Achieving Astounding Level of Operational Excellence, The Garden City Group, Inc. - The Recognized Leader in Legal Administration Services.

MELVILLE, N.Y. -- The Garden City Group, Inc., (GCG) a recognized leader of legal administration services including class action settlement administration, legal notification programs and Chapter 11 business reorganization, has raised the bar in the handling of complex class action settlements to near perfect levels, as reflected in accounting audits conducted attesting to GCGs' financial performance. The audits were conducted by Eisner LLP in accordance with attestation standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

In two of the most significant class action cases in recent memory, the Global Crossing and WorldCom Securities Litigations, GCG achieved unparalleled levels of operational excellence. In the Global Crossing Securities Litigation, GCG handled 500,000 claims, distributed approximately $450 million, calculated the precise amount of individual awards and accomplished it all with an extraordinary processing accuracy rate of 99.99%. The Global Crossing litigation was characterized by particularly complex Plans of Allocation. There were six (6) general categories of "Global Crossing Securities" and fourteen (14) separate pools of funds for distribution of Award Amounts. At over $6 billion dollars, the WorldCom case is the second largest class action on record. In that case, GCG processed nearly one million claims and achieved an outstanding processing accuracy rate of 99.97%. The WorldCom litigation, the second largest securities class action ever, involved over 40 securities including stock, bonds and options.

GCG's prowess is a result of both its experienced resources and superior technology. GCG's competence has been independently established by Court stipulated third party audits. Due to the complexity of the processing and magnitude of the settlement dollars, the respective Courts ordered these audits to be conducted. With near perfect accuracy levels achieved in both cases GCG's operations, controls and quality assurance were validated to the satisfaction of the respective Courts and clients.

"GCG is equipped to handle any sophisticated claims administration process," said GCG CEO David Isaac. "The Global Crossing Securities and WorldCom cases presented several challenges. And as the audit results show, we met those challenges with an extraordinary degree of effectiveness and quality."

GCG's operations have also received recognition from the Bench in other cases. Recently in the Vesta Insurance Group Litigation, the judge stated that GCG's database work and quality assurance steps were "terribly impressive to me."

"We are very proud of the best practices environment which we have created within GCG," said Neil L. Zola, GCG's president and chief operating officer. "The results in Global Crossing and WorldCom speak for themselves and are emblematic of the way GCG performs all of its engagements."

The Garden City Group, Inc. (www.gardencitygroup.com), a subsidiary of Crawford & Company, administers class action settlements; designs legal notice programs, manages Chapter 11 administrations, and provides expert consultation services.

Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Crawford & Company (www.crawfordandcompany.com) is the world's largest independent provider of claims management and related solutions to the risk management and insurance industry as well as self-insured entities, with a global network of more than 700 locations in 63 countries. Major service lines include property and casualty claims management; warranty inspections; integrated claims and medical management for workers' compensation; legal settlement administration, including class action and bankruptcy claims administration; and risk management information services. The Company's shares are traded on the NYSE under the symbols CRDA and CRDB.