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Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional shares
of the Registrant&#8217;s Common Stock which may become issuable under the equity plan
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></font></div>
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to Rule 457(c) and 457(h), the registration fee has been calculated based on the
average of the high and low prices of Registrant's Common Stock on August 22,
2008 on the NASDAQ Global Select Market.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(3)&#160;&#160;</font>Represents
an additional 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the
Harleysville Group Inc. Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase
Plan.</font></div>
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I</font></div>
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registration of an additional 1,500,000 shares of Harleysville Group Inc. Common
Stock, par value $1.00 per share (the &#8220;Common Stock&#8221;) for issuance upon the
purchase of such Common Stock by eligible participants in the Harleysville Group
Inc. Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the
&#8220;Plan&#8221;).&#160;&#160;Eligible participants include all regular full-time
employees and all regular part-time employees who work at least 20 hours or more
per week for Harleysville Group Inc., Harleysville Mutual Insurance Company or
any of their respective subsidiaries.&#160;&#160;The documents containing the
information required to be included in Part I of this Registration Statement
will be sent or given to employees who are eligible to participate in the Plan,
as specified in Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated pursuant to the Securities
Act.</font></div>
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II</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 25.75pt"></font>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Item
3.&#160;&#160;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS
BY REFERENCE</font></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt"></font>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>
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              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">a.&#160;&#160;</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Annual
      Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 filed
      pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange
Act;</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Annual
      Report on Form 11-K for the Plan for the fiscal year ended December 31,
      2007 filed pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange
  Act;</font></div>
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              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">c.&#160;&#160;</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Quarterly
      Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2008 and June 30,
      2008, filed pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange
  Act;</font></div>
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      Proxy Statement dated March 25, 2008 for the Company&#8217;s April 23, 2008
      Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed by the Company pursuant to Section 14
      of the Exchange Act;</font></div>
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              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">e.&#160;&#160;</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      Company&#8217;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January 10, 2008 (Item
      1.01), April 28, 2008 (Item 5.02), May 21, 2008 (Items 8.01 and 9.01) and
      August 4, 2008 (Item 8.01); and</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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 on April 15,
      1986 pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, including all amendments
      and Reports subsequently filed for the purpose of updating such
      description.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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, including any Form 11-K
filed with respect to the Plan, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such
documents.&#160;&#160;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.&#160;&#160;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>
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SECURITIES</font></font></div>
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6.&#160;&#160;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS
AND OFFICERS</font></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt"></font>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.&#160;&#160;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>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt"></font>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.&#160;&#160;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>
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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
      3.1 to the Registrant's Report on Form 8-K filed on May 3,
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      and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan of the Registrant (incorporated
      by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant&#8217;s Quarterly Report on Form
      10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2008).</font></div>
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      of Ballard Spahr Andrews &amp; Ingersoll, LLP re legality of shares of
      Common Stock being offered hereby.</font></div>
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file, during the period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</font></div>
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      of 1933;</font></div>
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              <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">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.&#160;&#160;Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
      decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
      securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
      deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
      may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission
      pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
      price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate
      offering price set forth in the &#8220;Calculation of Registration Fee&#8221; table in
      the effective registration
statement;</font></div>
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      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.</font></div>
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      paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do 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 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.</font></font></td>
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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 <font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">bona</font> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">fide</font> offering
thereof.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(3)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
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.</font></div>
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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
</font></div>
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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 style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">bona</font> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">fide</font> offering
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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.&#160;&#160;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.</font></div>
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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 27th day of August, 2008.</font></div>
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hgi082708_s8.htm
As filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 27, 2008
Registration
No. 333-_____
UNITED
      STATES
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
(State
      or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
      or organization)
51-0241172
(I.R.S.
      Employer
Identification
      No.)
355
      Maple
      Avenue,  Harleysville,  PA   19438-2297
(Address
      of principal executive offices)    (Zip
      Code)
Harleysville Group Inc. Amended and Restated
      Employee Stock Purchase 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)
(215)
      256-5000
(Telephone
      number, including area code, of agent for
  service)
With
      a copy to:
Justin
      P. Klein, Esquire, Esquire
Ballard
      Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP
1735
      Market Street 51
st
Floor
Philadelphia,
      PA 19103-2297
(215)
      864-8606
Indicate
      by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
      accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting
      company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated
      filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange
      Act.
Large
      accelerated filer
¨
Accelerated
      filer
R
Non-accelerated
      filer
¨
Smaller
      reporting company
¨
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
1,500,000
(3)
$36.60
$54,900,000
$2,157.57
(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 plan
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(c) and 457(h), the registration fee has been calculated based on the
average of the high and low prices of Registrant's Common Stock on August 22,
2008 on the NASDAQ Global Select Market.
(3)
Represents
an additional 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the
Harleysville Group Inc. Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase
Plan.
PART
I
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Items 1
& 2.
This Registration Statement covers the
registration of an additional 1,500,000 shares of Harleysville Group Inc. Common
Stock, par value $1.00 per share (the "Common Stock") for issuance upon the
purchase of such Common Stock by eligible participants in the Harleysville Group
Inc. Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the
"Plan").  Eligible participants include all regular full-time
employees and all regular part-time employees who work at least 20 hours or more
per week for Harleysville Group Inc., Harleysville Mutual Insurance Company or
any of their respective subsidiaries.  The documents containing the
information required to be included in Part I of this Registration Statement
will be sent or given to employees who are eligible to participate in the Plan,
as specified in Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated pursuant to the Securities
Act.
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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, 2007 filed
      pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange
Act;
b.
Annual
      Report on Form 11-K for the Plan for the fiscal year ended December 31,
      2007 filed pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange
  Act;
c.
Quarterly
      Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2008 and June 30,
      2008, filed pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange
  Act;
d.
Definitive
      Proxy Statement dated March 25, 2008 for the Company's April 23, 2008
      Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed by the Company pursuant to Section 14
      of the Exchange Act;
e.
The
      Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January 10, 2008 (Item
      1.01), April 28, 2008 (Item 5.02), May 21, 2008 (Items 8.01 and 9.01) and
      August 4, 2008 (Item 8.01); and
f.
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 on April 15,
      1986 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, including any Form 11-K
filed with respect to the Plan, 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 NAMED EXPERTS
AND COUNSEL
Not applicable.
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Item
6.
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS
AND OFFICERS
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 3,
      2005).
4.3
Amended
      and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan of the Registrant (incorporated
      by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form
      10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2008).
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).
II-2
*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.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
      decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
      securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
      deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
      may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission
      pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
      price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate
      offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in
      the effective 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) do 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 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
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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.
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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 27th day of August, 2008.
HARLEYSVILLE
      GROUP INC.
August
      27, 2008
By:
/s/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
<S>
Title
<C>
Date
<C>
/s/  Michael
      L. Browne
------------------------
Michael
      L. Browne
President,
      CEO and a Director
August
27,
      2008
/s/  Arthur
      Chandler
------------------------
Arthur
      Chandler
Senior
      Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (Principal financial
      officer)
August
27,
      2008
/s/  Angela
      K. Bauer
------------------------
Angela
      K. Bauer
VP,
      Chief Accounting Officer (Principal accounting officer)
August
27,
      2008
/s/  Barbara
      A. Austell
------------------------
Barbara
      A. Austell
Director
August
27,
      2008
/s/  W.
      Thatcher Brown
------------------------
W.
      Thatcher Brown
Director
August
27,
      2008
/s/  G.
      Lawrence Buhl
------------------------
G.
      Lawrence Buhl
Director
August
27,
      2008
/s/  Mirian
      M. Graddick-Weir
----------------------------
Mirian
      M. Graddick-Weir
Director
August
27,
      2008
/s/  William
      Gray
------------------------
William
      Gray
Director
August
27,
      2008
/s/  Jerry
      S. Rosenbloom
------------------------
Jerry
      S. Rosenbloom
Director
August
27,
      2008
/s/  William
      W. Scranton III
----------------------------
William
      W. Scranton III
Director
August
27,
      2008
/s/  William
      E. Storts
------------------------
William
      E. Storts
Director
August
27,
      2008
II-5
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 3,
      2005).
4.3
Amended
      and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan of the Registrant (incorporated
      by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form
      10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2008).
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).
*Filed
      herewith.