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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549						OMB APPROVAL
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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)