UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549

                                   SCHEDULE TO

            Tender Offer Statement Under Section 14(d)(1) or 13(e)(1)
                     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                              (Amendment No. ____)

                   Insurance Management Solutions Group, Inc.
                       (Name of Subject Company (issuer))

                    Bankers Insurance Group, Inc. (Affiliate)
                      Bankers Insurance Company (Affiliate)
                 Bankers Security Insurance Company (Affiliate)
                   Bankers Management Corporation (Affiliate)
               Insurance Management Solutions Group, Inc. (Issuer)
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            (Names of Filing Persons (identifying status as offeror,
                            issuer or other person))

                     Common Stock, $.01 par value per share
                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                   0001063167
                      (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

                                 David M. Howard
                 Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
                   Insurance Management Solutions Group, Inc.
                              801 94th Avenue North
                          St. Petersburg, Florida 33702
                                 (727) 803-2040
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      (Name, Address, and Telephone Numbers of Person Authorized to Receive
             Notices and Communications on Behalf of filing persons)

                                    Copy to:
     Todd B. Pfister                          Robert G. Southey
     Foley & Lardner                          Secretary and General Counsel
     One IBM Plaza                            Bankers Insurance Group, Inc.
     330 N. Wabash Avenue                     360 Central Avenue
     Chicago, Illinois 60611                  St. Petersburg, Florida
     Telephone (312) 755-2579                 Telephone (727) 823-4000

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         [ ]      third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.

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                  The following disclosure regarding the contemplated
self-tender offer by Insurance Management Solutions Group, Inc. (the "Company")
is included in "Part II - Item 5. Other Information" of the Company's Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended September 30, 2002:

                  As previously reported, in August 2002 the Company announced
an intention to commence a cash tender offer for all of the presently
outstanding shares of its common stock, $0.01 per share ("Common Stock"), at a
price of $3.08 per share, net to the seller in cash (the "Offer"). The Offer
will be conditioned upon at least a majority of the shares of Common Stock not
held by members of the BIG Group (as hereinafter defined) being tendered and
other closing conditions typical for this type of transaction. The Offer is to
be made pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated August 15, 2002 (the
"BIG Agreement"), by and among the Company, [Bankers Insurance Group, Inc.
("BIG"), Bankers Insurance Company ("BIC"), Bankers Security Insurance Company
("BSIC")] and Bankers Management Corporation ("Acquisition Corp."). BIC is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of BIG and BSIC is a jointly-owned subsidiary of BIG and
BIC. BIG, BIC and BSIC constitute the "BIG Group." Acquisition Corp. is a
Florida corporation wholly-owned by BIC and BSIC and formed solely for purposes
of consummating a short-form merger following the Offer. As of the date hereof,
the members of the BIG Group collectively own approximately 68.0% of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock. Pursuant to the BIG Agreement, the members
of the BIG Group have agreed not to tender the shares of Common Stock owned
thereby in response to the Offer. Also pursuant to the BIG Agreement, the
Company has agreed to loan BIG and/or Bankers Underwriters, Inc., a wholly-owned
subsidiary of BIG ("BUI"), up to $7.0 million under a revolving line of credit
(the "Line of Credit"), secured by the insurance flood book of BUI. At September
30, 2002 the amount drawn on this Line of Credit was $6.6 million. All amounts
due under the Line of Credit will be due July 31, 2003; monthly interest-only
payments will be due prior to maturity.

                  The foregoing discussion of the BIG Agreement is qualified in
its entirety by reference to (1) the BIG Agreement included as Exhibit 2.1 to
the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2002 filed
by the Company on August 19, 2002, and (2) the Credit and Security Agreement
(and related financing documents), dated August 15, 2002, between the Company,
BIG and BUI previously filed as Exhibits 10.4 to 10.7 to the Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2002 filed by the Company on
August 19, 2002.

                  On October 15, 2002, BIG and Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
("FNF") announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to
which FNF is to acquire First Community Insurance Company, a subsidiary of BIG
and a fifty-state licensed insurance company ("FCIC"), and certain assets of
BIG, including the rights to issue new and renewal flood insurance policies
underwritten by BIG and its subsidiaries, BIC, BSIC and FCIC. The transaction
involves more than 360,000 flood insurance policies originated through a
nationwide network of 10,000 independent agents in conjunction with the National
Flood Insurance Program ("NFIP"). The Company will continue to provide flood
policy administration and claim servicing operations to FNF upon the closing of
this transaction.


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                  In late October 2002, the Company was contacted by a third
party potentially interested in acquiring the Company or its business.
Thereafter, the Special Committee of the Company's Board of Directors determined
that it is appropriate to further investigate this possibility. Discussions with
this third party are ongoing. No assurances can be given, however, as to whether
these discussions will result in an acceptable offer for the Company or its
business.

                  As part of its evaluation of the potential third-party
transaction, the Company also intends to further consider the implications of
the aforementioned agreement between FNF and BIG. The closing of such
transaction is subject to certain regulatory approvals and other conditions,
including certain revisions to the existing Insurance Administration Services
Agreement between the Company and BIG (including certain of its subsidiaries).
As discussed above, the Company will continue to provide flood policy
administration and claim services to FNF upon the closing of such transaction.

                  In light of the foregoing developments, as well as information
not available to the Special Committee at the time of its determination to
recommend approval of the Offer potentially affecting the analysis employed by
the Special Committee, the Special Committee has determined that it is
appropriate to undertake further due diligence to confirm its previous
conclusion as to the fairness of the proposed Offer and to ask Houlihan, Lokey,
Howard & Zukin, the Special Committee's financial advisor, to undertake to again
review the fairness, from a financial point of view, of the Offer price to the
Company's shareholders (other than the BIG Group). In addition, the Special
Committee is monitoring the Company's current liquidity position in order to
determine whether, in light of, among other things, (i) the decline in
affiliated outsourcing revenues, (ii) the collectibility of amounts due from BIG
and its affiliates under the Amended Service Agreement and (iii) higher than
anticipated costs and expenses incurred in connection with the ongoing actions
of the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company, the Company
still would have sufficient cash available in the event it proceeded with the
Offer. No assurances can be given, however, that the Company has sufficient cash
to commence the Offer.

         THE TENDER OFFER WILL BE MADE ONLY BY AN OFFER TO PURCHASE AND OTHER
OFFERING DOCUMENTS, COPIES OF WHICH WILL BE FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION AND MAILED TO COMPANY SHAREHOLDERS. INVESTORS AND
SHAREHOLDERS ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO READ THE TENDER OFFER STATEMENTS WHEN THEY
BECOME AVAILABLE, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. INVESTORS AND
SECURITY HOLDERS MAY OBTAIN A FREE COPY OF THESE STATEMENTS (WHEN AVAILABLE) AND
OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED BY THE COMPANY AT THE SEC'S WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.SEC.GOV.
THE TENDER OFFER STATEMENT AND RELATED MATERIALS MAY BE OBTAINED FOR FREE BY
DIRECTING SUCH REQUESTS TO THE INFORMATION AGENT TO BE DESIGNATED FOR THE TENDER
OFFER.


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         Certain statements contained herein, including statements regarding the
proposed Offer and a possible transaction with a third party, and the other
statements contained herein regarding matters that are not historical facts, are
"forward-looking" statements (as such term is defined in the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995). Words such as "expects," "intends," variations
of these words and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking
statements. Because such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties,
actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements
include, but are not limited to, uncertainties regarding economic conditions and
the market as those affect both the Company and BIG (including its ability to
repay outstanding obligations to the Company), other uncertainties regarding BIG
(including its subsidiaries), its business and financial condition,
uncertainties relating to the proposed transaction between BIG and FNF and the
Company's discussions with a potential third-party acquiror, uncertainties
relating to the litigation pertaining to the Offer, uncertainties regarding the
Company's liquidity and capital resources, and those risks and uncertainties
discussed in filings made from time to time by the Company with the Securities
Exchange Commission.

         The foregoing is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an
offer to sell shares of the Company. At the time the Offer is commenced, the
Company will file a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. The Tender Offer Statement (including an offer to
purchase, a related letter of transmittal and other offer documents) will
contain important information that should be read carefully before any decision
is made with respect to the offer.

         The offer to purchase, the related letter of transmittal and certain
other documents will be sent to all shareholders of the Company, at no expense
to them. The Tender Offer statement (including the offer to purchase, the
related letter of transmittal and all other offer documents filed with the SEC)
will also be available at no charge at the Securities and Exchange Commission's
website at http://www.sec.gov.


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