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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 16, 2007</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Registration No. 333-</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:102.6%'><B><font SIZE=4>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></B></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:102.6%'><b><font size=2>Washington, D.C. 20549</font></b></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:102.6%'><B><font SIZE=4>FORM S-8</font></B></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:102.6%'><B><font SIZE=3>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></B></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:102.6%'><i><b><font size=2>Under</font></b></i></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:102.6%'><i><b><font size=2>The Securities Act of 1933</font></b></i><i></i></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:6.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:102.6%'><b><font size=4>Employers Holdings, Inc.</font></b></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:102.6%'><b><font size=1>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</font></b></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:102.6%'><U><B><font SIZE=2>NEVADA</font></B></U><u></u></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:102.6%'><u><b><font size=2>04-3850065</font></b></u><u></u></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:102.6%'><b><font size=1>(State or Other Jurisdiction of</font></b></p>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:102.6%'><b><font size=1>(I.R.S. Employer</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:102.6%'><b><font size=1>Identification No.)</font></b></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:102.6%'><b><font size=2>9790 Gateway Drive</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:102.6%'><b><font size=2>Reno, Nevada 89521</font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:102.6%'><b><font size=1>(Address, Including  Zip Code, of Registrant&#146;s Principal Executive Offices) </font></b></p>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:6.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:102.6%'><b><font size=3>Employers Holdings, Inc. Equity and Incentive Plan</font></b></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:102.6%'><b><font size=1>(Full Title of the Plan)</font></b></p> </td> </tr>
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<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:102.6%'><b><font size=2>Lenard T. Ormsby, Esq.</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:102.6%'><b><font size=2>Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:102.6%'><b><font size=2>Employers Holdings, Inc.</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:102.6%'><b><font size=2>9790 Gateway Drive</font></b></p>
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<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:102.6%'><b><font size=2>(888) 682-6671</font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:102.6%'><b><font size=2>Susan J. Sutherland, Esq.</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:102.6%'><b><font size=2>Robert J. Sullivan, Esq.</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:102.6%'><b><font size=2>Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &amp; Flom LLP</font></b><br> <b><font size=2>Four Times Square</font></b><br> <b><font size=2>New York, New York 10036</font></b><br> <b><font size=2>(212) 735-3000</font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:.2pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share...</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:102.6%'><font size=1>682,963 shares</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:102.6%'><font size=1>$19.88</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:102.6%'><font size=1>$13,577,304.44</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:102.6%'><font size=1>$416.82</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;line-height:95.83333%;'><font size=2>(1) This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock which may become issuable under the Plans being registered pursuant to this Registration Statement by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the Registrant&#146;s outstanding shares of common stock. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefits plans described herein.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;line-height:95.83333%;'><font size=2>(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act on the basis of the average of the high and low sale prices for a share of common stock of Employers Holdings, Inc. as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on</font><b><font size=2> </font></b><font size=2>April 13, 2007.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.54in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>This Registration Statement has been filed pursuant to General Instruction E on Form S-8 to register 682,963 additional shares of common stock to be offered pursuant to the Employers Holdings, Inc. Equity and Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). A total of 922,875 shares of common stock were previously registered under the Plan under a registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-140395), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 1, 2007, which is currently effective and is hereby incorporated by reference.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.53in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Reno, Nevada, on this 16th day of April, 2007.</font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Douglas D. Dirks</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>President and Chief Executive Officer</font></b></p> </td> </tr></table>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:justify;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>POWER OF ATTORNEY</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt; text-indent:0.46in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Douglas D. Dirks, William E. Yocke and Lenard T. Ormsby, and each of them, as his or her attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution in each, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this registration statement on Form S-8 and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt; text-indent:0.46in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>


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        <td width="247" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt'>
            <p  align=center style='text-align:center'><u><b><font size=2>Title</font></b></u><u></u></p>  </td>
        <td width="142" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt'>
            <p  align=center style='text-align:center'><u><b><font size=2>Date</font></b></u><u></u></p>  </td> </tr>
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            <p ><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>  </td>
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            <p ><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>  </td>
        <td width="142" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt'>
            <p ><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>  </td> </tr>
    <tr style='page-break-inside:avoid;height:11.65pt'>
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            <p  align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2>/s/ Robert J. Kolesar</font></p> </td>
        <td width="247" rowspan=2 valign=top style='padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt; height:11.65pt'>
            <p  align=center style='margin-top:1.0pt;text-align:center'><font size=2>Chairman of the Board</font></p> </td>
        <td width="142" rowspan=2 valign=top style='padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt; height:11.65pt'>
            <p  align=center style='margin-top:1.0pt;text-align:center'><font size=2>April 16, 2007</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p  align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2>Robert J. Kolesar</font><u></u></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p  ><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="247" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt'>
            <p  align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="142" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt'>
            <p  align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
    <tr style='page-break-inside:avoid;height:11.65pt'>
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            <p  align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2>/s/ Douglas D. Dirks</font></p> </td>
        <td width="247" rowspan=2 valign=top style='padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt; height:11.65pt'>
            <p  align=center style='margin-top:1.0pt;text-align:center'><font size=2>President and Chief Executive Officer, Director (Principal Executive Officer)</font></p> </td>
        <td width="142" rowspan=2 valign=top style='padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt; height:11.65pt'>
            <p  align=center style='margin-top:1.0pt;text-align:center'><font size=2>April 16, 2007</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p  align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2>Douglas D. Dirks</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p  ><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p  align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="142" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt'>
            <p  align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p  align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2>/s/ William E. Yocke</font></p> </td>
        <td width="247" rowspan=2 valign=top style='padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt; height:17.25pt'>
            <p  align=center style='margin-top:1.0pt;text-align:center'><font size=2>Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</font></p> </td>
        <td width="142" rowspan=2 valign=top style='padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt; height:17.25pt'>
            <p  align=center style='margin-top:1.0pt;text-align:center'><font size=2>April 16, 2007</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="247" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt;height:17.25pt'>
            <p  align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2>William E. Yocke</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p  ><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="247" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt'>
            <p  align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="142" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt'>
            <p  align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="247" valign=top style='border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt; height:11.65pt'>
            <p  align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2>/s/ Richard W. Blakey</font></p> </td>
        <td width="247" rowspan=2 valign=top style='padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt; height:11.65pt'>
            <p  align=center style='margin-top:1.0pt;text-align:center'><font size=2>Director</font></p> </td>
        <td width="142" rowspan=2 valign=top style='padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt; height:11.65pt'>
            <p  align=center style='margin-top:1.0pt;text-align:center'><font size=2>April 16, 2007</font></p> </td> </tr>
    <tr style='page-break-inside:avoid;height:11.6pt'>
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            <p  align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2>Richard W. Blakey</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p  ><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="247" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt'>
            <p  align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="142" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt'>
            <p  align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p  align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2>/s/ Valerie R. Glenn</font></p> </td>
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            <p  align=center style='margin-top:1.0pt;text-align:center'><font size=2>Director</font></p> </td>
        <td width="142" rowspan=2 valign=top style='padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt; height:11.65pt'>
            <p  align=center style='margin-top:1.0pt;text-align:center'><font size=2>April 16, 2007</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p  align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2>Valerie R. Glenn</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p  ><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="247" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt'>
            <p  align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="142" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt'>
            <p  align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="247" valign=top style='border-bottom:solid black 1.0pt; padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt'>
            <p  align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2>/s/ Rose E. McKinney-James</font></p> </td>
        <td width="247" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt'>
            <p  align=center style='margin-top:1.0pt;text-align:center'><font size=2>Director</font></p> </td>
        <td width="142" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt'>
            <p  align=center style='margin-top:1.0pt;text-align:center'><font size=2>April 16, 2007</font></p> </td> </tr>
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        <td width="247" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt'>
            <p  align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2>Rose E. McKinney-James</font></p> </td>
        <td width="247" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt'>
            <p  align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="142" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt'>
            <p  align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p  align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p  align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="142" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt; height:11.65pt'>
            <p  align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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            <p  align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2>/s/ Ronald F. Mosher</font></p> </td>
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            <p  align=center style='margin-top:1.0pt;text-align:center'><font size=2>Director</font></p> </td>
        <td width="142" rowspan=2 valign=top style='padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt; height:11.65pt'>
            <p  align=center style='margin-top:1.0pt;text-align:center'><font size=2>April 16, 2007</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p  align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2>Ronald F. Mosher</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p  ><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p  align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="142" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt'>
            <p  align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p  align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2>/s/ Katherine W. Ong</font></p> </td>
        <td width="247" rowspan=2 valign=top style='padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt; height:11.65pt'>
            <p  align=center style='margin-top:1.0pt;text-align:center'><font size=2>Director</font></p> </td>
        <td width="142" rowspan=2 valign=top style='padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt; height:11.65pt'>
            <p  align=center style='margin-top:1.0pt;text-align:center'><font size=2>April 16, 2007</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p  align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2>Katherine W. Ong</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p  ><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="247" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt'>
            <p  align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="142" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt'>
            <p  align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p  align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2>/s/ Michael D. Rumbolz</font></p> </td>
        <td width="247" rowspan=2 valign=top style='padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt; height:11.65pt'>
            <p  align=center style='margin-top:1.0pt;text-align:center'><font size=2>Director</font></p> </td>
        <td width="142" rowspan=2 valign=top style='padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt; height:11.65pt'>
            <p  align=center style='margin-top:1.0pt;text-align:center'><font size=2>April 16, 2007</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p  align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2>Michael D. Rumbolz</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p  ><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="247" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt'>
            <p  align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="142" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt'>
            <p  align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p  align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2>/s/ John P. Sande, III</font></p> </td>
        <td width="247" rowspan=2 valign=top style='padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt; height:11.65pt'>
            <p  align=center style='margin-top:1.0pt;text-align:center'><font size=2>Director</font></p> </td>
        <td width="142" rowspan=2 valign=top style='padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt; height:11.65pt'>
            <p  align=center style='margin-top:1.0pt;text-align:center'><font size=2>April 16, 2007</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p  align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2>John P. Sande, III</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p  ><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="247" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt'>
            <p  align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="142" valign=top style='padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt'>
            <p  align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p  align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2>/s/ Martin J. Welch</font></p> </td>
        <td width="247" rowspan=2 valign=top style='padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt; height:11.65pt'>
            <p  align=center style='margin-top:1.0pt;text-align:center'><font size=2>Director</font></p> </td>
        <td width="142" rowspan=2 valign=top style='padding:0in 5.75pt 0in 5.75pt; height:11.65pt'>
            <p  align=center style='margin-top:1.0pt;text-align:center'><font size=2>April 16, 2007</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p  align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2>Martin J. Welch</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p  ><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p  align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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<B><font SIZE=2>EXHIBIT INDEX</font></B></p>


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            <p ><font size=2>Consent of Lionel Sawyer &amp; Collins (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto)</font></p> </td>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 16, 2007
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
The Securities Act of 1933
_______________________
Employers Holdings, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
_______________________
NEVADA
04-3850065
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or  Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
9790 Gateway Drive
Reno, Nevada 89521
(Address, Including  Zip Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)
_______________________
Employers Holdings, Inc. Equity and Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
_______________________
Lenard T. Ormsby, Esq.
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel
Employers Holdings, Inc.
9790 Gateway Drive
Reno, Nevada 89521
(888) 682-6671
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
_______________________
Copies to:
Susan J. Sutherland, Esq.
Robert J. Sullivan, Esq.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Four Times Square
New York, New York 10036
(212) 735-3000
_______________________
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
To Be Registered
Amount To Be
Registered (1)
Proposed Maximum Offering Price
Per Share (2)
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price
Amount Of Registration Fee
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share...
682,963 shares
$19.88
$13,577,304.44
$416.82
(1) This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock which may become issuable under the Plans being registered pursuant to this Registration Statement by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the Registrant's outstanding shares of common stock. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefits plans described herein.
(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act on the basis of the average of the high and low sale prices for a share of common stock of Employers Holdings, Inc. as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on
April 13, 2007.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement has been filed pursuant to General Instruction E on Form S-8 to register 682,963 additional shares of common stock to be offered pursuant to the Employers Holdings, Inc. Equity and Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). A total of 922,875 shares of common stock were previously registered under the Plan under a registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-140395), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 1, 2007, which is currently effective and is hereby incorporated by reference.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Reno, Nevada, on this 16th day of April, 2007.
EMPLOYERS HOLDINGS, INC.
By:
/s/ Douglas D. Dirks
Douglas D. Dirks
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Douglas D. Dirks, William E. Yocke and Lenard T. Ormsby, and each of them, as his or her attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution in each, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this registration statement on Form S-8 and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Robert J. Kolesar
Chairman of the Board
April 16, 2007
Robert J. Kolesar
/s/ Douglas D. Dirks
President and Chief Executive Officer, Director (Principal Executive Officer)
April 16, 2007
Douglas D. Dirks
/s/ William E. Yocke
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
April 16, 2007
William E. Yocke
/s/ Richard W. Blakey
Director
April 16, 2007
Richard W. Blakey
/s/ Valerie R. Glenn
Director
April 16, 2007
Valerie R. Glenn
/s/ Rose E. McKinney-James
Director
April 16, 2007
Rose E. McKinney-James
/s/ Ronald F. Mosher
Director
April 16, 2007
Ronald F. Mosher
/s/ Katherine W. Ong
Director
April 16, 2007
Katherine W. Ong
/s/ Michael D. Rumbolz
Director
April 16, 2007
Michael D. Rumbolz
/s/ John P. Sande, III
Director
April 16, 2007
John P. Sande, III
/s/ Martin J. Welch
Director
April 16, 2007
Martin J. Welch
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibit
5.1
Opinion of Lionel Sawyer & Collins
23.1
Consent of Lionel Sawyer & Collins (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
23.2
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.3
Consent of Towers, Perrin, Forster & Crosby, Inc.
24.1
Powers of Attorney (reference is made to the signature page hereto)