SOUTHFIELD, Mich., July 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- First Mercury Financial Corporation ("First Mercury" or the "Company") today announced that it will issue a press release with its second quarter 2007 financial results on Wednesday, August 1, 2007, after the market closes.
The Company will host a conference call on Thursday, August 2, 2007, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss second quarter results. The call may be accessed live by dialing 866-454-4209 or by visiting the Company's website at http://www.firstmercury.com/.
Investors may access a replay by dialing 877-519-4471, passcode 4065301, which will be available through August 9, 2007. The webcast replay will also be archived in the "Investor Relations" section of the Company's website.
About First Mercury Financial Corporation
First Mercury Financial Corporation markets and underwrites specialty commercial insurance products, focusing on niche and underserved segments where the Company has underwriting expertise and other competitive advantages. During the Company's 33 years of underwriting risks, First Mercury has established CoverX(R) as a recognized brand among insurance agents and brokers. As primarily an excess and surplus (E&S) lines underwriter, First Mercury has developed the underwriting expertise and cost-efficient infrastructure which has enabled it to effectively underwrite such risks.
Safe Harbor Statement
This release contains forward-looking statements that relate to future periods and includes statements regarding our anticipated performance. Generally, the words "anticipates," "believes," "expects," "intends," "estimates," "projects," "plans" and similar expressions identify forward- looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that could cause our actual results, performance or achievements or industry results to differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks, uncertainties and other important factors include, among others: our ability to maintain or the lowering or loss of one of our financial or claims-paying ratings; our actual incurred losses exceeding our loss and loss adjustment expense reserves; the failure of reinsurers to meet their obligations; our inability to obtain reinsurance coverage at reasonable prices; the failure of any loss limitations or exclusions or changes in claims or coverage; our lack of long-term operating history in certain specialty classes of insurance; our ability to acquire and retain additional underwriting expertise and capacity; the concentration of our insurance business in relatively few specialty classes; competition risk; fluctuations and uncertainty within the excess and surplus lines insurance industry; the extensive regulations to which our business is subject and our failure to comply with these regulations; our ability to maintain our risk-based capital at levels required by regulatory authorities; our inability to realize our investment objectives; and the risks identified in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Registration Statement on Form S-1. Given these uncertainties, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. We assume no obligation to update or revise them or provide reasons why actual results may differ.
For more information on the Company, please visit the Company's website at
http://www.firstmercury.com/
First Mercury Financial Corporation
CONTACT: Edward A. LaFramboise, Vice President - Finance of First
Mercury Financial Corporation, +1-248-213-0406, elaframboise@firstmercury.com;
or Leslie Loyet, Investor Inquiries of Financial Relations Board,
+1-312-640-6672, lloyet@frbir.com, for First Mercury Financial Corporation
Web site: http://www.firstmercury.com/
