~~UNITED STATES~~ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

~~Washington~~WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

~~CURRENT~~Current ~~REPORT~~ Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 October 24, 2017 (October 24, 2017) Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

~~Date~~State ofNational ~~Report (date of earliest event reported): October 23~~Companies, ~~2017~~Inc.

STATE NATIONAL COMPANIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-36712	~~001~~26-~~36712~~0017421	~~26-0017421~~
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1900 L. Don Dodson Dr. ~~Bedford, Texas 76021~~

~~(Address~~Bedford, ofTexas ~~principal executive offices) (zip code)~~76021

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code) (817) 265-2000 (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) Not Applicable

(~~Registrant’s~~Former ~~telephone~~name ~~number~~or former address, ~~including~~if ~~area~~changed ~~code~~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:

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~~Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-~~2 ~~of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).~~

~~Emerging~~Item ~~growth~~5.07 Submission ~~company~~of xMatters to a Vote of Securities Holders.

IfOn anOctober ~~emerging~~24, ~~growth~~2017, ~~company~~State National Companies, ~~indicate~~Inc. by(the ~~check~~“Company”) ~~mark~~held ifa special meeting of stockholders (the ~~registrant~~“Special ~~has~~Meeting”) ~~elected~~to ~~not~~consider certain proposals related to ~~use~~the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the ~~extended~~“Merger ~~transition~~Agreement”), ~~period~~dated ~~for~~as ~~complying~~of ~~with~~July ~~any~~26, ~~new~~2017, orby ~~revised~~and ~~financial~~among ~~accounting~~the ~~standards~~Company, ~~provided~~Markel ~~pursuant~~Corporation to(“Parent”) ~~Section~~and 13Markelverick Corporation (a“Merger Sub”), ofwhich provides for, among other things and subject to the ~~Exchange~~terms ~~Act.~~and xconditions set forth therein, Merger Sub to merge with and into the Company, with the Company surviving the merger as a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent.

~~Item~~Each ~~2.02~~of ~~Results~~the ofthree ~~Operations~~proposals ~~and~~considered ~~Financial~~at ~~Condition~~the Special Meeting (as described below) was approved by the requisite vote of the Company’s stockholders.

OnAs ~~October~~of 23September 5, 2017, ~~State National Companies, Inc. (~~the ~~“Company”)~~record ~~issued~~date ~~a press release reporting the Company’s financial results~~ for the ~~third~~Special ~~quarter~~Meeting, ~~ended~~there ~~September 30~~were 42,173,561 ~~2017. A~~shares ~~copy~~ of ~~the~~common ~~press~~stock ~~release~~outstanding isand ~~furnished~~entitled ~~as Exhibit 99.1~~ to ~~this~~vote, ~~Current~~each ~~Report~~of onwhich ~~Form 8-K~~was ~~and~~entitled ~~will~~to beone ~~posted~~vote onfor ~~the~~each ~~Investor~~proposal ~~Relations~~at ~~section of~~ the ~~Company’s~~Special ~~website at http://ir~~Meeting.~~statenational.com.~~ At Inthe ~~accordance~~Special ~~with~~Meeting, ~~General~~a ~~Instruction~~total ~~B.2~~ of ~~Form 8-K~~36,280,727 ~~the~~shares ~~information~~of ~~set~~the ~~forth~~Company, inrepresenting ~~this~~approximately ~~Item 2~~86.02% ~~and~~of in the ~~attached~~outstanding ~~exhibit~~shares ~~shall~~entitled ~~be deemed~~ to bevote, ~~furnished~~were ~~and~~present ~~shall~~in ~~not~~person beor ~~deemed~~by ~~to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934~~proxy, asconstituting ~~amended~~a ~~(the~~quorum ~~“Exchange~~to ~~Act”)~~conduct business.

~~Use~~At ofthe ~~our~~Special ~~Website~~meeting, tothe ~~Distribute~~following ~~Material~~proposals ~~Company~~were ~~Information~~considered:

~~Our~~(1) ~~company~~The ~~website~~proposal ~~address~~to isadopt www.statenational.com. We use our website as a channel of distribution for important company information. Important information, including press releases, investor presentations and financial information regarding our company, is routinely posted on and accessible on the ~~Investor~~Merger ~~Relations~~Agreement ~~subpage of our website, which is accessible by clicking on~~ (the ~~tab labeled~~ “~~Investor~~merger ~~Relations~~proposal” on our website home page. We also use our website to expedite public access to time-critical information regarding our company in advance of or in lieu of distributing a press release or a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission disclosing the same information. Therefore, investors should look to the Investor Relations subpage of our website for important and time-critical information.);

~~Item~~(2) ~~9.01~~The ~~Financial~~proposal ~~Statements~~to ~~And~~approve, ~~Exhibits.~~on a nonbinding advisory basis, certain compensation that may be paid or become payable to the Company’s named executive officers that is based on or otherwise relates to the merger (the “merger-related compensation proposal”); and

(d3) ~~Exhibits~~ The proposal to approve an adjournment of the Special Meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes to approve the merger proposal at the Special Meeting (the “adjournment proposal”).

InThe ~~accordance~~final ~~with~~voting ~~General~~results ~~Instruction~~for Beach proposal are described below.2 For more information on each of ~~Form 8-K~~these proposals, see the ~~information~~Company’s ~~set~~definitive ~~forth~~proxy instatement filed with the ~~attached~~U.S. ~~exhibit~~Securities ~~shall~~Exchange beCommission ~~deemed~~(the to“SEC”) beon ~~furnished~~September ~~and~~11, ~~shall~~2017, ~~not~~as bewell ~~deemed~~as the supplement to bethe ~~“filed”~~Company’s ~~for~~definitive ~~purposes~~proxy ofstatement ~~Section 18~~filed ofwith the ~~Exchange~~SEC ~~Act~~on September 28, 2017.

~~99.1 Press~~Merger ~~Release dated October 23, 2017.~~Proposal

Votes For	Votes Against	Abstentions	Broker Non-Votes
34,671,428	646,285	963,014	--

~~SIGNATURE~~Merger-Related Compensation Proposal

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.

Votes For	Votes Against	Abstentions	Broker Non-Votes
27,647,778	8,374,123	258,826	--

		STATE NATIONAL COMPANIES, INC.
Date:	October 23, 2017	By:	/s/ David Hale
			David Hale
			Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer

Adjournment Proposal

Votes For	Votes Against	Abstentions	Broker Non-Votes
33,997,690	1,320,073	962,964	--

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.

Dated: October 24, 2017

	STATE NATIONAL COMPANIES, INC.


	By:	/s/ David Hale
	Name:	David Hale
	Title:	Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer

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