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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM  8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
 
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):   April 18, 2011
 
 
HARLEYSVILLE GROUP INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
0-14697
51-0241172
(State or other jurisdiction of
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
 
Identification No.)
 
 
355 Maple Avenue,  Harleysville,  PA   19438-2297
(Address of principal executive offices)    (Zip Code)
 
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (215) 256-5000
 
 
Not Applicable
(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:
 

 
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ITEM 2.02.  RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

On April 18, 2011, Harleysville Group Inc. issued a press release reporting preliminarily its estimated severe winter weather losses incurred during the first quarter of 2011.  The company also announced that it anticipates it will report its full 2011 first quarter results on April 26, 2011.  The press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K and incorporated herein.

The information provided in this Item 2.02 on Form 8-K and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto are being furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in any such filing.


ITEM 9.01.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(d)  
Exhibits

Exhibit
No.
 
Description of Exhibits
     
99.1
 
Press release of Harleysville Group Inc., dated April 18, 2011
     
     



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.
 
 

 
 
HARLEYSVILLE GROUP INC.
 
Registrant
   
     
Date: April 20, 2011
By:
/s/Robert A. Kauffman
   
Robert A. Kauffman
Senior Vice President, Secretary, General Counsel and
Chief Compliance Officer



 
 

 



EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit
No.
 
Description of Exhibits
     
99.1
 
Press release of Harleysville Group Inc., dated April 18, 2011.