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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 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): November 27, 2018
 
MERCURY GENERAL CORPORATION
 
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
California   
001-12257        
95-221-1612   
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
4484 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90010
 
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
____________________
 
(323) 937-1060
 
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
____________________
 
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:
 
c
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
c
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14.a-12)
 
c
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
c
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company     c

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.      c





Item 7.01.    Regulation FD Disclosure
  
On November 27, 2018, the Company issued a press release announcing its estimated catastrophe losses resulting from the Camp Fire and the Woolsey Fire that occurred in November 2018. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. The press release is furnished and not filed pursuant to Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K.

Item 9.01.    Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
(d) Exhibits.

99.1     Press Release, dated November 27, 2018, issued by Mercury General Corporation, furnished and not filed pursuant to Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K.

 






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.
 
 
 
MERCURY GENERAL CORPORATION
Date: November 27, 2018
 
 
By: 
/s/ Theodore R. Stalick
 
Name:   
Theodore R. Stalick 
 
Its: 
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer