-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, QmAmXGBO563Uqw/K9XquZAIU6UKdOfmJoJyXFUQRVU40U72YWCmKOU0Y5DO/XdBK SKNqdEBNQW2BPBq2M36YCg== 0000354396-96-000017.txt : 19961204 0000354396-96-000017.hdr.sgml : 19961204 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000354396-96-000017 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 19961203 ITEM INFORMATION: Other events FILED AS OF DATE: 19961203 SROS: NYSE SROS: PSE FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: USF&G CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000354396 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331] IRS NUMBER: 521220567 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-08233 FILM NUMBER: 96675097 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 LIGHT ST CITY: BALTIMORE STATE: MD ZIP: 21202 BUSINESS PHONE: 4105473000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 1138 CITY: BALTIMORE STATE: MD ZIP: 21203 8-K 1 DECEMBER 3, 1996 FORM 8-K 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): Commission File Number December 3, 1996 1-8233 USF&G CORPORATION (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) Maryland 52-1220567 (State of Incorporation) (IRS Employer Identification No.) 100 Light Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (410) 547-3000 (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) USF&G CORPORATION FORM 8-K ---------------------- Item 5. Other Events On November 19, 1996, United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, USF&G Corporation's principal operating subsidiary, entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Afianzadora Insurgentes Serfin, S.A. de C.V. ("Afianzadora") for $65 million. Afianzadora is the largest surety bond company in Mexico, writing approximately 27 percent of the Mexican surety market. The acquisition is subject to regulatory approvals in Mexico and other customary conditions to closing, and is expected to close by year-end. USF&G CORPORATION FORM 8-K ---------------------- SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. USF&G CORPORATION By: /s/DAN L. HALE Dan L. Hale Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer December 3, 1996 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----