Exhibit 99.1

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     In connection with the Quarterly Report of Symons International Group, Inc.
(the  "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending March 31, 2003 as filed with
the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I,
Douglas  H. Symons, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to
18  U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002,  that  to  my  knowledge:

     (1)  The  Report  fully  complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or
15(d)  of  the  Securities  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.


/s/  Douglas  H.  Symons
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Douglas  H.  Symons
Chief  Executive  Officer
July  15,  2003