21st Century Holding Company Announces Earnings Release Date

LAUDERDALE LAKES, Fla., May 3, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 21st Century Holding Company (Nasdaq:TCHC) today announced that it will release its 2010 first quarter financial results at 2:00 PM (ET) on Monday, May 17, 2010, followed by an investor conference call at 4:00 PM (ET).

The Company's CEO, Michael H. Braun, and its CFO, Peter J. Prygelski, III, will discuss the financial results and review the outlook for the Company. Messrs. Braun and Prygelski invite interested parties to participate in the conference call. A live webcast of the call will be available online at http://www.21stcenturyholding.com (in the Conference Calls section). Listeners interested in participating in the Q&A session can access the conference call by dialing toll free 866-501-5542. Participants are advised to join the call at least five minutes in advance. A webcast replay of the conference call will be available shortly after the live webcast is completed and may be accessed via the Company's website.

About 21 ^st Century Holding Company

The Company, through its subsidiaries, underwrites commercial general liability insurance, commercial residential property, homeowners' property and casualty insurance, flood insurance, inland marine, personal automobile insurance and commercial automobile insurance in the state of Florida. The Company underwrites general liability coverage as an admitted carrier in the states of Alabama, Louisiana and Texas for more than 300 classes of business, including special events. The Company is approved to operate as a surplus lines/non-admitted carrier in the states of Arkansas, California, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia and offering the same general liability products. The Company is licensed and has the facilities to market and underwrite other insurance carriers' lines of business, as well as to process and adjust claims for third party insurance carriers. In addition to insurance services, the Company offers premium finance services to its insureds as well as insureds of certain third party insurance companies.