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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000008177-09-000002
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20090226
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090226
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090226

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ATLANTIC AMERICAN CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000008177
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	LIFE INSURANCE [6311]
		IRS NUMBER:				581027114
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			GA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0228

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-03722
		FILM NUMBER:		09638145

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4370 PEACHTREE RD NE
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30319
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4042665500

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4370 PEACHTREE ROAD
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30319
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<p align=center><font size=3 face="times new roman"> UNITED STATES <BR>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
 Washington, D.C. 20549</font></p><BR>

<p align=center><font size=3 face="times new roman"><b>FORM 8-K</b></font></p><BR>

<p align=center><font size=3 face="times new roman"> Current Report<BR>
                                                Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the<BR>
                                                    Securities Exchange Act of 1934<BR></font></p><BR>
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<td colspan=3><font size=3 face="times new roman">Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):
 February 26, 2009 (February 24, 2009)</font></td>
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<p align=center><font size=3 face="times new roman"><b> ATLANTIC AMERICAN CORPORATION</b><BR></font>
                                      <font size=1 face="times new roman">
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</font></p><BR><BR><BR>


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<td align=center><font size=3 face="times new roman"> Georgia<BR>
</font><font size=1 face="times new roman">(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)</font></td>
<td align=center><font size=3 face="times new roman">0-3722<BR></font>
<font size=1 face="times new roman"> (Commission File Number)</font></td>
<td align=center><font size=3 face="times new roman">58-1027114<BR></font>
<font size=1 face="times new roman">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</font></td>
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<td><font size=3 face="times new roman">4370 Peachtree Rd., N.E.<BR>
Atlanta, Georgia <BR></font><font size=1 face="times new roman">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</font></td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td align=center><font size=3 face="times new roman">30319<BR>
</font><font size=1 face="times new roman">(Zip Code)</font></td>
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<td colspan=3><font size=3 face="times new roman">Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
(404) 266-5500</font></td>
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<td colspan=3 align=center><font size=3 face="times new roman">N/A</font></td>
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<td colspan=3 align=center><font size=1 face="times new roman">(Former Name or former address, if changed since last report)</font></td>
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<td colspan=3><font size=3 face="times new roman">Check the appropriate box
below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing
obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:</font></td>
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<td colspan=3>&nbsp;</td>
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<td align=center>&#143;</td>

<td colspan=2><font size=3 face="times new roman">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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<td align=center>&#144;</td>

<td colspan=2><font size=3 face="times new roman">Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act
(17 CFR 240.14a-12)</font></td>
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<td align=center>&#144;<BR>&nbsp;</td>

<td colspan=2><font size=3 face="times new roman">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act
(17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</font></td>
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<td align=center>&#144;<BR>&nbsp;</td>

<td colspan=2><font size=3 face="times new roman">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act
(17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</font></td>
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<td><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><b>Item 5.02<BR>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;</b></font></td>

<td colspan=3><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><b>Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.</b></font></td>
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<td colspan=5><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On
February 26, 2009, Atlantic American Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;)
issued a press release announcing that, as a part of the Company&#146;s regular
succession planning, J. Mack Robinson, the Company&#146;s Chairman of the Board
of Directors, had resigned from that position effective February 24, 2009, and
has assumed the role of Chairman Emeritus. In that role, he will continue to
serve as a member of the Company&#146;s Board of Directors. Hilton H. Howell,
Jr., the Company&#146;s President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of
the Board of Directors, has assumed the title of Chairman of the Board of
Directors. </font></td>
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<td colspan=5><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
full text of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current
Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.</font></td>
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<td><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><b>Item 9.01</b></font></td>

<td colspan=3><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><b>Financial
Statements and Exhibits</b></font></td>
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<td><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(d)</font></td>
<td colspan=2><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Exhibits.</font></td>
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<td colspan=3><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>The following exhibit is filed with this Current Report:</font></td>
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<td><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><u>Exhibit No.</u></font></td>
<td><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><u>Exhibit Description</u></font></td>
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<td colspan=2>&nbsp;</td>
<td valign=top><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>99.1</font></td>
<td colspan=2><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Press Release, dated February 26, 2009</font></td>
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<p align=center><font size=2 face="times new roman"><b> SIGNATURE</b></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face="times new roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</font></p>

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<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td><font size=2 face="times new roman"><b>ATLANTIC AMERICAN CORPORATION</b></font></td>
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<td><font size=2 face="times new roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ John G. Sample, Jr.</font><hr size=1 noshade></td>
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<td><font size=2 face="times new roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;John G. Sample, Jr.<BR>
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</font></td>
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<p><font size=2 face="times new roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Date: &nbsp;&nbsp;February 26, 2009</font></p>
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<p align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><b>EXHIBIT INDEX</b></font></p>

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<td><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><u>Exhibit No.</u></font></td>
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<td valign=top><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>99.1</font></td>
<td colspan=2><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Press Release, dated February 26, 2009</font></td>
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<p align=right><font face="times new roman, serif" size=2><B><U>EXHIBIT 99.1</U></B></font></p>

<p ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=3><b>ATLANTIC AMERICAN CORPORATION ANNOUNCES SUCCESSION PLANNING CHANGES;<BR> APPOINTS HILTON H. HOWELL, JR. AS CHAIRMAN
OF THE BOARD</b></font></p>




<P align=justify><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>ATLANTA,
Georgia, February 26, 2009 &#150; Atlantic American Corporation
(Nasdaq-AAME) today announced that, as a part of the Company&#146;s regular
succession planning, J. Mack Robinson, the Company&#146;s Chairman of the Board
of Directors, had resigned from that position effective February 24, 2009, and
has assumed the role of Chairman Emeritus. In that role, he will continue to
serve as a member of the Company&#146;s Board of Directors. Hilton H. Howell,
Jr., the Company&#146;s President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of
the Board of Directors, has assumed the title of Chairman of the Board of
Directors. </FONT></P>

<P align=justify><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Commenting on the change,
Mr. Howell stated, &#147;On behalf of everyone at Atlantic American Corporation,
I would like to thank Mack for his dedication and many years of service as our
Chairman. As a result of Mack&#146;s leadership over the past 35 years, the
Company has seen tremendous growth and success, and we look forward to
Mack&#146;s continued contributions to the Company&#146;s success in his new
role.&#148; </FONT></P>

<P align=justify><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><I>Atlantic American is an
insurance holding company involved through its subsidiary companies in specialty
markets of the life, health, and property and casualty insurance industries. Its
principal subsidiaries include American Southern Insurance Company, American
Safety Insurance Company, Bankers Fidelity Life Insurance Company and
Self-Insurance Administrators, Inc.</I></FONT></P>

<P align=justify><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><I>Note regarding Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act: Except for historical information contained
herein, this press release contains forward-looking statements that involve a
number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from
those indicated by such forward-looking statements due to a number of factors
and risks detailed from time to time in statements and reports that Atlantic
American Corporation files with the Securities and Exchange Commission.</I></FONT></P>

<P align=justify><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>For further information
contact: </FONT></P>

<P align=justify><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>John G. Sample, Jr.<BR>
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<BR>
Atlantic American Corporation<BR>
404-266-5501</font></p>












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