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SCHEDULE 14A
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT
(RULE 14A-101)
SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(A) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (AMENDMENT NO. )
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Commission Only (as permitted by
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ACCEPTANCE INSURANCE COMPANIES INC.
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(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)
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(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement,
if other than the Registrant)
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PROXY
ACCEPTANCE INSURANCE COMPANIES INC.
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
MAY 28,1998
The undersigned, a shareholder of Acceptance Insurance Companies Inc. (the
"Company"), hereby appoints Kenneth C. Coon and Donn E. Davis, and each of
them, attorneys, agents and proxies, with full power of substitutions to each,
for and in the name of the undersigned to vote, as designated on the reverse
side, all shares of Common Stock of the Company which the undersigned would be
entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company to be
held at the Doubletree Hotel, 1616 Dodge Street, Omaha, Nebraska, on May 28,
1998, at 10:00 a.m., Local Time, and at any adjournments thereof.
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS, NOMINEES:
Jay A. Bleifield, Kenneth C. Coon, Edward W. Elliott, Jr., Robert
LeBuhn, Michael R. McCarthy, John P. Nelson, R.L. Richards, David
L. Treadwell, Doug T. Valassis
(change of address)
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YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO SPECIFY YOUR CHOICES BY MARKING THE APPROPRIATE BOXES SEE
REVERSE SIDE, BUT YOU NEED NOT MARK ANY BOXES IF YOU WISH TO VOTE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS' RECOMMENDATIONS. NONE OF THE MATTERS
INTENDED TO BE ACTED UPON BY THIS PROXY ARE RELATED TO OR CONDITIONED UPON
APPROVAL OF OTHER MATTERS. THE PROXIES CANNOT VOTE YOUR SHARES UNLESS YOU SIGN
AND RETURN THIS CARD.
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND, WHEN PROPERLY
EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE UNDERSIGNED
SHAREHOLDERS. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR THE
ELECTION OF THE NOMINEES FOR DIRECTORS NAMED HEREIN AND FOR ALL OTHER PROPOSALS
SUBMITTED TO THE SHAREHOLDERS IN THIS PROXY. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY
RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR THE ELECTION OF ALL NOMINEES FOR DIRECTOR AND FOR ALL
OTHER PROPOSALS SUBMITTED TO THE SHAREHOLDERS IN THIS PROXY. IN THEIR
DISCRETION, THE PROXIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE UPON SUCH OTHER BUSINESS AS MAY
PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING, INCLUDING THE ELECTION OF ANY PERSON TO THE
BOARD OF DIRECTOR WHERE A NOMINEE NAMED IN THE PROXY STATEMENT IS UNABLE TO
SERVE, OR, FOR GOOD CAUSE, WILL NOT SERVE.
SEE REVERSE SIDE
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