8-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 23, 2001

PMA Capital Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Pennsylvania
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation) 000-22761
(Commission
File Number) 23-2217932
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

1735 Market Street, Suite 2800
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
(Address of principal executive offices)  
19103-7590
(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:

(215) 665-5046

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

        (c) The exhibit accompanying this report is listed in the Index to Exhibits on the following page.

Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure.

        On March 23, 2001, the registrant issued a news release, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 99 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference, announcing that the 2001 Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Friday, April 20, 2001, at 380 Sentry Parkway, Blue Bell, PA.

        PMA Capital will provide access to the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting in real-time, listen only mode through webcasting and teleconferencing means. Shareholders wishing information on how to access the Annual Meeting through either of these methods should visit the Investor Information section of the Company’s website at www.pmacapital.com or call our Investor Relations department at 215.665.5054.

        Following the Annual Meeting, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer is scheduled to give a presentation to the Meeting attendees and to answer attendees’ questions. You will also be able to listen to the CEO’s presentation during the webcast and teleconference.

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        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.

	PMA Capital Corporation
Date: March 23, 2001	By: /s/Francis W. McDonnell
	Francis W. McDonnell,
	Senior Vice President, Chief Financial
	Officer and Treasurer

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	Index to Exhibits
Number	Description	Method of Filing
99	PMA Capital Corporation news release dated March 23, 2001	Filed herewith

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EX-99

PMA CAPITAL [LOGO]
A Specialty Risk Management Company

Mellon Bank Center Suite 2800
1735 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7590

PRESS RELEASE

      For Release: Immediate

      Contact: Albert D. Ciavardelli
            (215) 665-5063

PMA Capital Corporation Announces
Date of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and
Proposals for Shareholder Action

Philadelphia, PA, March 23, 2001 – PMA Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: PMACA) today announced that the 2001 Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Friday, April 20, 2001, at 380 Sentry Parkway, Blue Bell, PA. The record date for determining shareholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting was March 12, 2001.

The Board of Directors approved the following proposals to be presented to the shareholders at the Annual Meeting:

1. Election of five directors (Messrs. Thomas J. Gallen, Louis N. McCarter III, John W. Miller, Jr., M.D., Edward H. Owlett, and Louis I. Pollock) to serve until 2004.

2. Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent accountants for the year ending December 31, 2001.

PMA Capital will provide access to the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting in real-time, listen only mode through webcasting and teleconferencing means. Shareholders wishing information on how to access the Annual Meeting through either of these methods should visit the Investor Information section of the Company’s website at www.pmacapital.com or call our Investor Relations department at 215.665.5054.

PMA Capital Corporation, headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is an insurance holding company, whose operating subsidiaries provide specialty risk management products and services to customers throughout the United States. The primary product lines of PMA Capital’s subsidiaries include: 1) property and casualty reinsurance, underwritten and marketed through PMA Re; 2) workers’ compensation, integrated disability and other commercial property and casualty lines of insurance in the Mid-Atlantic and Southern regions of the United States, underwritten and marketed under the trade name The PMA Insurance Group; and 3) excess and surplus lines coverages, underwritten and marketed by Caliber One.

For more information about PMA Capital and its specialty insurance businesses, please visit us on the Internet at www.pmacapital.com.

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