Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 


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): August 23, 2007

 


Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Bermuda   1-15259   98-0214719

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

PXRE House

110 Pitts Bay Road

Pembroke HM 08

Bermuda

   

P.O. Box HM 1282

Hamilton HM FX

Bermuda

(Address, Including Zip Code,

of Principal Executive Offices)

    (Mailing Address)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (441) 296-5858

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 



Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers.

(b) On August 23, 2007, Mr. Bruce J. Byrnes resigned from his position as General Counsel and Secretary of PXRE Reinsurance Company, a subsidiary of Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd., and from all other employment positions, officer positions and directorships held with the Company’s subsidiaries. Mr. Byrnes’s resignation is effective as of September 14, 2007.

 


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.

 

     ARGO GROUP INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, LTD.
   By:    /s/ Robert P. Myron

 

Date: August 29, 2007

      Name:    Robert P. Myron
      Title:    Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer