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): May 6, 2005

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

      Delaware                      001-16533                   63-1261433
(State of Incorporation)      (Commission File No.)      (IRS Employer I.D. No.)


100 Brookwood Place, Birmingham, Alabama                          35209
(Address of Principal Executive Office)                         (Zip code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (205) 877-4400


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions:

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     CFR 230.425)
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     Act (17CFR 240.13e-(c))




Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

     On May 6, 2005 ProAssurance Corporation and NCRIC Group, Inc. jointly
announced that the District of Columbia Department of Insurance, Securities and
Banking ("DISB") has set a public hearing for June 6, 2005 to consider the
proposed Agreement and Plan of Merger dated February 28, 2005 by and between
ProAssurance Corporation and NCRIC Group, Inc.


Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

     Exhibit 99.1 - News release dated May 6, 2005

We are furnishing the exhbit to this Form 8-K in accordance with item 7.01,
Regulation FD Disclosure. The exhibit shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the
purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange
Act"), or otherwise subject to the liability of such section, nor shall such
information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the
Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, regardless of the general
incorporation language of such filing, except as shall be expressly set forth by
specific reference in such filing.




                                    SIGNATURE

     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.

Date: May 6, 2005


                                                     PROASSURANCE CORPORATION

                                                     By: /s/ Edward L. Rand, Jr.
                                                     ---------------------------
                                                         Edward L. Rand, Jr.
                                                         Chief Financial Officer