SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    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) February 11, 2004


                             HARLEYSVILLE GROUP INC.
              (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

        Delaware                         0-14697               51-0241172
      (State or other jurisdiction      (Commission           (IRS Employer
        of incorporation)               File Number)        Identification No.)


355  Maple  Avenue,  Harleysville,  Pennsylvania                  19438
   (Address  of  principal  executive  offices)                 (Zip  Code)


                                 (215) 256-5000
               Registrant's telephone number, including area code


                                       N/A
         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)


ITEM  12.     RESULTS  OF  OPERATIONS  AND  FINANCIAL  CONDITION

On  February 11, 2004, Harleysville Group Inc. issued a press release commenting
on  its  earnings  for  the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2003 and full year
2003  (furnished  hereinunder  as  Exhibit  99.1).

The  information  provided  in this Form 8-K, Item 12, Results of Operations and
Financial  Condition,  is  being  furnished  and shall not be deemed "filed" for
purposes  of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("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, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set
forth  by  specific  reference  in  such  filing.



                                   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




                                             /s/Roger A. Brown
February 11, 2004                          -----------------------------
                                              Roger  A.  Brown
                                              Senior  Vice  President, Secretary
                                              and  General  Counsel





                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit  No.             Description

99.1                    Press  Release  dated February 11, 2004, of Harleysville
                        Group  Inc.  (furnished  pursuant  to  Item  12 hereof).