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 9, 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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    (17 CFR 230.425) 

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    (17 CFR 240.14a-12) 

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    Exchange Act (17CFR 240.14d-2(b)) 

|_| Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-(c) under the 
    Exchange Act (17CFR 240.13e-(c))





ITEM 2.02         RESULTS OF OPERATION AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

On August 9, 2005 we filed a press release reporting the results of our
operations for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2005.


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 results of our operations for 
                         the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2005,
                         issued on August 9, 2005.


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.



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                                    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 9, 2005


                                        PROASSURANCE CORPORATION


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



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