FORM 5

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* North, John P.	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ProAssurance Corporation (PRA)		6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
(Last) (First) (Middle) 3216 Argyle Road	3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary)	4. Statement for Month/Year January 2003
(Street) Birmingham, AL 35213		5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)	7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City) (State) (Zip)	Table I — Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans- action Date (Month/ Day/ Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/ Year)	3. Trans- action Code (Instr. 8)	4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 & 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned at End of Issuer's Fiscal year (Instr. 3 & 4)	6. Owner- ship Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
ProAssurance (Common Stock)	3/15/02		J⁽¹⁾	343	A	$17.46	2,146	D

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FORM 5 (continued)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security

(Instr. 3)

2. Conver-
sion or
Exercise
Price of Derivative Security

3. Trans-
action Date

(Month/
Day/
Year)

3A. Deemed
Execution
Date,
if any
(Month/
Day/
Year)

4. Trans-
action
Code

(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)

(Instr. 3, 4 & 5)

6. Date Exercisable
and Expiration
Date
(Month/Day/
Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 & 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of
Derivative
Securities
Beneficially
Owned
at End of Year
(Instr. 4)

10. Owner-
ship Form
of Deriv-
ative
Security:
Direct (D)
or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

(A)

(D)

Date Exer-cisable

Expira-
tion
Date

Title

Amount or Number of
Shares

Explanation of Responses:

(1) Shares aquired in the ProAsurance Corporation Stock Purchase Plan which is a "Stock Purchase Plan" within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 (b) (5) and a "tax-conditioned plan" for purposes of Rule 16b-3 (c).

By: /s/ Frank B. O'Neil
Attorney-in-fact of the Reporting Person
**Signature of Reporting Person

1/22/2003
Date

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Victor T.  Adamo,

Howard Friedman, and Frank O'Neil, and each of them, with full power of substitution and/or revocation, the

undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact:

(1) to execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer

and/or director of ProAssurance Corporation (the "Company"), any and all forms (including,

without limitation, Form 3, Form 4 and Form 5) required or desired to be executed by or on

behalf of the undersigned in accordance with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of

1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder (the "Forms");

(2) to do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be

necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form and timely file such Form with

the appropriate governmental authority (including, without limitation, the United States

Securities and Exchange Commission) and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3) to take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the

opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required

by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by any such attorney-in-

fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and

shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-

in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any

and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and

powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present,

with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such

attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney

and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, and

each of them, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company

assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of

1934, as amended.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to

file Forms in accordance with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules

thereunder, with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,

unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of

December 13, 2001.



Signed   by /s/ John P. North

Print Name:  John P. North, Jr.

NORTH JOHN P JR 5