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                                                                    Exhibit 99.1
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BALDWIN & LYONS, INC.
PROTECTIVE INSURANCE COMPANY
SAGAMORE INSURANCE COMPANY
B & L INSURANCE, LTD. (BERMUDA)
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1099 North Meridian Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 636-9800


Subject:  Officer and Director Changes

August 8, 2007

Press Contact: G. Patrick Corydon
(317) 636-9800 (ext. 355)
corydon@baldwinandlyons.com


INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, AUGUST 8, 2007--Baldwin & Lyons, Inc. (NASD: BWINA,
BWINB) today announced that Mr. Jon Mills will be retiring from the Board of
Directors of the company, effective with yesterday's regular board meeting. Mr.
Mills, Co-Chairman of Medline Industries, Inc., served as a director since 2004.
The Company extends its gratitude for his service and counsel.

Mr. Kenneth D. Sacks was nominated and elected by the Board of Directors to fill
the vacant seat on the company's Board of Directors caused by Mr. Mill's
retirement. Mr. Sacks, 42, is currently Executive Vice President and a member of
the board of directors of JMB Insurance, Inc., an insurance brokerage company
located in Chicago and has held various positions with this firm since 1992.
Prior to his affiliation with JMB Insurance, Inc., Mr. Sacks was engaged in real
estate portfolio management with JMB Realty Corporation in Chicago and Merrill
Lynch Hubbard in New York.

The Company also announced the election of Jennie L. LaReau to the position of
Vice President of Underwriting, John E. Mitchell to the position of Vice
President of Reinsurance and Actuarial Services and Craig C. Morfas to the
position of Vice President of Claims and General Counsel of Baldwin and Lyons,
Inc. by the Board of Directors. Each of the new officers is a long time employee
of the Baldwin & Lyons Group and, most recently, has served in a similar
position for the Company's subsidiary, Protective Insurance Company. Their new
duties will encompass all of the products produced by the Company.

About the company:
Baldwin & Lyons, Inc., based in Indianapolis, Indiana, is a specialty
property-casualty insurer with a leading position in providing liability
coverage for large and medium-sized trucking fleets. Additionally, the company's
product offerings include coverage for non-standard private passenger automobile
and small fleet trucking as well as a limited program of reinsurance assumed.

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