Exhibit 99.1

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In  connection  with  the Annual Report of Symons International Group, Inc. (the
"Company")  on  Form 10K for the year ending December 31, 2002 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date herof (the 'Report"), I , Douglas
H.  Symons,  Chief  Executive  Officer  of  the Company, certify, pursuant to 18
U.S.C. section 1350, as adopted pursuant to sction 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of  2002,  that:

     (1)     The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) of
15(d)  of  the  Securieties  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  as  of  and  for  the  periods  stated  therein.


Dated:  June  3,  2003                         By:  /s/  Douglas  H.  Symons
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                                                         Douglas  H.  Symons
                                                   Chief  Executive  Officer