Thomas Jefferson Life Renamed F&G Life of NY

PRNewswire
PURCHASE, N.Y.
April 2 2002

PURCHASE, N.Y.--(PRNewswire)--Thomas Jefferson Life Insurance Company has changed its name to Fidelity and Guaranty Life Insurance Company of New York.

F&G Life of NY offers a diverse portfolio of annuities and life insurance products through an independent network of agents and brokers. The name change was implemented to share in the growing national name recognition of its parent company.

"The name change creates an opportunity not only for improved name recognition, but for increased brand awareness across all of our product lines. In the years to come, we are confident this change will provide added benefit for our customers, agents, and employees," said Harry N. Stout, president of F&G Life of NY.

About Fidelity & Guaranty Life Insurance Company of New York
Incorporated in 1962, F&G Life of NY offers a diverse portfolio of annuities and life insurance products to help individuals, families and businesses achieve secure financial futures. As one of the members of the Insurance Marketplace Standards Association, they subscribe to a strict set of standards that confirms our commitment to honesty, fairness, and integrity in every aspect of the sales and service of life and annuity products. F&G Life of NY is a member of the Old Mutual plc group of companies.

About Old Mutual plc
The Old Mutual group managed in excess of $208 billion in funds at December 31, 2001 and has approximately 3.8 million life assurance policyholders, 2.4 million banking customers, 400,000 short-term insurance policyholders and more than 900,000 unit trust accounts worldwide. Old Mutual's primary listing is on the London Stock Exchange (LONDON: OML) and they are a FTSE 100 financial services group and ranks as a Fortune Global 500 company.

For more information, call Fidelity & Guaranty Life Insurance Company of New York at 1-800-778-7735, or visit the Old Mutual Web site at http://www.oldmutual.com/.

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Fidelity and Guaranty Life Insurance Company of New York
Contact: Siobhan McNulty, Corporate Communications Director of Fidelity and Guaranty Life Insurance Company of New York, +1-888-697-5433

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