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): July 1529, 2010

PMA Capital Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Pennsylvania		001-31706		23-2217932
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

380 Sentry Parkway Blue Bell, Pennsylvania		19422
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(610) 397-5298

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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):

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Item 82.0102. ~~Other~~Results ~~Information~~of Operations and Financial Condition.

On July 1529, 2010, ~~Old~~PMA ~~Republic~~Capital ~~International~~ Corporation (~~“Old~~the ~~Republic~~“Registrant”) ~~filed~~issued a ~~registration~~news ~~statement~~release onregarding ~~Form~~its ~~S-4~~Second toQuarter ~~register~~2010 ~~the~~results, ~~issuance~~a ofcopy ~~shares~~ of ~~Old~~which ~~Republic~~is ~~common~~furnished ~~stock~~as ~~that~~Exhibit ~~will be issued following the closing under the Agreement and Plan of Merger among PMA Capital Corporation (“PMA”), Old Republic and OR New Corp~~99.1 ~~dated June 9, 2010~~hereto. ~~The~~Additionally, ~~registration statement contains~~ the ~~preliminary~~Registrant’s ~~proxy~~Second ~~statement~~Quarter of2010 ~~PMA~~Statistical ~~for~~Supplement ais ~~special~~furnished ~~meeting~~as ofExhibit ~~shareholders of PMA to be held at a date and time to be announced, at which shareholders of PMA will be asked to approve the merger~~99.2.

~~Important~~The ~~Information~~information, ~~for~~including ~~Investors~~Exhibits 99.1 and ~~Shareholders~~99.2 attached hereto, furnished under this Item 2.02 shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information furnished under this Item 2.02 shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as otherwise expressly stated in such filing.

~~Old~~Item Republic has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) a registration statement on Form S-4 that includes a preliminary proxy statement of PMA, and also constitutes a prospectus of Old Republic9.01. ~~Old~~Financial ~~Republic~~Statements and ~~PMA have also filed other documents with the SEC regarding the proposed transaction~~Exhibits. A definitive proxy statement/prospectus will be sent to PMA’s shareholders. INVESTORS ARE ADVISED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE, AND OTHER DOCUMENTS THAT ARE FILED WITH THE SEC BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE MERGER, OLD REPUBLIC AND PMA.

~~Shareholders may obtain free copies of the proxy statement/prospectus and other documents filed by PMA when those documents are filed at the SEC’s web site at www~~(d) Exhibits.sec.gov or at PMA’s web site at www.pmacapital.com. Shareholders may also obtain the proxy statement/prospectus and other documents for free by request to Investor Relations, PMA Capital Corporation, 380 Sentry Parkway, Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, telephone: 610-397-5298.

~~PMA~~Exhibit ~~and its directors, executive officers and other members of its management and employees may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from~~ 99.1 PMA Capital’s ~~shareholders~~Corporation inNews ~~connection~~Release, ~~with~~dated ~~the~~July proposed transaction. Information concerning the interests of those persons is set forth in the preliminary proxy statement/prospectus and PMA’s proxy statement relating to the 2010 annual meeting of shareholders and Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 3129, ~~2009, all of which have been filed with the SEC.~~2010

Exhibit 99.2 PMA Capital Corporation Second Quarter 2010 Statistical Supplement

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 ~~thereunto~~hereunto duly authorized.

	PMA Capital Corporation
July 15, 2010	By:	/s/ Stephen L. Kibblehouse
July 29, 2010	By:	/s/ John M. Cochrane
	Name:		~~Stephen~~John LM. ~~Kibblehouse~~Cochrane
	Title:		~~Executive~~Senior Vice President &and ~~General~~Interim ~~Counsel~~Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No. Description

Exhibit 99.1 PMA Capital Corporation News Release, dated July 29, 2010

Exhibit 99.2 PMA Capital Corporation Second Quarter 2010 Statistical Supplement

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