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 17, 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
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following provisions:

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    Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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ITEM 2.02   RESULTS OF OPERATION AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

On August 17, 2005 we filed a press release announcing the resignation of R. Ray
Pate, Jr. as the President of NCRIC, Inc.

Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits

            a.  None

            b.  None

            c.  We are furnishing the following document as an Exhibit to this
                Current Report on Form 8-K pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation
                8-K:

                  99.1 Press release reporting the resignation of NCRIC
                  executive, R. Ray Pate, Jr.



We are furnishing the exhbit to this Form 8-K in accordance with items 2.02. 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 17, 2005



                                        PROASSURANCE CORPORATION





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