MERCURY GENERAL CORP — Director's Dealing 2005

Nov 9, 2005

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: MERCURY GENERAL CORP (MCY)
CIK: 0000064996
Period of Report: 2005-11-08

Reporting Person: TONEY CHARLES (Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2005-11-08	Common Stock	M	2000	$21.75	Acquired	15150	Direct
2005-11-08	Common Stock	S	2000	$57.243	Disposed	13150	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2005-11-08	Common Stock	$21.75	M	2000	Disposed	2006-08-02	Common Stock (2000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	1333	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Includes ESOP allocations and dispositions since last report