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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): October 18, 2006


                     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)

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ITEM 8.01         OTHER EVENTS

         On October 16, 2006 American Physicians Service Group, Inc. filed an
amendment to its registration statement on Form S-4. The Company provided
additional information and clarifying detail in response to an initial review of
the filing by the Securities and Exchange Commission. APS' SHAREHOLDERS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO READ THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS
FILED WITH THE SEC, INCLUDING THE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS THAT WILL BE PART
OF THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION
ABOUT THE MERGER.













                                   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: October 18, 2006             American Physicians Service Group, Inc.

                                   Signed:  /s/ W.H. Hayes
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                                   Name:    W. H. Hayes

                                   Title:   Senior Vice President - Finance