724024--3/13/2006--AMERICAN_PHYSICIANS_SERVICE_GROUP_INC

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{system, service, information}
{interest, director, officer}
{loss, insurance, financial}
{condition, economic, financial}
{customer, product, revenue}
{cost, contract, operation}
{competitive, industry, competition}
{personnel, key, retain}
{debt, indebtedness, cash}
{regulation, government, change}
{loan, real, estate}
{operation, international, foreign}
{operation, natural, condition}
{product, candidate, development}
APPROXIMATELY ONE-HALF OF OUR REVENUE FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO OUR MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT WITH APIE, PURSUANT TO WHICH WE RECEIVE FEES BASED ON APIE'S SUCCESS AND ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE CERTAIN SERVICES AT OUR COST. OUR SUBSIDIARIES OPERATE IN HIGHLY COMPETITIVE BUSINESSES AGAINST COMPETITORS WITH GREATER FINANCIAL, MARKETING, TECHNOLOGICAL, PERSONNEL AND OTHER RESOURCES. AS A HOLDING COMPANY, OUR FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS ARE DEPENDENT ON OUR SUBSIDIARIES. OUR FINANCIAL SERVICES BUSINESS IS SUBJECT TO EXTENSIVE GOVERNMENT REGULATION. WE ARE RELIANT ON KEY EXECUTIVES, KEY PERSONNEL AND KEY ACCOUNTS. WE ARE EXPOSED TO INTEREST RATE RISK. WE ARE EXPOSED TO INVESTMENT RISK. FAILURE OF THIRD-PARTY VENDORS TO PROVIDE CRITICAL SERVICES COULD HARM OUR BUSINESS. WE ARE SUBJECT TO MARKET FORCES BEYOND OUR CONTROL WHICH COULD IMPACT US MORE SEVERELY THAN OUR COMPETITORS. OUR CUSTOMERS MAY DEFAULT ON THEIR MARGIN ACCOUNTS, EFFECTIVELY PASSING THEIR LOSSES ON TO US. APS FINANCIAL MUST MAINTAIN CERTAIN NET CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS THAT COULD SLOW OUR EXPANSION PLANS OR PREVENT PAYMENTS OF DIVIDENDS. OUR TRADING SYSTEMS MAY FAIL, RESULTING IN SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS. OUR REVENUES AND OPERATING PERFORMANCE MAY FLUCTUATE WITH INSURANCE BUSINESS CYCLES. BECAUSE OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS MUST BALANCE FIDUCIARY OBLIGATIONS TO APIE AND TO OUR SHAREHOLDERS, OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS MAY MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE NOT SOLELY IN THE INTERESTS OF OUR SHAREHOLDERS. IF MARKET CONDITIONS CAUSE REINSURANCE TO BE MORE COSTLY OR UNAVAILABLE FOR APIE, OUR MANAGEMENT FEE MAY BE REDUCED.

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