-----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, HuaMo+unKLMR0pe9lAiRvOWuI4CzI9sA09MqB1Hey7lFC8IZOrdfxG86SWfwI8SM kDnb805jEvEiQ/dMW8gAFA== 0000783603-08-000110.txt : 20081009 0000783603-08-000110.hdr.sgml : 20081009 20081009144332 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000783603-08-000110 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 5 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20081009 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20081009 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20081009 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AMERICAN SAFETY INSURANCE HOLDINGS LTD CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000783603 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: INSURANCE AGENTS BROKERS & SERVICES [6411] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-14795 FILM NUMBER: 081115904 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 31 QUEENS STREET STREET 2: 2ND FLOOR CITY: HAMILTON STATE: D0 ZIP: HM 11 BUSINESS PHONE: 441-296-8560 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 31 QUEENS STREET STREET 2: 2ND FLOOR CITY: HAMILTON STATE: D0 ZIP: HM 11 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: AMERICAN SAFETY INSURANCE GROUP LTD DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19971218 8-K 1 form8ksuitcorrection.htm FORM8-K REGARDING CA LAWSUIT DOCKET CORRECTION

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): October 9, 2008

 

AMERICAN SAFETY INSURANCE HOLDINGS, LTD.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Bermuda

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation or Organization)

001-04795

(Commission

File Number)

Not applicable

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

The Boyle Building, 2nd Floor

31 Queen Street

Hamilton, Bermuda HM 11

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(441) 296-8560

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) 12 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) 12 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 240.13e-2(c))

 

 


 

 

Item 8.01.     Other Events

 

The Registrant issued a press release on October 9, 2008 relating to the correction of an error in a court docket.

 

A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

                   (d)

Exhibits.  The following exhibit is being furnished herewith:

 

 

Exhibit No.

Description

 

99.1

Press Release of American Safety Insurance Holdings, Ltd. issued October 9, 2008.  The information set forth under Item 8.01 and in Exhibit 99.1 is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

 


 

 

SIGNATURES

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.

 

AMERICAN SAFETY INSURANCE HOLDINGS, LTD.

 

Registrant

Date:  October 9, 2008

By:

_______________________________

 

 

Stephen R. Crim

 

 

President/CEO

 

 

 

 

 

 EX-99 2 pr_suitcorrection100908final.htm PRESS RELEASE REGARDING CA DOCKET CORRECTION


 


 

American Safety Insurance Holdings, Ltd. Reports

Correction of Court Docket

 

HAMILTON, Bermuda, October 9, 2008 - American Safety Insurance Holdings, Ltd. (NYSE: ASI) today reported that the court docket for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California associated with a complaint filed against American Safety Indemnity Company (“ASIC”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of ASI, included an erroneous demand figure. That figure was published in Bermuda. The actual demand is for $250,000 and the Court’s docket has been corrected. As reported, ASIC is the defendant in commercial litigation with PMA Capital Insurance Company associated with a claim in its construction business line seeking contribution to defense costs from ASIC. The Company views this litigation as ordinary course litigation incidental to its business.

 

 

About Us:

American Safety Insurance Holdings, Ltd. (NYSE:ASI), a Bermuda holding company, offers innovative insurance solutions outside the U.S. in the reinsurance and alternative risk markets through its subsidiaries, American Safety Reinsurance, Ltd. and American Safety Assurance, Ltd., and in the U.S. for specialty risks and alternative risk markets through its program administrator, American Safety Insurance Services, Inc., and insurance company subsidiaries and affiliates, American Safety Casualty Insurance Company, American Safety Indemnity Company and American Safety Risk Retention Group, Inc. As a group, ASI’s insurance subsidiaries and affiliates are rated "A" (Excellent) VIII by A.M. Best.

 

Contacts:

American Safety Insurance Services, Inc.

 

American Safety Insurance Services, Inc.

Investor Relations

 

Media Relations

William Tepe

 

Julie McDonald

btepe@amsafety.com

 

jmcdonald@amsafety.com

(770) 916-1908

 

(770) 916-1908

 

 

 

 

 

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