July 26, 1999

FPIC Insurance Group, Inc.
1000 Riverside Avenue, Suite 800
Jacksonville, FL 32204

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     We have  acted  as  counsel  to  FPIC  Insurance  Group,  Inc.,  a  Florida
corporation  (the "Company"),  in connection with the Registration  Statement on
Form S-3 (the  "Registration  Statement")  being filed by the  Company  with the
Securities and Exchange  Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act"), with respect to the offer and sale of 263,816 issued and
outstanding  shares (the "Shares") of the Company's common stock, par value $.10
per share, which are being offered for the account of the APAA Liquidating Trust
(the  "selling  shareholder").  The selling  shareholder  acquired the shares in
connection with the acquisition by the Company of Anesthesiologists Professional
Assurance  Company.  The Company will not receive any proceeds  from the sale of
the Shares.

     We have examined such documents,  corporate records and other  instruments,
and have made such other and further  investigations  as we have deemed relevant
and  necessary  for the  purposes  of this  opinion.  We have  assumed,  without
inquiry,  the  authenticity of all documents  submitted to us as originals,  the
genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons and the
conformity with authentic  original documents of any copies thereof submitted to
us for our examination.

     Based upon the foregoing,  and subject to the qualifications stated herein,
we are of the opinion that:

     1.  The  Shares  have  been  legally   issued,   and  are  fully  paid  and
non-assessable.

     The  opinions  rendered  herein  are  limited  to the laws of the  State of
Florida and the Federal laws of the United States.






     This  opinion  is being  delivered  in  connection  with  the  Registration
Statement and,  accordingly,  may not be used for any other purpose  without our
prior written  consent.  We assume no  obligation  to update or supplement  this
opinion to reflect any facts or  circumstances  that may  hereafter  come to our
attention with respect to the opinions expressed above, including any changes in
applicable law that may hereafter occur.

     We hereby consent to the use of our name in the  Registration  Statement as
counsel  who will pass upon the  legality  of the Shares and as having  prepared
this opinion,  and to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the  Registration
Statement. We also consent to the use of our name as counsel for the Company and
to any references to this firm in the prospectus  that  constitutes  part of the
Registration Statement.

     In giving  this  consent,  we do not hereby  admit that we come  within the
category of persons whose consent is required  under Section 7 of the Securities
Act or the  rules or  regulations  of the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission
promulgated thereunder.

                                     Very truly yours,

				     /s/ LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, L.L.P.