UNITED STATES

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) October 3, 2008

PMA Capital Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Pennsylvania	001-31706	23-2217932
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

380 Sentry Parkway Blue Bell, Pennsylvania	19422
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (610) 397-5298

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

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Item 1.01.  Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

As previously announced, on March 28, 2008, PMA Capital Corporation (the “Company”) entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Armour Reinsurance Group Limited (“Armour”), a Bermuda-based corporation, pursuant to which Armour will purchase from the Company all of the issued and outstanding shares of PMA Capital Insurance Company, a Pennsylvania domestic property and casualty insurance company, PMA Re Management Company, a Pennsylvania corporation, and High Mountain Reinsurance, Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted limited liability company.  The closing of the sale and transfer of ownership is pending approval by the Pennsylvania Insurance Department (the “Department”).

The Department notified the Company that the public comment period related to the sale remains open.  The Department’s financial examination of PMA Capital Insurance Company, which includes its review of the loss reserves, is also still in process.

Under the original terms of the Agreement, the Agreement could have been terminated by either the Company or Armour if the closing of the sale had not occurred within six months of signing the Agreement.  The Company and Armour amended the Agreement to extend the termination date to December 15, 2008 or such later date as the parties may mutually agree.

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 thereunto duly authorized.

	PMA Capital Corporation
October 3, 2008	By:	/s/ William E. Hitselberger
	Name:		William E. Hitselberger
	Title:		Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer