RELIANCE GROUP HOLDINGS INC
SC 13G/A, 1995-02-14
FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE
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                                 UNITED STATES
                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549

                                 SCHEDULE 13G

                   Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                            (Amendment No.   8  )*
                                           -----


                        Reliance Group Holdings, Inc.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                               (Name of Issuer)

                         Common Stock, $.10 par value
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                        (Title of Class of Securities)

                                   75946410
                             ---------------------
                                (CUISP Number)

Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this statement [_].  (A fee
is not required only if the filing person: (1) has a previous statement on file 
reporting beneficial ownership of more than five percent of the class of 
securities described in Item 1; and (2) has filed no amendment subsequent 
thereto reporting beneficial ownership of five percent or less of such 
class.) (See Rule 13d-7).

*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's 
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and
for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the 
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be 
deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of
the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see 
the Notes).


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CUSIP No. 75946410                13G              Page      2  of 14      Pages
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1  NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
   S.S. or I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
             
        The Steinberg Group
        (No. S.S. or I.R.S. Identification No.)

2  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*            (a) [X]

                                                                (b) [_]

3  SEC USE ONLY


4  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION


        Not Applicable
        
   NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH


        5  SOLE VOTING POWER


            39,501,063

        6  SHARED VOTING POWER


            15,043,656

        7  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER


            39,652,360

        8  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER


            15,063,040

9  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON


            54,715,399

10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*

                

11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9


            48.1%

12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*


            00    
        


                     *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!
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CUSIP No. 75946410                13G              Page 3     of 14       Pages


1  NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
   S.S. or I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
             
        Saul P. Steinberg
        S.S. No.:  ###-##-####

2  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*            (a) [x]

                                                                (b) [_]


3  SEC USE ONLY


4  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 
      United States of America
        
   NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH


        5  SOLE VOTING POWER

            29,364,053
            (See Note 1)

        6  SHARED VOTING POWER

            14,107,822
            (See Notes 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8)

        7  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

            29,487,970
            (See Notes 1 and 5)

        8  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

            14,107,822
            (See Notes 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8)

9  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

            43,595,792

10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*

                

11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9

            38.5%

12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

            IN    
        


                     *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!


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CUSIP No. 75946410                13G              Page 4     of 14       Pages


1  NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
   S.S. or I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
             
             Robert M. Steinberg
             S.S. No.:   ###-##-####

2  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*            (a) [x]

                                                                (b) [_]


3  SEC USE ONLY


4  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

             United States of America
        
   NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH


        5  SOLE VOTING POWER
                 
                4,440,570
                (See Note 9)

        6  SHARED VOTING POWER

                13,079,396
                (See Notes 3, 4, 7, 8 and 10)

        7  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

                4,467,950
                (See Notes 9 and 11)

        8  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                13,079,396
                (See Notes 3, 4, 8 and 10)

9  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

                17,547,346
                
10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*

                

11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9

                15.4%

12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

                IN
        


                     *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!


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CUSIP No. 75946410                13G              Page 5     of 14       Pages


1  NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
   S.S. or I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
             
        Anne Steinberg
        S.S. No.:   ###-##-####

2  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*            (a) [x]

                                                                (b) [_]


3  SEC USE ONLY


4  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

        United States of America
        
   NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH


        5  SOLE VOTING POWER

              -0-

        6  SHARED VOTING POWER

              12,356,010
              (See Note 3)

        7  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

              -0-

        8  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

              12,356,010
              (See Note 3)

9  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

              12,356,010

10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*

                

11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9

              10.9%

12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

              IN
        


                     *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!


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CUSIP No. 75946410                13G              Page   6   of 14       Pages


1  NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
   S.S. or I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
             
        Roni Sokoloff
        S.S. No.:  ###-##-####
        

2  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*            (a) [X]

                                                                (b) [_]


3  SEC USE ONLY


4  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

        United States of America
        

   NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH


        5  SOLE VOTING POWER

                2,600,130

        6  SHARED VOTING POWER

                517,580
                (See Note 12)

        7  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

                2,600,130

        8  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                536,964
                (See Notes 12 and 13)

9  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

                3,137,094

10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*

                

11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9

                2.8%

12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

                IN
        


                     *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!


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CUSIP No.  75946410              13G              Page   7   of 14       Pages


1  NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
   S.S. or I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

                Lynda Jurist
                S.S. No.:  ###-##-####
        

2  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*            (a) [X]

                                                                (b) [_]


3  SEC USE ONLY


4  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

        United States of America
        
   NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH


        5  SOLE VOTING POWER

                3,096,310
           

        6  SHARED VOTING POWER

                10,000
                (See Note 14)

        7  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

                3,096,310

        8  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                10,000
                (See Note 14)

9  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

                3,106,310

10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*

                

11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9

                2.7%

12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

                IN
        


                     *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!


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Item 1(a)  Name of Issuer:

           Reliance Group Holdings, Inc.
           ........................................................

Item 1(b)  Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:

           Park Avenue Plaza, 55 East 52nd Street, New York, New York l0055
           ........................................................

Item 2(a)  Name of Persons Filing:

           The Steinberg Group, Saul P. Steinberg, Robert M. Steinberg, Anne
           Steinberg, Roni Sokoloff and Lynda Jurist
           ........................................................

Item 2(b)  Address of Principal Business Office or, if none, Residence:

           Park Avenue Plaza, 55 East 52nd Street, New York, New York l0055
           ........................................................

Item 2(c)  Citizenship:

           See Item 4 on each of the cover pages hereto.
           ........................................................

Item 2(d)  Title of Class of Securities:

           Common Stock, $.l0 par value
           ........................................................

Item 2(e)  CUSIP Number:

           759464l0
           ........................................................

Item 3     Not Applicable.

Item 4.    Ownership.

     (a)   Amount Beneficially Owned As of December 3l, l994

           See Item 9 on each of the cover pages hereto.
           ........................................................

     (b)   Percent of Class:

           See Item ll on each of the cover pages hereto.
           ........................................................

     (c)   Number of shares as to which such person has:


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           (i)    sole power to vote or to direct the vote 

                  See Item 5 on each of the cover pages hereto.
           ........................................................

           (ii)   shared power to vote or to direct the vote

                  See Item 6 on each of the cover pages hereto.
           ........................................................

           (iii)  sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of

                  See Item 7 on each of the cover pages hereto.
           ........................................................

           (iv)   shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of

                  See Item 8 on each of the cover pages hereto.
           ........................................................

Item 5.    Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.

           Not Applicable
           ........................................................

Item 6.    Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.

           Not Applicable
           ........................................................

Item 7.    Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary which  Acquired
           the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company.

           Not Applicable
           ........................................................

Item 8.    Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.

           The members of the Steinberg Group are Saul P. Steinberg, Robert M.
           Steinberg, Anne Steinberg, Roni Sokoloff and Lynda Jurist.
           ........................................................

Item 9.    Notice of Dissolution of Group.

           Not Applicable
           ........................................................

Item 10.   Certification.

           Not Applicable
           ........................................................

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Notes to Cover Pages - Steinberg Group Amendment No. 8 To Schedule 13G
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     l.   Includes 4,000 shares held by Saul P. Steinberg as custodian for his
children, as to which he disclaims beneficial ownership.

     2.   Includes 75,l80 shares owned by Saul P. Steinberg's mother, Anne
Steinberg, 336,300 shares owned by Saul P. Steinberg's wife, Gayfryd Steinberg
and l5,200 shares held by Gayfryd Steinberg as custodian for Jeremy Rayne
Steinberg, as to all of which he disclaims beneficial ownership.

     3.   Includes l2,280,830 shares owned by the Article III Residuary Trust
under the will of Julius Steinberg.  Saul P. Steinberg, his brother Robert M.
Steinberg, Anne Steinberg and a fourth person are the trustees thereof.

     4.   Includes l82,900 shares owned by, and 56,072 shares based on the
assumed exercise of warrants to purchase Common Stock owned by, the Reliance
Group Holdings, Inc. Pension Trust.  Saul P. Steinberg, Robert M. Steinberg and
two other persons are the trustees thereof.  Voting and dispositive power with 
respect to such shares and warrants (including the power to exercise the 
warrants) has been transferred by the trustees to LaSalle National Trust, N.A.
("LaSalle"), as independent fiduciary.  The trustees may revoke the authority
of LaSalle on 30 days' notice.  Saul P. Steinberg and Robert M. Steinberg
disclaim beneficial ownership of such shares.

     5.   Includes 123,917 shares allocable to Saul P. Steinberg's contributions
under the Reliance Insurance Company Savings Incentive Plan (the "SIP"), as to
which Saul P. Steinberg has dispositive power.

     6.   Includes 1,010,000 shares held by the Saul and Gayfryd Steinberg
Foundation, Inc.  Saul P. Steinberg disclaims beneficial ownership of such 
shares.

     7.   Does not include any of the shares held in the SIP; the Trustee of the
SIP votes the shares held in the SIP in its sole discretion, in accordance with 
the fiduciary standards of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 
as amended.

     8.   Includes 50,000 shares owned by the Jeremy Rayne Steinberg 1989 Trust,
50,000 shares owned by the Gayfryd Holden Steinberg 1989 Trust and 51,340 shares
owned by the Julian David Steinberg 1993 Trust.  Jeremy Rayne Steinberg, Gayfryd
Holden Steinberg and Julian David Steinberg are children of Saul P. Steinberg.
Robert M. Steinberg is the trustee of such trusts. Robert M. Steinberg and Saul
P. Steinberg disclaim beneficial ownership of such shares.

     9.   Includes 101,730 shares held by Robert M. Steinberg as custodian for
his children, as to which Robert M. Steinberg disclaims beneficial ownership,
and 500,000 shares based on the assumed exercise of options to purchase Common
Stock owned by Robert M. Steinberg.

                                      -10-
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     10.   Includes 314,100 shares owned by, and 94,154 shares based on the
assumed exercise of warrants to purchase Common Stock owned by, the Commonwealth
Land Title Insurance Company Pension Trust.  Robert M. Steinberg and four other
persons are the trustees thereof.  Voting and dispositive power with respect to
such shares and warrants (including the power to exercise the warrants) has been
transferred by the trustees to LaSalle, as independent fiduciary.  The trustees
may revoke the authority of LaSalle on 30 days' notice.  Robert M. Steinberg
disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares.

     11.   Includes 27,380 shares allocable to Robert M. Steinberg's
contributions under the SIP, as to which Robert M. Steinberg has dispositive
power.

     12.   Includes 400,000 shares owned by Roni Sokoloff's husband, 52,580
shares held by her husband as custodian for their children and 65,000 shares
based on the assumed exercise of options to purchase Common Stock owned by her
husband, as to all of which Roni Sokoloff disclaims beneficial ownership.  Roni
Sokoloff is the sister of Saul P. Steinberg and Robert M. Steinberg.

     13.  Includes 19,384 shares allocable to the contributions of Roni
Sokoloff's husband under the SIP, as to which Mr. Sokoloff has dispositive
power, and as to which Roni Sokoloff disclaims beneficial ownership.

     l4.  Includes l0,000 shares owned by Lynda Jurist's husband, as to which
Lynda Jurist disclaims beneficial ownership.  Lynda Jurist is the sister of Saul
P. Steinberg and Robert M. Steinberg.

                                      -11-
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After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify
that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.


           February 4, l995 as of December 3l, l994
           .........................................
           Date


           /s/ Saul P. Steinberg
           .........................................
           Signature

           Saul P. Steinberg
           .........................................
           Name


           /s/ Robert M. Steinberg
           .........................................
           Signature

           Robert M. Steinberg
           ........................................
           Name


           /s/ Anne Steinberg
           ........................................
           Signature

           Anne Steinberg
           .........................................
           Name


           /s/ Roni Sokoloff
           .........................................
           Signature

           Roni Sokoloff
           .........................................
           Name


           /s/ Lynda Jurist
           .........................................
           Signature

           Lynda Jurist
           .........................................
           Name

                                      -12-
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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit No.                  Exhibit Name                   
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<S>                         <C>                             
     1                      Joint Filing Agreement

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                                                                      Exhibit l
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                             Joint Filing Agreement
                             ----------------------



     Each of the persons signing below hereby agrees that the Schedule l3G to
which this Joint Filing Agreement is attached is filed on behalf of each of
them.

Dated:  February 4, l995


                                              /s/ Saul P. Steinberg
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                                                Saul P. Steinberg
                                                                        
                                          
                                              /s/ Robert M. Steinberg
                                          ------------------------------
                                                Robert M. Steinberg
                                                                        
                                          
                                              /s/ Anne Steinberg
                                          ------------------------------
                                                Anne Steinberg
                                                                        
                                          
                                              /s/ Roni Sokoloff
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                                                Roni Sokoloff
                                                                        
                                          
                                              /s/ Lynda Jurist
                                          ------------------------------
                                                Lynda Jurist


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