Exhibit 99.2

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     In connection with the Quarterly Report of Symons International Group, Inc.
(the  "Company")  on  Form
10-Q  for  the  period  ending  March  31, 2003 as filed with the Securities and
Exchange  Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Bruce K. Dwyer, Chief
Financial  Officer  of  the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as
adopted  pursuant  to  ss.  906  of  the  Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my
knowledge:

     (1)  The  Report  fully  complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or
15(d)  of  the  Securities  Exchange  Act  of  1934;  and

     (2)  The  information  contained  in  the  Report  fairly  presents, in all
material  respects,  the  financial  condition  and results of operations of the
Company.


/s/Bruce  K.  Dwyer
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Bruce  K.  Dwyer
Chief  Financial  Officer
July  15,  2003


     A  signed  original  of  this written statement required by Section 906 has
been  provided  to  Symons International Group, Inc. and will be retained by the
Company  and  furnished  to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.