<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001561188-14-000011.txt : 20141003
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20141003152527
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001561188-14-000011
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8 POS
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20141003
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20141003
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20141003

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PROASSURANCE CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001127703
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331]
		IRS NUMBER:				631261433
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8 POS
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-81444
		FILM NUMBER:		141139583

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 BROOKWOOD PLACE
		CITY:			BIRMINGHAM
		STATE:			AL
		ZIP:			35209
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2058774400
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<a name="sE95590A1F454040054D1A3318B9BEF7D"></a><div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:26px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 3, 2014, Registration No.&#160;333-81444</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:1pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:1pt;">&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:1pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:1pt;">&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;"><hr></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:17px;text-align:center;font-size:14pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:14pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:24px;text-align:center;font-size:3pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:3pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:17px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Post-Effective Amendment No.&#160;1 to</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">&#32;Registration Statement on Form&#160;S-8 under</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">&#32;The Securities Act of 1933*</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:17px;text-align:center;font-size:24pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:24pt;font-weight:bold;">PROASSURANCE CORPORATION</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td width="47.31977818853974%"></td><td width="5.360443622920517%"></td><td width="47.31977818853974%"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;height:5px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;height:5px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;height:5px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Delaware</font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#160;(State or other jurisdiction of</font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#160;incorporation or organization)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">63-1261433</font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#160;(I.R.S. 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Stephenson, Esq.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;Burr &amp; Forman LLP</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;Suite3400 &#8226; 420 North 20th Street</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;Birmingham, Alabama 35203</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;(205)&#160;458-5201</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="s9AC63D7919D72E5994C9A3318BC3E161"></a><div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;padding-top:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">ProAssurance Corporation (the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;) registered 1,420,516 shares of its common stock (the &#8220;Registered Shares&#8221;) with respect to the ProAssurance Corporation Incentive Compensation Stock Plan (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;) through a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-81444) originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 25, 2002.  No additional shares will be issued under the Plan.  In accordance with the undertaking of the Registrant in Part II of the Registration Statement, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 is being filed to deregister and remove from registration as of the date hereof all shares of common stock registered under the Registration Statement that remain unissued under the Plan.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;padding-top:16px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURE</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;padding-top:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Homewood, State of Alabama, on this the third day of October, 2014.</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-top:12px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:91.23931623931624%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td width="49.64871194379391%"></td><td width="8.19672131147541%"></td><td width="42.15456674473068%"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;padding-left:4px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">PROASSURANCE CORPORATION</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;padding-left:4px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">By:</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">/s/&#160; W. 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