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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Moody Robert L   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol AMERICAN NATIONAL INSURANCE CO /TX/ [ANAT] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director __X__ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chairman and CEO (Last) (First) (Middle) ONE MOODY PLAZA 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/01/2012 (Street) GALVESTON, TX 77550 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock (1) 03/01/2012   M   4,469 A $ 0 498,388 D   Common Stock (2) 03/01/2012   F   1,629 D $ 71.69 496,759 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Restricted Stock Units

(3)

03/01/2012

M

4,469

03/01/2012(4)

(4)

Common Stock

4,469

$ 0

0

D

Restricted Stock Units

(3)

03/01/2012

A

32,222

03/01/2013(5)

03/01/2015(5)

Common Stock

32,222

$ 0

32,222

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Moody Robert L ONE MOODY PLAZA GALVESTON, TX 77550	X	X	Chairman and CEO

Signatures

Robert L. Moody		03/02/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	This transaction represents the settlement of vested restricted stock units in shares of common stock.
(2)	Shares withheld at the election of the Reporting Person to satisfy applicable tax obligations.
(3)	Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of the issuer's common stock.
(4)	This entire restricted stock unit award vested on March 1, 2012.
(5)	These restricted stock units vest in three substantially equal annual installments, beginning on March 1, 2013, or upon the reporting person's earlier retirement, death or disability. Upon vesting, the reporting person receives a number of shares of the issuer's common stock equal to the number of restricted stock units that have vested.
Remarks: Reporting Person is also one of three trustees of The Moody Foundation, which as of the date of this filing owns 6,157,822 shares of Issuer's common stock.

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