Barbara L. Sutherland Joins The PMA Insurance Group as Vice President and General Counsel.

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BLUE BELL, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 21, 2002

The PMA Insurance Group is pleased to announce that Barbara L. Sutherland has joined the company as Vice President and General Counsel.

Ms. Sutherland, who will report directly to PMA's President and Chief Operating Officer, Vincent T. Donnelly, is responsible for PMA's Home Office Legal Department as well as the Field Litigation staff.

Ms. Sutherland has over 20 years of legal and regulatory compliance experience in the insurance industry. She had spent 18 years with Northland Insurance Companies, in positions of increasing responsibility. Her most recent position at Northland was Vice President & Secretary--General Counsel.

Among her responsibilities were performing corporate secretary functions, managing the corporate legal department, negotiating corporate contracts and providing corporate risk management services. From 1980 to 1984, she was a Senior Litigation Specialist with Cigna.

"We are extremely pleased to have Barb lead both our corporate and field office legal operations," said Mr. Donnelly. "She brings to PMA a seasoned background of both business leadership expertise and extensive corporate and regulatory experience in the property & casualty insurance field, which will be particularly valuable to our organization going forward."

A graduate of Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, Ms. Sutherland received her Juris Doctorate from the Valparaiso University School of Law. She also attended the Wharton School of Business Executive Leadership.

From the Insurance Institute of America, Ms. Sutherland earned a Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation, an Associate in Fidelity and Surety Bonding (AFSB) designation and an Associate in Surplus Lines Insurance (ASLI) designation. She also received a Senior Claims Law Associate (SCLA) designation from the American Educational Institute.

Ms. Sutherland is a member of the Federation of Insurance Defense Counsel.

The PMA Insurance Group, headquartered in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, with offices located from New York to Tennessee, is a premier regional property and casualty insurance organization specializing in workers' compensation and group disability insurance. PMA is the largest writer of integrated disability business in the United States, based upon the number of clients.

Founded in 1915, PMA also offers commercial automobile, package, property and general liability insurance.

The PMA Insurance Group signifies Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association Insurance Company ("PMAIC") and its affiliated property and casualty insurers and service providers. The PMA Insurance Group companies are subsidiaries of PMA Capital Corporation (NASDAQ:PMACA), a holding company whose operating subsidiaries provide specialty risk management products and services.

All products and services are underwritten by the Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association Insurance Company, Pennsylvania Manufacturers Indemnity Company, and Manufacturers Alliance Insurance Company. For more information, please visit our web site at: www.pmagroup.com.

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