On December 18, 2008, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of The National Security Group, Inc. (the "Company") notified the Company's independent public accountant, Barfield, Murphy, Shank & Smith (BMSS) that it has been dismissed as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm effective as of the completion of the audit of the Company's consolidated financial states for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008. BMSS has served as the Company's independent public accounting firm since 2000. BMSS will continue to serve as the Company's independent public accounting firm until the completion of the Company's consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008.

BMSS's reports on the Company's consolidated financial statements for each of the two most recent fiscal years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, did not contain any adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, nor were such reports qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles. During the Company's two most recent fiscal years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the subsequent interim period through December 18, 2008, there were no disagreements between the Company and BMSS on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of BMSS, would have caused BMSS to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreements in its report on the consolidated financial statements for such years, and there were no "reportable events" as that term is defined in Item 304 of Regulation S-K.

The Company provided BMSS with a copy of this Current Report on Form 8-K. A letter from BMSS addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether BMSS agrees with the statements set forth above related to BMSS is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

(c) Exhibits

Exhibit No.       Description of Document

   99.1           Letter from Barfield, Murphy, Shank and Smith to the Securities
                  and Exchange Commission dated December 23, 2008.