SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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): October 14, 2004
Philadelphia Consolidated Holding Corp.
| Pennsylvania | 0-22280 | 23-2202671 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer’ Identification No.) |
| One Bala Plaza, Suite 100, Bala Cynwyd, PA | 19004 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (610) 617-7900
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation to the registrant under any of the following provisions:
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
| ITEM 2.02. | RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION |
| The Company issued a press release on October 14, 2004 announcing estimates of gross losses attributable to Hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne, updated net after-tax losses for Hurricane Ivan and related reinsurance premium expenses with its associated catastrophe programs, all of which will be reflected in the Company’s third quarter ended September 30, 2004 results. The press release is furnished as an Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K |
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. |
Philadelphia Consolidated Holding Corp.
| Dated: October 18, 2004 | By: | Craig P. Keller | ||
| Craig P. Keller | ||||
| Executive Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer | ||||