AMERICAN PHYSICIANS SERVICE GROUP, INC.


UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549


____________________


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):  June 4, 2009



AMERICAN PHYSICIANS SERVICE GROUP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)



TEXAS

0-11453

75-1458323

(State or Other Jurisdiction

(Commission

(IRS Employer

of Incorporation)

File Number)

Identification No.)



1301 CAPITAL OF TEXAS HIGHWAY

SUITE C-300

AUSTIN, TEXAS 78746

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Zip Code)


(512) 328-0888

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)


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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):


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Item 8.01               Other Events


On June 4, 2009, American Physicians Service Group, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors approved a dividend of $0.30 per common share, the company’s sixth consecutive annual dividend.  The dividend will be payable June 30, 2009 to shareholders of record on June 15, 2009. We also announced that shareholders had re-elected its eight-member Board of Directors at the annual Meeting of Shareholders held on June 3, 2009. A copy of our press release, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, is incorporated by reference in its entirety.


Item 9.01               Financial Statements and Exhibits


(d) Exhibits

The following exhibits are furnished herewith:


Exhibit
Number

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press release issued by American Physicians Service Group, Inc. dated June 4, 2009




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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.


Date: June 4, 2009

American Physicians Service Group, Inc.

 

Signed: /s/ Marc J. Zimmermann

 

Name: Marc J. Zimmermann

 

Title:  Chief Financial Officer




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