RENO, Nev., Sept. 12, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AMERCO (Nasdaq:UHAL) announced today that it will participate in the CL King Best Ideas Conference, to be held Wednesday and Thursday, September 17-18, 2008, at the Omni Berkshire Place Hotel (52nd and Madison) in New York City.
Members of the Company's management team will present a company overview on Thursday at 10:45 a.m. ET. Interested parties can listen to the presentation through a live web cast at the AMERCO Web site, www.amerco.com. Listeners are encouraged to visit the Web site at least 10 minutes prior to the start of the Company's presentation to register and download and install any necessary audio software. For those unable to listen to the live web cast, the presentation will be archived on the same Web site for approximately 90 days.
About AMERCO
AMERCO is the parent company of U-Haul International, Inc., North America's largest "do-it-yourself" moving and storage operator, AMERCO Real Estate Company, Republic Western Insurance Company and Oxford Life Insurance Company.
Since 1945, U-Haul has been the undisputed choice for the do-it-yourself mover, with a network of more than 15,650 locations in all 50 United States and 10 Canadian provinces. U-Haul customers' patronage has enabled the Company to maintain a fleet size of 96,000 trucks, 75,000 trailers and 35,000 towing devices. U-Haul offers more than 387,000 rooms and more than 34 million square feet of storage space at more than 1,075 owned and managed facilities throughout North America. U-Haul is the consumer's number one choice as the largest installer of permanent trailer hitches in the automotive aftermarket industry. U-Haul supplies alternative-fuel for vehicles and backyard barbecues as one of the nation's largest retailer of propane.
About CL King & Associates:
CL King & Associates, Inc. was founded in 1972 by Candace King Weir as an independent research boutique firmly committed to providing value-oriented research and analysis of investment opportunities exclusively for institutional investors. CL King is one of the first woman-owned securities firms in the United States and is a self-clearing registered broker/dealer. The firm makes markets in close to 300 securities, with eight industry analysts. CL King seeks to "Discover the Uncovered" by actively searching for underfollowed, unknown companies; more than 42% of the companies covered by the firm are followed by five or fewer sell-side analysts.