PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OF 15 (D) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date  of  Report  (Date  of  earliest  event  reported):  May  20,  2002


                        SYMONS INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
             (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)


Indiana                         0-29042                   35-1707115
(State  or  other               (Commission               (IRS  Employer
Jurisdiction  of                File  Number)             Identification  No.)
Incorporation)


                4720 Kingsway Drive, Indianapolis, Indiana 46205
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (317) 259-6300

                                 Not Applicable
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)



ITEM  5.     OTHER  EVENTS
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Symons  International  Group,  Inc.  ("Company") announced on June 10, 2002 that
Alan G. Symons has retired from the Company and that Gene S. Yerant's employment
with  the  Company  ended  on  May  20,  2002.  See  the attached press release.


ITEM  7.      FINANCIAL  STATEMENTS  AND  EXHIBITS
              ------------------------------------

(1)     Financial  Statements:  None.

(2)     Proforma  Financial  Equation:  None.

(3)     Exhibits:

        (1)  Press  release  issued  June  10,  2002.



                                   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.




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Date:  June  10,  2002                    SYMONS  INTERNATIONAL  GROUP,  INC.
                                          By: /s/ Douglas H. Symons__________
                              Douglas  H.  Symons,  Chief  Executive  Officer



Exhibit  (1)


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JUNE  10,  2002

AT  THE  COMPANY:
Douglas  Symons
(317)  259-6413
E-mail:   dsymons@sigins.com


  SYMONS INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.  ANNOUNCES THE RETIREMENT OF ALAN G. SYMONS


Indianapolis,  Indiana  (June 10, 2002) - Symons International Group, Inc. (OTC:
SIGC.OB),  a  provider  of nonstandard automobile insurance announced today that
Alan  G.  Symons  is  retiring  from  the  Company.

The Company today announced the retirement of Alan G. Symons, the Company's Vice
Chairman  of  the  Board, and the President and Chief Executive Officer of Goran
Capital  Inc., the Company's parent company.  After 32 years of service, Alan G.
Symons  has  decided  to  retire from the Company and its affiliates in order to
start  a  new  business  solutions  company.  Alan  G. Symons also resigned as a
director  of  the Company and its affiliates.  "We will miss Alan's leadership,"
said  Douglas  H.  Symons, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
Douglas  H. Symons was also elected as the President and Chief Executive Officer
of  Goran  Capital  Inc.  on  May  31,  2002.

The  Company  also  announced  today  that  Gene S. Yerant's employment with the
Company  ended  on  May  20,  2002.  Douglas H. Symons will reassume operational
responsibility  for  the  Company's  nonstandard  automobile insurance business.