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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): May 3, 2006

                             JAMES RIVER GROUP, INC.
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

        Delaware                  000-51480                 05-0539572
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     (State or Other            (Commission              (I.R.S. Employer
     Jurisdiction of            File Number)            Identification No.)
      Incorporation)

   300 Meadowmont Village Circle, Suite 333, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27517
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          (Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip code)

                                 (919) 883-4171
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              (Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code)

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ITEM 2.02.   RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.

On May 3, 2006, James River Group, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release
announcing the Company's financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2006.
A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

ITEM 9.01.   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(d)    Exhibits.

       Exhibit No.     Description of Exhibit
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       99.1            Press release dated May 3, 2006.

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                                   SIIGNATURE

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.

                                            James River Group, Inc.
                                            (Registrant)


Date: May 3, 2006                           By:     /s/ Michael T. Oakes
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                                            Name:   Michael T. Oakes
                                            Title:  Executive Vice President and
                                                    Chief Financial Officer

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