Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers;
Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On February 26, 2009, Atlantic American Corporation (the "Company") issued a press release announcing that, as a part of the Company's regular succession planning, J. Mack Robinson, the Company's Chairman of the Board of Directors, had resigned from that position effective February 24, 2009, and has assumed the role of Chairman Emeritus. In that role, he will continue to serve as a member of the Company's Board of Directors. Hilton H. Howell, Jr., the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors, has assumed the title of Chairman of the Board of Directors.

The full text of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits. The following exhibit is filed with this Current Report:
Exhibit No. Exhibit Description 99.1 Press Release, dated February 26, 2009

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