(a)

The 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "2012 Annual Meeting") of Employers Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") was held on May 24, 2012. The matters that were voted upon at the 2012 Annual Meeting, and the number of votes cast for, against or withheld, as well as the number of abstentions and broker non-votes as to each such matter, where applicable, are set forth below.

(b)

At the 2012 Annual Meeting, the Company's stockholders (i) elected all of the Company's nominees for director; (ii) approved, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the Company's executive compensation; and (iii) ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012.

1. Election of three directors to serve until the 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders:

                             Votes For    Votes Withheld   Broker Non-Votes
          Valerie R. Glenn   20,381,014      635,126          1,433,711
          Ronald F. Mosher   20,893,625      122,515          1,433,711
          Katherine W. Ong   20,905,285      110,855          1,433,711

2. Advisory (non-binding) vote approving the Company's executive compensation:

Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 20,613,967 346,170 56,003 1,433,711

3. Ratification of the appointment of Ernst &Young LLP as the Company's independent accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012:

Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 22,336,518 89,838 23,495 -0-