EXHIBIT  13(A)


SELECTED  CONSOLIDATED  FINANCIAL  DATA

     Harleysville  Group  Inc.  (Company)  is  56%  owned by Harleysville Mutual
Insurance  Company  (Mutual).  Harleysville  Group  Inc.  and  its  wholly owned
subsidiaries  (Harleysville  Group)  are  engaged  in  property  and  casualty
insurance.  These  subsidiaries  are:  Harleysville-Atlantic  Insurance  Company
(Atlantic),  Harleysville  Insurance  Company  (HIC, formerly Minnesota Fire and
Casualty  Company),  Harleysville  Insurance  Company  of  New  Jersey  (HNJ),
Harleysville  Insurance  Company  of  New  York (HIC New York, formerly New York
Casualty  Insurance  Company), Harleysville Insurance Company of Ohio (HIC Ohio,
formerly  Great  Oaks  Insurance  Company),  Harleysville  Lake States Insurance
Company  (Lake  States,  formerly  Lake  States Insurance Company), Harleysville
Preferred  Insurance  Company  (Preferred,  formerly  Huron  Insurance Company),
Harleysville  Worcester  Insurance  Company  (Worcester,  formerly  Worcester
Insurance  Company),  Mid-America  Insurance  Company  (Mid-America),  and
Harleysville  Ltd.,  a  real  estate  partnership  that  owns  the  home office.

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                                                    YEAR  ENDED  DECEMBER  31,
                                          -----------------------------------------
                                 2001         2000        1999          1998        1997
                              ----------    ---------   ---------    ----------   --------
                                        (in  thousands,  except  per  share  data)

<S>                           <C>           <C>          <C>          <C>         <C>
INCOME  STATEMENT  DATA(1):
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Premiums  earned               $  729,889   $  688,330   $  707,200   $  664,604   $  624,905
Investment  income,  net           85,518       86,791       85,894       86,025       81,783
Realized  investment  gains
  (losses)                         (3,071)       9,780       16,222       16,085        6,541
Total  revenues                   827,751      802,571      824,756      779,311      724,179
Income  before  income  taxes      51,800       57,705       47,752       80,441       67,281
Income  taxes                       8,307        9,013        4,935       17,028       13,209
Net  income                        43,493       48,692       39,913       63,413       54,072
Basic  earnings  per  share    $     1.49   $     1.69   $     1.37   $     2.18   $     1.89
Diluted  earnings  per  share  $     1.46   $     1.67   $     1.35   $     2.15   $     1.86
Cash  dividends  per  share    $      .58   $      .55   $      .52   $      .48   $      .44

BALANCE  SHEET  DATA  AT  YEAR  END:
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Total  investments             $1,611,144   $1,599,125   $1,604,022   $1,579,566   $1,451,590
Total  assets                   2,045,290    2,021,862    2,020,056    1,934,497    1,801,195
Debt                               96,055       96,450       96,810       97,140       97,440
Shareholders' equity              590,298      566,581      526,894      529,658      446,515
Shareholders'  equity
  per  share                   $    20.05   $    19.54   $    18.29   $    18.17   $    15.49

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(1)     The Company's insurance subsidiaries participate in an underwriting
pooling arrangement  with  Mutual.  Harleysville Group's participation was
70% for 1997.  HIC  was acquired as of October 1, 1997, and became a participant
in the pool as of  January  1, 1998, at which time Harleysville Group's
participation increased to  72%.  See "Management's Discussion and Analysis
of Results of Operations and Financial  Condition"  and  Note  2(a)  of  the
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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