John Fenlason

Fenlason Retires from SAFECO Life & Investments, Taylor Named as Successor
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REDMOND-(April 19, 2000)-SAFECO (NASDAQ:SAFC) announced today that John Fenlason, senior vice president and Group product line manager of SAFECO Life & Investments, will retire at the end of April 2000.Scott Taylor, vice president and head of SAFECO Life & Investments' Group/Third Party Administrator distribution channel, has been named to replace Fenlason.
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Fenlason, a graduate of Aurora University, began his career with SAFECO in 1972 as an underwriter in Individual Life.Following that, he held positions in the Group and Pension departments, and was named vice president of Pensions in 1990.Fenlason became a senior vice president of SAFECO Life in 1993, and as part of the Life Company reorganization, in 1998 was named to head mergers and acquisition activity, and to manage the Group product line.

"John has provided outstanding leadership to SAFECO, and as director of mergers and acquisitions, was instrumental in our acquisition of the ING group life and excess loss medical business.
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Replacing Fenlason, effective April 1, 2000, is another veteran of Group operations, Scott Taylor.

"The acquisition will enhance our account and premium bases in several key markets across the country, and is strategic to Safeco's plan to increase our worksite business," said John Fenlason, a senior vice president at Safeco Life.