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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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                                    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 15, 2006

                        AMERICAN PHYSICIANS CAPITAL, INC.
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

            Michigan                   000-32057               38-3543910
  (State or Other Jurisdiction        (Commission             (IRS Employer
       of Incorporation)              File Number)         Identification No.)

             1301 North Hagadorn Road, East Lansing, Michigan 48823
               (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (517) 351-1150

                                 Not Applicable
          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

         Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions:

[ ]  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities
     Act (17 CFR 230.425)

[ ]  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange
     Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

[ ]  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the
     Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

[ ]  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the
     Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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ITEM 2.02.     RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.

         On February 15, 2006, American Physicians Capital, Inc. issued a press
release announcing its financial results for the three months and year-ended
December 31, 2005 and certain other information. A copy of the press release is
furnished herewith as Exhibit 99 and is incorporated herein by reference.

         The information furnished under Items 2.02 and 9.01 of this Report
shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, 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, as amended.

ITEM 9.01.     FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(d)   Exhibits

EXHIBIT NO.    DESCRIPTION
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99             Press Release, dated February 15, 2006



                                   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.

February 15, 2006                      AMERICAN PHYSICIANS CAPITAL, INC.


                                       By: /s/ R. Kevin Clinton
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                                           R. Kevin Clinton
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer



                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT NO.    DESCRIPTION
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99             Press Release, dated February 15, 2006