  Date of Sale
  Amount of
  Securities Sold
  Gross Proceeds
  Robert L. Moody, Jr., One Moody Plaza, Galveston,
        TX 77550
  Common Stock
  11/20/2009
  1714
  $168,829
  Remarks:
  Moody Insurance Group, Inc. is wholly owned by Robert L. Moody, Jr., an advisory director of the Issuer. The filing of this Form 144 shall not be
  construed as an admission that Robert L. Moody, Jr. or Moody Insurance Group, Inc. is an affiliate of the Issuer.
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are
  to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose
  sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice.
  ATTENTION:
  The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know
  any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been
  publicly disclosed.
  March 18, 2010
  Date of Notice
  /s/ Moody Insurance Group, Inc., by Robert L. Moody, Jr., President
  (Signature)
  The notice shall be signed by the
  person for whose account the securities
  are to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed.
  Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.
  ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)