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                                                                 Exhibit 99.2


                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Baldwin & Lyons, Inc. (the "Company")
on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ending September 30, 2002 as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, G.
Patrick Corydon, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the
Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to 906 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d)
    of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
    respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.



/s/ G. Patrick Corydon
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G. Patrick Corydon
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
November 11, 2002

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