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ProAssurance to Participate in Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Insurance Conference

August 25, 2005

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 25, 2005--Executives from ProAssurance Corporation (NYSE:PRA) will be presenting at the Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Insurance Conference on Thursday, September 8, 2005.

The presentation will begin at 4:05 PM EDT and will be webcast on the KBW website at http://www.kbw.com/conferenceInsurance.htm. Once the presentation is complete an archive will be available within four hours at the same link as the live webcast. The archive will remain active for sixty days.

A link will also be provided to the presentation on ProAssurance's website, www.ProAssurance.com, and the presentation materials used by the Company will be available as part of the webcast.

About ProAssurance

ProAssurance Corporation is a specialty insurer with more than $3.4 billion in assets and almost $790 million in gross written premiums. We are the nation's fourth largest writer of medical professional liability insurance and our principal professional liability subsidiaries are The Medical Assurance Company, Inc., ProNational Insurance Company, NCRIC, Inc., and Red Mountain Casualty Insurance Company. We also write professional liability coverage through Woodbrook Casualty Insurance Company. We are the tenth largest writer of personal auto coverage in Michigan through our subsidiary, MEEMIC Insurance Company.

A.M. Best assigns a rating of "A-" (Excellent) to ProAssurance, MEEMIC and our principal professional liability subsidiaries, except NCRIC, Inc. which is rated B++ (Very Good). Standard & Poor's assigns our principal professional liability carriers a rating of "A-" ("Strong") but has not yet issued a rating for NCRIC, Inc. Fitch assigns a rating of "A-" to The Medical Assurance Company, ProNational Insurance Company and MEEMIC Insurance Company.

    CONTACT: ProAssurance Corporation
             Frank B. O'Neil, 800-282-6242 or 205-877-4461
             foneil@ProAssurance.com

    SOURCE: ProAssurance Corporation