Western Financial GroupQ1 2008 Financial Results

Conference Call

May 9, 2008

Forward-Looking StatementsThis presentation contains certain forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements regarding the future financial position, business strategy, budgets, litigation, projected costs, capital expenditures, financial results, taxes and plans and objectives of or involving Western Financial Group Inc. (the “Company”) or its subsidiaries. Many of these statements can be identified by looking for words such as ‘‘believe’’, ‘‘expects’’, ‘‘expected’’, ‘‘will’’, ‘‘intends’’, ‘‘projects’’, ‘‘anticipates’’, ‘‘estimates’’, ‘‘continues’’ or similar words. The Company believes the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable but no assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to be correct and such forward-looking statements should not be unduly relied upon. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve a number of risks and uncertainties only some of which are described herein. Many factors could cause the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements to, or future events or developments to, differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, the risk factors, which are discussed in greater detail in the ‘‘Risk Factors’’ section of the prospectus. Any forward-looking statements are made as of the date hereof and the Company does not assume any obligation to publicly update or revise such statements to reflect new information, subsequent events or otherwise.Non-GAAP MeasuresThroughout this presentation, the Company may use the term ‘‘operating income’’ to refer to earnings, including investment income, before interest expense, taxes, depreciation and amortization of intangible and capital assets, excluding gain (loss) from the sale of assets and income (loss) from equity investments. The Company uses ‘‘operating income’’ to assist it in measuring corporate performance before the costs of capital and amortization of capital and intangible assets. Operating income is not a measure recognized by GAAP and does not have a standardized meaning prescribed by GAAP. Therefore, this measure may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers and investors are cautioned that it should not be used as an alternative to ‘‘net income’’ or other measures of financial performance calculated in accordance with GAAP.

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Today’s Remarks• Operational Progress in Q1

• Strategic Events in Q1

• Financial Update

• Priorities for Q2

Operational Progressin Q1 2008

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WFG Agency Network

• Same store customer count 3.4% YTDA

• Same store sales 8.5%

• Soft market continues – AB Auto Increase?

• “Insurance to Value” initiative building revenue.

• Acquisition of Southern Insurance Lethbridge, AB

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Western Life Assurance

• Creditor Life still strong

• Certificate count and growth highest ever 13% over Q1/07

• Bolt-on product for network is at 5,088 policies. Target of 20,000 by Q2/08 revised to be Q2/ 09.

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Bank West

• Negative portfolio growth in Q1, Summer funding season expected to be slower than 2007

• Portfolio target for 2008 - $320 million

• Very low specific provisions in Q1, credit quality solid

Strategic Events in Q1

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Q1 Strategic Events

• Agency acquisition pipeline filling

• Loan portfolio acquisition opportunities

• Business development discussions with Partners are underway

• Employment market in Alberta is turning – we are at full employment

Financial Update

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Total Revenue

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CAGR 28.0%

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Earnings Per Share

0.24 0.23

0.08 0.08

0.18

0.11

0.17

0.03

0.22

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0.1

0.15

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0.25

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LTM

CAGR 32%

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Overall

2008 2007

Revenue ($) 30,102 24,559

Income from Equity Investments ($) 613 762

Net Income ($) 2,386 2545

Earnings per share ($)

Basic

Diluted

0. 05

0. 04

0.06

0.05

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The Network

2008 2007

Commission & other customer revenue ($) 16,489 14,544

Operating expenses ($) 12,639 10,162

Operating income ($) 3,850 4,382

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Bank West

2008 2007

Interest & investment income ($) 4,942 2,560Net interest & investment income ($) 1,546 922

Operating & provision expenses ($) 849 634

Operating income ($) 697 288

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Western Life Assurance

2008 2007

Premium income ($) 7,172 6,260

Investment income ($) 832 630

Policyholder benefits ($) 3,705 3,409

Operating expenses ($) 3,123 2,648

Operating income ($) 1,176 833

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Corporate & All Other

2008 2007

Other revenues ($) 667 565

Operating expenses ($) 2,397 2,180

Operating loss ($) (1,730) (1,615)

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Western Financial GroupHistorical Consolidated ROE

1.9

8.99.4

5.6

7.28.37.5 8.1

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Western Financial GroupDebt to Equity Ratio

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Priorities for Q2

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Q2 Priorities

• Agency acquisitions

• Ubiquity Bank / Wealthview integration

• Network/Life WFGO

Questions

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