RENO, Nev., June 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Employers Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EIG) announced Standard & Poor's will add it to the prestigious S&P 600 SmallCap Index. The S&P 600 is widely considered the preferred small capitalization-market index in the United States and is comprised of 600 leading publicly-held companies in the most important industries in the U.S. economy.

According to Standard & Poor's, the S&P SmallCap 600 is a core component of the U.S. indices that could be used as building blocks for portfolio construction.

    Index constituents exhibit the following characteristics:
    --  Market Coverage - 3%-4% of the U.S. equities market
    --  Weighting - Market capitalization
    --  Market Capitalization - US$ 200 million to US$ 1.0 billion
    --  Public Float - At least 50%

    --  Reconstitution - As needed basis

Employers Holdings will be added to the S&P SmallCap 600 GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) Property & Casualty Insurance Sub-Industry index after the close of trading on Tuesday, June 23.

About Employers Holdings, Inc.

Employers Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EIG) is a holding company with subsidiaries that are specialty providers of workers' compensation insurance and services focused on select, small and medium-sized businesses engaged in low to medium hazard industries. The company, through its subsidiaries, operates in 30 states. Insurance is offered by Employers Insurance Company of Nevada, Employers Compensation Insurance Company, Employers Preferred Insurance Company, and Employers Assurance Company, all rated A- (Excellent) by A.M. Best Company. Employers Preferred Insurance Company and Employers Assurance Company are also known as AmCOMP Preferred Insurance Company and AmCOMP Assurance Corporation, respectively. Additional information can be found at: http://www.employers.com.

All rights reserved. EMPLOYERS(R) and America's small business insurance specialist.(R) are registered trademarks of Employers Insurance Company of Nevada.

SOURCE  Employers Holdings, Inc.

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    /CONTACT:  Media - Ty Vukelich, Vice President, Corporate Marketing,
tvukelich@employers.com, +1-775-327-2677; or Analysts - Vicki Erickson, Vice
President, Investor Relations, verickson@employers.com, +1-775-327-2794/
    /Web Site:  http://www.employers.com /
    (EIG)

CO:  Employers Holdings, Inc.; Standard & Poor's; S&P
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