UNITED STATES ~~STATESSECURITIES~~ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ~~COMMISSIONWASHINGTON,~~COMMISSION ~~DC 20549~~

~~FORM 8-KCURRENT REPORTPursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of theSecurities Exchange Act of 1934Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 29~~Washington, ~~2010AMERICAN PHYSICIANS~~DC ~~CAPITAL, INC.(Exact~~20549 ~~Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)~~

Michigan	000-32057	38-3543910
(State or Other Jurisdictionof Incorporation)	(CommissionFile Number)	(IRS EmployerIdentification No.)

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT ~~1301~~Pursuant ~~North~~to ~~Hagadorn~~Section 13 ~~Road,~~OR ~~East Lansing, Michigan 48823~~15(~~Address~~d) of ~~Principal~~ ~~Executive~~the ~~Offices)~~Securities ~~(Zip~~Exchange ~~Code)Registrant’s~~Act ~~telephone number,~~of ~~including area code: (517) 351-1150Not~~1934 ~~Applicable(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)~~

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 7, 2010

AMERICAN PHYSICIANS CAPITAL, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Commission File Number 000-32057


Michigan (State of Incorporation)		38-3543910 (IRS Employer Identification No.)


1301 North Hagadorn Road, East Lansing, Michigan (Address of principal executive offices)		48823 (Zip Code)

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code): (517) 351-1150

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 2 8.~~02.~~01 ~~Results~~Other ~~of Operations and Financial Condition~~Events.

American Physicians Capital, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that its proposed acquisition by OnThe ~~July~~Doctors 29Company pursuant to the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 7, 2010, ~~American~~as ~~Physicians~~amended, ~~Capital~~by and among The Doctors Company, ~~Inc~~Red Hawk Acquisition Corp. ~~issued~~and athe ~~press~~Company ~~release~~(the ~~announcing~~“Merger ~~its~~Agreement”) ~~financial~~has ~~results~~received ~~for~~approval from the ~~three~~Michigan ~~months~~Office of Financial and ~~six~~Insurance ~~months~~Regulation ~~ended~~and ~~June~~that ~~30,~~the ~~2010~~FTC ~~and~~has ~~certain~~granted ~~other~~early ~~information~~termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act. AIn ~~copy~~addition, the Company announced that it has called a special meeting of its shareholders to be held on October 20, 2010 at 9:00 a.m., local time, at the ~~press~~executive ~~release~~offices of isAmerican ~~furnished~~Physicians ~~herewith~~Capital, asInc., ~~Exhibit~~1301 99North Hagadorn Road, East Lansing, Michigan, for the purpose of voting on a proposal to approve and isadopt the Merger Agreement and a proposal to grant ~~incorporated~~authority ~~herein~~to bypostpone ~~reference~~or adjourn the special meeting. Shareholders of record on September 1, 2010 will be entitled to vote at the meeting.

SIGNATURES The information furnished under Items 2.02 and 9.01 of this Report shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

~~Item~~ Pursuant ~~9.01.~~to ~~Financial~~the ~~Statements~~requirements ~~and~~of ~~Exhibits~~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.

September 8, 2010 ~~(d) Exhibits~~

Exhibit No.	Description
99	Press Release, dated July 29, 2010


	AMERICAN PHYSICIANS CAPITAL, INC. (Registrant)
	By:	/s/ R. KEVIN CLINTON
		R. Kevin Clinton
		President and Chief Executive Officer

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.

July 29, 2010	AMERICAN PHYSICIANS CAPITAL, INC.
	By:	/s/ R. Kevin Clinton
		R. Kevin Clinton
		President and Chief Executive Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
99	Press Release, dated July 29, 2010

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