Corporate Profile for Argonaut Group Inc., dated June 15, 2001

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Published Date:   June 15, 2001
                                                                      
Company Name:     Argonaut Group Inc.
                                                                      
Address:          10101 Reunion Place, Suite 800
                  San Antonio, Texas 78216
                                                                      
Main Telephone
 Number:          210/321-8400
                                                                      
Internet Home 
 Page Address
  (URL)           www.argonautgroup.com

Chief Executive                                                       
 Officer:         Mark Watson III
                                                                      
Chief Financial                                                       
 Officer:         Mark Haushill
                                                                      
Investor Relations                                                    
 Contact:         James B. Halliday
 Business number: 210/321-8500
 E-mail address:  investors@argonautgroup.com

Public Relations
 Contact:         James B. Halliday
 Business number: 650/858-6575
 E-mail address:  jhalliday@argonautgroup.com

Industry:         Insurance

Trading Symbol/    
 Exchange:        Nasdaq:AGII

    Company Description: Argonaut Group is a national provider of specialty insurance products for specific niches of property and casualty insurance.
    Argonaut Insurance Company is the principal insurance subsidiary, primary writer of worker's compensation and complementary lines of commercial, general and auto liability insurance. Argonaut Insurance also has a partnership with Esurance to provide personal auto insurance coverage nationally via the Iinternet (www.esurance.com). Argonaut Great Central is the Company's other insurance subsidiary, specializing in commercial multi-peril, worker's compensation, and umbrella coverages for certain classes of insureds. See company Web site for details of pending acquisitions and links to annual and quarterly SEC filings.