PMA Capital to Release Fourth Quarter 2004 Results and Hold Conference

    Business Editors

    BLUE BELL, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 8, 2005--PMA Capital Corporation (NASDAQ:PMACA) today announced that it intends to release its fourth quarter 2004 financial results on Tuesday, February 15, 2005, after the market closes. At that time, a copy of the Company's earnings release and quarterly statistical supplement will be available on the Company's website at www.pmacapital.com in the Investor Information section (choose Current Investor Information). Click on News Releases to access the release; from Current Investor Information, you can click on Financial Reports to access the quarterly statistical supplement.
    Management will hold a conference call with investors beginning at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, February 15th to review the Company's financial results in detail. To listen to the conference call, please dial 800-299-0433 (domestic) or 617-801-9712 (international) approximately five minutes before start time and use passcode 89777886. To access the webcast, enter the Investor Information section (choose Current Investor Information). Click on News Releases to find this announcement and then click on the microphone next to this release. Please allow approximately 15 minutes prior to the call to visit the site and download the necessary software to listen to the webcast. Please note that by accessing the conference call via the Internet, you will be in a listen-only mode.
    A replay of the conference call will be available through March 15, 2005 by dialing 888-286-8010 (domestic) or 617-801-6888 (international) using passcode 90514704.
    PMA Capital Corporation, headquartered in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, is an insurance holding company, whose operating subsidiaries provide workers' compensation, integrated disability and other commercial property and casualty lines of insurance, primarily in the eastern part of the United States, underwritten and marketed under the trade name The PMA Insurance Group.
    For additional information, visit www.pmacapital.com.

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CONTACT: PMA Capital Corporation, Blue Bell William E. Hitselberger, 215-665-5046

KEYWORD: PENNSYLVANIA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: INSURANCE BANKING EARNINGS CONFERENCE CALLS SOURCE: PMA Capital Corporation

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