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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20549

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

~~SECURITIES EXCHANGE~~Date ~~ACT~~of OFReport ~~1934~~(Date of earliest event reported): June 16, 2003

~~Date~~THE ofSEIBELS ~~Report~~BRUCE GROUP, INC. (~~Date~~Exact name of ~~earliest~~registrant ~~event reported):~~as ~~April~~specified ~~14,~~in ~~2003~~its charter)

THE SEIBELS BRUCE GROUP, INC.

South Carolina (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		0-8804 (Commission File Number)		57-0672136 (IRS Employer Identification Number)
1501 Lady Street (Post Office Box 1) Columbia, South Carolina (Address of principal executive offices)				29201 (Zip Code)

~~(Exact~~Registrant's telephone ~~name~~number, ofincluding ~~registrant~~area ascode: ~~specified in its charter~~(803) 748-2000

South Carolina		0-8804		57-0672136
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification Number)

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

1501 Lady Street (Post Office Box 1) Columbia, South Carolina		29201
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (803) 748-2000
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Item 5. Other Events

On ~~April 14~~ June 16, 2003, The Seibels Bruce Group, Inc. (the “"Company”") issued a press release announcing aan extension to the stock tender program allowing shareholders owning fewer than 100 shares of the Company's common stock to sell their shares to the Company. A copy of the Company’'s press release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.

Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(a): Not applicable.
(b): Not applicable.
(c): Exhibits.

(a) Not applicable.

(b) Not applicable.

The following exhibit is filed herewith and made a part hereof.

Exhibit No.		~~Description~~		Description
99	—	~~Press Release dated April 14, 2003~~—		Press Release dated June 16, 2003

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 duly authorized.

Date: April 14, 2003
	THE SEIBELS BRUCE GROUP, INC.
	By:	/s/ Matthew P. McClure
		Matthew P. McClure
		Corporate Secretary

Date: June 16, 2003

		THE SEIBELS BRUCE GROUP, INC.
		By:		/s/ MATTHEW P. MCCLURE Matthew P. McClure Corporate Secretary

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Item 5. Other Events

Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits

Signatures

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