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                Group Inc. Amended and Restated Directors&#8217; Equity Compensation
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                Group Inc. Amended and Restated Equity Incentive
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                Market Street 51</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><sup>st</sup></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
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                of </font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: -36pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">fee</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="21%" style="border-bottom: white thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: -36pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Common
                stock</font></div>
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                par value</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="middle" width="16%" style="border-bottom: white thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: -36pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">390,000</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><sup>(3)</sup></font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="11%" style="border-bottom: white thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: -36pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">29.50</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="16%" style="border-bottom: white thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: -36pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">11,505,000</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" width="16%" style="border-bottom: white thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: -36pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">353.20</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>

      </table>
    </div>
    <div align="justify"><br></div>
    <div align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: -36pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><sup>(1)
      </sup></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Pursuant
      to Rule 416(a), this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number
      of additional shares of the Registrant&#8217;s Common Stock which may become issuable
      under the equity plans being registered pursuant to this Registration Statement
      by reason of stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations or any other
      similar capital adjustments affected as required by such plans.</font></div>
    <div align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: -36pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><sup>(2)
      </sup></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Pursuant
      to Rule 457(h), the registration fee has been calculated based on the average
      of
      the high and low prices of Registrant's Common Stock on July 27, 2007 on the
      NASDAQ Global Select Market.</font></div>
    <div align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: -36pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><sup>(3)
      </sup></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Represents
      an additional 390,000 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the
      Harleysville Group Inc. Amended and Restated Directors&#8217; Equity Compensation
      Plan.</font></div>
    <div align="justify"><br></div>
    <div align="center"><br></div>
    <div align="center"><br></div><br>
    <div align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>PART
      I</strong></font></div>
    <div align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>INFORMATION
      REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</strong></font></div>
    <div align="center"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: -36pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Items
      1
&amp; 2.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: -36pt" align="left"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: -36pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 30pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">This
      Registration Statement covers the registration of an additional 390,000 shares
      of Harleysville Group Inc. Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share (the &#8220;Common
      Stock&#8221;) for issuance upon the exercise or vesting of stock options, restricted
      stock or deferred stock units issued to non-employee directors of Harleysville
      Group Inc. or Harleysville Mutual Insurance Company pursuant to the Harleysville
      Group Inc. Amended and Restated Directors&#8217; Equity Compensation Plan (formerly
      known as the Harleysville Group Inc. Directors&#8217; Deferred Stock Unit Plan). This
      Registration Statement also covers the expansion of the group of people eligible
      to receive an award under the Harleysville Group Inc. Amended and Restated
      Equity Incentive Plan to include all employees of Harleysville Group Inc.,
      its
      subsidiaries, and Harleysville Mutual Insurance Company. No additional shares
      of
      Common Stock to be issued under the Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan
      are covered by this Registration Statement. The documents containing the
      information required to be included in Part&#160;I of this Registration
      Statement will be sent or given to the participants in the applicable plan,
      as
      specified in Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated pursuant to the Securities
      Act.</font></div>
    <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div align="justify"><br></div>
    <div>&#160;</div><br>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>PART
      II</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>INFORMATION
      REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Item
      3.
</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>INCORPORATION
      OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE</u></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 30pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      following documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange
      Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
      as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;) are incorporated herein by
      reference:</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">

          <tr valign="top" style="line-height: 1;">
            <td align="right" style="width: 55pt;"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">a.&#160;&#160;</font></td>
            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Annual
                Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 filed
                by
                the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange
                Act.</font></div>
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      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 30pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">

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            <td align="right" style="width: 55pt;"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">b.&#160;&#160;</font></td>
            <td>
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                Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2007, filed by
                the
                Company pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange
                Act.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>

      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
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            <td align="right" style="width: 55pt;"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">c.&#160;&#160;</font></td>
            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Definitive
                Proxy Statement dated March 28, 2007 for the Company&#8217;s April 25, 2007
                Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed by the Company pursuant to Section
                14
                of the Exchange Act.</font></div>
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          </tr>

      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="list" width="100%">

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            <td align="right" style="width: 55pt;"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">d.&#160;&#160;</font></td>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
                Company&#8217;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February 27, 2007 (Item
                5.02), May 1, 2007 (Item 5.02), and June 7, 2007 (Items 8.01 and
                9.01).
                </font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>

      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
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            <td align="right" style="width: 55pt;"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">e.&#160;&#160;</font></td>
            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
                description of the Company's common stock contained in the Registration
                Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 33-4885) filed by the Company pursuant
                to
                Section 12 of the Exchange Act, including all amendments and Reports
                subsequently filed for the purpose of updating such
                description.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>

      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">All
      documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c),
      14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective
      amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold
      or
      which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to
      be
      incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of the
      filing of such documents. Any statement contained in this Registration Statement
      or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference shall
      be
      deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained
      in
      any other subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be incorporated
      by
      reference herein or in any subsequently filed appendix to this Registration
      Statement modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified
      or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
      constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Item
      4.</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 22pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>DESCRIPTION
      OF SECURITIES</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 30pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Not
      applicable. </font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Item
      5.</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 22pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>INTERESTS
      OF EXPERTS AND NAMED COUNSEL</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 30pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Not
      applicable.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Item
      6.
</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>INDEMNIFICATION
      OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS</u></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 30pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and
      Restated By-Laws contain provisions permitted by the Delaware General
      Corporation Law (&#8220;DGCL&#8221;) (under which the Company is organized) that provide
      that directors and officers will be indemnified by the Company to the fullest
      extent permitted by law for all losses that may be incurred by them in
      connection with any action, suit or proceeding in which they may become involved
      by reason of their service as a director or officer of the Company. Under
      Section 145 of the DGCL, a corporation has the power to indemnify directors
      and
      officers under certain prescribed circumstances and subject to certain
      limitations against certain costs and expenses, including attorney&#8217;s fees
      actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any action, suit or
      proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, to which
      any of them is a party by reason of being a director or officer of the
      corporation if it is determined that the director or officer acted in accordance
      with the applicable standard of conduct set forth in such statutory
      provision.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 30pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">In
      addition, the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
      contains provisions permitted by the DGCL that limit the monetary liability
      of
      directors of the Company for certain breaches of their fiduciary duty, and
      its
      Amended and Restated By-Laws provide for the advancement by the Company to
      directors and officers of expenses incurred by them in connection with a
      proceeding of a type to which the duty of indemnification applies. The Company
      maintains directors' and officers' liability insurance to insure its directors
      and officers against certain liabilities incurred in their capacity as such,
      including claims based on breaches of duty, negligence, error and other wrongful
      acts.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Item
      7.
</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 22pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>EXEMPTION
      FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 30pt"></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Not
      applicable.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Item
      8.</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 22pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>EXHIBITS</u></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><br></div>
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            <td align="justify" colspan="2" valign="top" width="80%" style="border-bottom: white thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Number</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Description</u></font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="8%" style="border-bottom: white thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">4.1</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="71%" style="border-bottom: white thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Amended
                and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant (incorporated
                by
                reference to Exhibit (4)(A) to the Registrant's S-8 Registration
                Statement
                No. 333-03127 filed May 3, 1996).</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="8%" style="border-bottom: white thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">4.2</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="71%" style="border-bottom: white thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Amended
                and Restated By-Laws of Registrant (incorporated by reference to
                Exhibit
                3.1 to the Registrant's Report on Form 8-K filed on May 1,
                2005).</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="8%" style="border-bottom: white thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">4.3</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="71%" style="border-bottom: white thin solid;">
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                and Restated Equity Incentive Plan of the Registrant (incorporated
                by
                reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant&#8217;s Quarterly Report on Form
                10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2007).</font></div>
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                and Restated Directors&#8217; Equity Compensation Plan of the Registrant
                (formerly known as the Deferred Stock Unit Plan)(incorporated by
                reference
                to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant&#8217;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
                quarter ended March 31, 2007).</font></div>
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            <td align="justify" valign="top" width="8%" style="border-bottom: white thin solid;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">5.1*</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Opinion
                of Ballard Spahr Andrews &amp; Ingersoll, LLP re legality of shares of
                Common Stock being offered hereby. </font></div>
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                of Ballard Spahr Andrews &amp; Ingersoll, LLP (included as part of Exhibit
                5.1).</font></div>
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                reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
                date of this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
                amendment hereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent
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                statement.</font></div>
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                not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material
                change to such information in the registration
                statement.</font></div>
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                that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) shall not apply to this registration
                statement on Form S-8 if the information required to be included
                in the
                post-effective amendment by these paragraphs is contained in periodic
                reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant
                pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
                Act of
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      each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
      statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
      securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>bona</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>fide</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
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      securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
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      for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
      each
      filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
      15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
      of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
      Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
      registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
      relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
      at that time shall be deemed to be the initial </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>bona</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>fide</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
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      1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
      Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
      has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
      such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
      therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
      such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred
      or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
      successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
      director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
      registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
      has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
      jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
      policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication
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      on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Township
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                and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant (incorporated
                by
                reference to Exhibit (4)(A) to the Registrant's S-8 Registration
                Statement
                No. 333-03127 filed May 3, 1996).</font></div>
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                and Restated By-Laws of Registrant (incorporated by reference to
                Exhibit
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                2005).</font></div>
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                and Restated Equity Incentive Plan of the Registrant (incorporated
                by
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                10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2007).</font></div>
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                and Restated Directors&#8217; Equity Compensation Plan of the Registrant
                (formerly known as the Deferred Stock Unit Plan) (incorporated by
                reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant&#8217;s Quarterly Report on Form
                10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2007).</font></div>
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                Common Stock being offered hereby.</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">23.1*</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Consent
                of KPMG LLP.</font></div>
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                of Ballard Spahr Andrews &amp; Ingersoll, LLP (included as part of Exhibit
                5.1).</font></div>
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HGI S8 August 2, 2007
As
      filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 2,
      2007
Registration
      No. 333-_____
SECURITIES
      AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
      D.C. 20549
——————
FORM
                S
-8
——————
REGISTRATION
                STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
                1933
HARLEYSVILLE
                GROUP INC.
(Exact
                name of registrant as specified in its
                charter)
Delaware
51-0241172
(State
                or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S.
                Employer
incorporation
                or organization)
Identification
                No.)
355
                Maple
                Avenue,  Harleysville,  PA   19438-2297
(Address
                of principal executive offices)    (Zip
                Code)
Harleysville
                Group Inc. Amended and Restated Directors' Equity Compensation
                Plan
(formerly
                known as the Directors' Deferred Stock Unit Plan)
Harleysville
                Group Inc. Amended and Restated Equity Incentive
                Plan
(Full
                title of the plan)
Robert
                A. Kauffman, Esquire
Senior
                Vice President, Secretary, General Counsel
and
                Chief Governance Officer
Harleysville
                Group Inc.
355
                Maple Avenue
Harleysville,
                Pennsylvania 19438
(Name
                and address of agent for service)
Registrant's
                telephone number, including area code:
(215)
                256-5000
With
                a copy to:
Mary
                J. Mullany, Esquire
Ballard
                Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP
1735
                Market Street 51
st
Floor
Philadelphia,
                PA 19103-2297
(215)
                864-8631
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
$1.00
                par value
390,000
(3)
29.50
11,505,000
353.20
(1)
Pursuant
      to Rule 416(a), this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number
      of additional shares of the Registrant's Common Stock which may become issuable
      under the equity plans being registered pursuant to this Registration Statement
      by reason of stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations or any other
      similar capital adjustments affected as required by such plans.
(2)
Pursuant
      to Rule 457(h), the registration fee has been calculated based on the average
      of
      the high and low prices of Registrant's Common Stock on July 27, 2007 on the
      NASDAQ Global Select Market.
(3)
Represents
      an additional 390,000 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the
      Harleysville Group Inc. Amended and Restated Directors' Equity Compensation
      Plan.
PART
      I
INFORMATION
      REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Items
      1
& 2.
This
      Registration Statement covers the registration of an additional 390,000 shares
      of Harleysville Group Inc. Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share (the "Common
      Stock") for issuance upon the exercise or vesting of stock options, restricted
      stock or deferred stock units issued to non-employee directors of Harleysville
      Group Inc. or Harleysville Mutual Insurance Company pursuant to the Harleysville
      Group Inc. Amended and Restated Directors' Equity Compensation Plan (formerly
      known as the Harleysville Group Inc. Directors' Deferred Stock Unit Plan). This
      Registration Statement also covers the expansion of the group of people eligible
      to receive an award under the Harleysville Group Inc. Amended and Restated
      Equity Incentive Plan to include all employees of Harleysville Group Inc.,
      its
      subsidiaries, and Harleysville Mutual Insurance Company. No additional shares
      of
      Common Stock to be issued under the Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan
      are covered by this Registration Statement. The documents containing the
      information required to be included in Part I of this Registration
      Statement will be sent or given to the participants in the applicable plan,
      as
      specified in Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated pursuant to the Securities
      Act.
PART
      II
INFORMATION
      REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item
      3.
INCORPORATION
      OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The
      following documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange
      Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
      as amended (the "Exchange Act") are incorporated herein by
      reference:
a.
Annual
                Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 filed
                by
                the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange
                Act.
b.
Quarterly
                Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2007, filed by
                the
                Company pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange
                Act.
c.
Definitive
                Proxy Statement dated March 28, 2007 for the Company's April 25, 2007
                Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed by the Company pursuant to Section
                14
                of the Exchange Act.
d.
The
                Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February 27, 2007 (Item
                5.02), May 1, 2007 (Item 5.02), and June 7, 2007 (Items 8.01 and
                9.01).
e.
The
                description of the Company's common stock contained in the Registration
                Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 33-4885) filed by the Company pursuant
                to
                Section 12 of the Exchange Act, including all amendments and Reports
                subsequently filed for the purpose of updating such
                description.
All
      documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c),
      14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective
      amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold
      or
      which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to
      be
      incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of the
      filing of such documents. Any statement contained in this Registration Statement
      or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference shall
      be
      deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained
      in
      any other subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be incorporated
      by
      reference herein or in any subsequently filed appendix to this Registration
      Statement modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified
      or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
      constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item
      4.
DESCRIPTION
      OF SECURITIES
Not
      applicable.
Item
      5.
INTERESTS
      OF EXPERTS AND NAMED COUNSEL
Not
      applicable.
Item
      6.
INDEMNIFICATION
      OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
The
      Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and
      Restated By-Laws contain provisions permitted by the Delaware General
      Corporation Law ("DGCL") (under which the Company is organized) that provide
      that directors and officers will be indemnified by the Company to the fullest
      extent permitted by law for all losses that may be incurred by them in
      connection with any action, suit or proceeding in which they may become involved
      by reason of their service as a director or officer of the Company. Under
      Section 145 of the DGCL, a corporation has the power to indemnify directors
      and
      officers under certain prescribed circumstances and subject to certain
      limitations against certain costs and expenses, including attorney's fees
      actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any action, suit or
      proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, to which
      any of them is a party by reason of being a director or officer of the
      corporation if it is determined that the director or officer acted in accordance
      with the applicable standard of conduct set forth in such statutory
      provision.
In
      addition, the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
      contains provisions permitted by the DGCL that limit the monetary liability
      of
      directors of the Company for certain breaches of their fiduciary duty, and
      its
      Amended and Restated By-Laws provide for the advancement by the Company to
      directors and officers of expenses incurred by them in connection with a
      proceeding of a type to which the duty of indemnification applies. The Company
      maintains directors' and officers' liability insurance to insure its directors
      and officers against certain liabilities incurred in their capacity as such,
      including claims based on breaches of duty, negligence, error and other wrongful
      acts.
Item
      7.
EXEMPTION
      FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
Not
      applicable.
Item
      8.
EXHIBITS
Number
Description
4.1
Amended
                and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant (incorporated
                by
                reference to Exhibit (4)(A) to the Registrant's S-8 Registration
                Statement
                No. 333-03127 filed May 3, 1996).
4.2
Amended
                and Restated By-Laws of Registrant (incorporated by reference to
                Exhibit
                3.1 to the Registrant's Report on Form 8-K filed on May 1,
                2005).
4.3
Amended
                and Restated Equity Incentive Plan of the Registrant (incorporated
                by
                reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form
                10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2007).
4.4
Amended
                and Restated Directors' Equity Compensation Plan of the Registrant
                (formerly known as the Deferred Stock Unit Plan)(incorporated by
                reference
                to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
                quarter ended March 31, 2007).
5.1*
Opinion
                of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP re legality of shares of
                Common Stock being offered hereby.
23.1*
Consent
                of KPMG LLP.
23.2
Consent
                of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP (included as part of Exhibit
                5.1).
24.1*
Power
                of Attorney.
*Filed
                herewith.
Item
      9.
UNDERTAKINGS
The
      undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To
      file,
      during the period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
      amendment to this registration statement:
(i)
To
                include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
                Act
                of 1933;
(ii)
To
                reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
                date of this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
                amendment hereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent
                a
                fundamental change in the information set forth in this registration
                statement.
(iii)
To
                include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution
                not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material
                change to such information in the registration
                statement.
Provided
,
however
,
                that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) shall not apply to this registration
                statement on Form S-8 if the information required to be included
                in the
                post-effective amendment by these paragraphs is contained in periodic
                reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant
                pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
                Act of
                1934 that are incorporated by reference in this registration
                statement.
(2)
      That,
      for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
      each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
      statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
      securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona
fide
offering
      thereof.
(3)
      To
      remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
      securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
      offering.
(4)
      That,
      for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
      each
      filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
      15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
      of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
      Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
      registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
      relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
      at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona
fide
offering
      thereof.
(5)
      Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
      of
      1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
      Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
      has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
      such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
      therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
      such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred
      or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
      successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
      director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
      registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
      has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
      jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
      policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication
      of
      such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
      to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 the Township
      of
      Lower Salford, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on this 2nd day of August,
      2007.
HARLEYSVILLE
      GROUP INC.
BY:
/s/Michael
      L. Browne
Michael
      L. Browne
President
      and
Chief
      Executive Officer
Pursuant
      to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement
      has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
      indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/
                Michael L. Browne
------------------------
Michael
                L. Browne
President,
                CEO and a Director
August
                2, 2007
/s/
                Arthur Chandler
------------------------
Arthur
                Chandler
Senior
                Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (Principal financial officer
                and
                principal accounting officer)
August
                2, 2007
/s/
                *
------------------------
W.
                Thatcher Brown
Director
August
                2, 2007
/s/
                *
------------------------
G.
                Lawrence Buhl
Director
August
                2, 2007
/s/
                *
------------------------
Mirian
                M. Graddick-Weir
Director
August
                2, 2007
/s/
                *
------------------------
Jerry
                S. Rosenbloom
Director
August
                2, 2007
/s/
                *
------------------------
William
                W. Scranton, III
Director
August
                2, 2007
------------------------
William
                E. Storts
Director
August
                __, 2007
*By:/s/
                Robert A. Kauffman
----------------------------------
Robert
                A. Kauffman
Attorney-in-Fact
EXHIBIT
                INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
                of Exhibit
4.1
Amended
                and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant (incorporated
                by
                reference to Exhibit (4)(A) to the Registrant's S-8 Registration
                Statement
                No. 333-03127 filed May 3, 1996).
4.2
Amended
                and Restated By-Laws of Registrant (incorporated by reference to
                Exhibit
                3.1 to the Registrant's Report on Form 8-K filed on May 1,
                2005).
4.3
Amended
                and Restated Equity Incentive Plan of the Registrant (incorporated
                by
                reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form
                10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2007).
4.4
Amended
                and Restated Directors' Equity Compensation Plan of the Registrant
                (formerly known as the Deferred Stock Unit Plan) (incorporated by
                reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form
                10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2007).
5.1*
Opinion
                of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP re legality of shares of
                Common Stock being offered hereby.
23.1*
Consent
                of KPMG LLP.
23.2
Consent
                of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP (included as part of Exhibit
                5.1).
24.1*
Power
                of Attorney.
*Filed
                herewith.