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): August 2, 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


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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

               On August 2, 2005 ProAssurance Corporation announced that
          shareholders of NCRIC Group, Inc. have approved NCRIC Group's merger
          into ProAssurance.

               NCRIC Group's merger into ProAssurance is expected to be declared
          effective upon the close of business on August 3, 2005. Each share of
          NCRIC common stock will be converted into 0.25 shares of ProAssurance
          common stock automatically at the effective time of the merger. NCRIC
          expects to delist its stock on NASDAQ at that time. Holders of NCRIC
          shares may begin trading their converted shares as ProAssurance common
          stock on the NYSE on August 4, 2005, the day following the expected
          effective time of the merger. Record holders of NCRIC common stock
          will receive instructions for exchanging their certificates of NCRIC
          common stock for certificates of ProAssurance common stock within the
          next few days.

               A copy of the news release issued by ProAssurance disclosing the
          proposed transaction is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is
          incorporated into this Item 7.01 by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

          Exhibit 99.1 - News release dated August 2, 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:  August 2, 2005



                                              PROASSURANCE CORPORATION




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