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): November 6, 2002

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 5. Other Events and Regulation FD Disclosure.

        On November 6, 2002, the registrant issued a news release, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 99 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

        (c) The exhibit accompanying this report is listed in the Index to Exhibits on page E-1.

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SIGNATURES

        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: November 6, 2002	By: /s/William E. Hitselberger
	William E. Hitselberger
	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 November 6, 2002	Filed herewith

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EX-99

Exhibit 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 Announces Quarterly Dividend

Philadelphia, PA, November 6, 2002 — PMA Capital (NASDAQ: PMACA) announced today that its Board of Directors declared the regular quarterly dividend on its Class A Common Stock of $0.105 per share to shareholders of record on December 12, 2002. The dividend will be paid on January 2, 2003. PMA Capital has paid dividends to its shareholders every year since the company was formed in 1915.

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 property and casualty reinsurance, underwritten and marketed through PMA Re, and workers’ compensation, integrated disability and other commercial property and casualty lines of insurance in the eastern part of the United States, underwritten and marketed under the trade name The PMA Insurance Group. For additional information about PMA Capital and its specialty insurance businesses, please visit us at www.pmacapital.com.