NYMAGIC INC
SC 13D/A, 2000-05-26
SURETY INSURANCE
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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington D.C. 20549

                                  SCHEDULE 13D

                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                                (Amendment No. 2)

                                  NYMAGIC, Inc.
                                  -------------
                                (Name of Issuer)

                          Common Stock, $1.00 Par Value
                          -----------------------------
                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                   629484 10 6
                                   ------------
                                 (CUSIP Number)

                             Howard S. Tuthill, III
                               Cummings & Lockwood
                        Four Stamford Plaza, P.O. Box 120
                           Stamford, Connecticut 06904
                                 (203) 327-1700
                                 --------------
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and
                                Communications)

                                  May 18, 2000
                                  ------------
             (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

     If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to
report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing
this Schedule because of Rule 13d-1(b)(3) or (4), check the following box [  ]






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CUSIP No. 629484 10 6                                     Page 2 of 6 Pages

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- ------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------
     1       NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

             I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)

             Louise B. Tollefson Florida Intangible Tax Trust dated 12/9/98


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     2       CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions)
                                                          (a) |_|
                                                          (b) |_|
- ------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------
     3       SEC USE ONLY

- ------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------
     4       SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions)

             OO

- ------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------
     5       CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT
             TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                  |_|

- ------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------
     6       CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

             Florida

- ------------------------- -------- ---------------------------------------------
                             7     SOLE VOTING POWER

       NUMBER OF                   0
                          -------- ---------------------------------------------
         SHARES              8     SHARED VOTING POWER
      BENEFICIALLY
        OWNED BY                   0
                          -------- ---------------------------------------------
          EACH               9     SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
       REPORTING
         PERSON                    0
                          -------- ---------------------------------------------
          WITH              10     SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                                   0

- ------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------
    11       AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

             0

- ------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------
    12       CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
             SHARES (See Instructions)                 |_|

- ------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------
    13       PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

             0%

- ------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------
    14       TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions)

             OO

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CUSIP No. 629484 10 6                                   Page 3 of 6 Pages

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- ------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------
     1       NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

             I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)

             Howard S. Tuthill, III

- ------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------
     2       CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions)
                                                            (a) |_|
                                                            (b) |_|
- ------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------
     3       SEC USE ONLY

- ------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------
     4       SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions)

             OO

- ------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------
     5       CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT
             TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                    |_|

- ------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------
     6       CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

             United States

- ------------------------- -------- ---------------------------------------------
                             7     SOLE VOTING POWER

       NUMBER OF                   0
                          -------- ---------------------------------------------
         SHARES              8     SHARED VOTING POWER
      BENEFICIALLY
        OWNED BY                   0
                          -------- ---------------------------------------------
          EACH               9     SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
       REPORTING
         PERSON                    0
                          -------- ---------------------------------------------
          WITH              10     SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                                   0

- ------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------
    11       AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

             0

- ------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------
    12       CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN
             SHARES (See Instructions)                   |_|

- ------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------
    13       PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

             0%

- ------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------
    14       TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions)

             IN

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                                  Introduction

     This Amendment No. 2 to Schedule 13D is being filed in order to report the
transfer of 1,080,667 shares of common stock, $1.00 par value ("Common Stock"),
of NYMAGIC, Inc., a New York corporation (the "Issuer"), from the Louise B.
Tollefson Florida Intangible Tax Trust dated 12/9/98 (the "FIT Trust") to the
Louise B. Tollefson Revocable Trust dated 12/23/97 (the "Revocable Trust"). L.
Tollefson is a beneficiary of the FIT Trust, and the co-trustees of the FIT
Trust are Howard S. Tuthill and Howard S. Tuthill, III ("Tuthill"), with Tuthill
having sole voting and dispositive power over the shares of Common Stock held by
the FIT Trust. L. Tollefson is a beneficiary and sole trustee of the Revocable
Trust. The transfers described above were effected on May 18, 2000.

Item 1. Security and Issuer.

     The class of equity securities to which this Schedule relates is the
Issuer's Common Stock, $1.00 par value. The Issuer is NYMAGIC, Inc., a New York
corporation, and its principal executive offices are located at 330 Madison
Avenue, New York, New York 10017.

Item 2. Identity and Background.

     This Schedule is being filed by the FIT Trust and by Tuthill in his
capacity as a Trustee of the Trust. The principal business address of both the
FIT Trust and Tuthill (collectively, the "Reporting Persons") is c/o Cummings &
Lockwood, Four Stamford Plaza, P.O. Box 120, Stamford, Connecticut 06904.
Tuthill is a partner at Cummings & Lockwood, a law firm headquartered in
Stamford, Connecticut.

     During the last five years, neither Reporting Person has been convicted in
a criminal proceeding or been the subject of a judgment, decree, or final order
enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject
to, Federal or State securities laws, or finding any violation with respect to
such laws.

Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

     The transaction that requires the filing of this Schedule was a transfer
that was effected without consideration. On May 18, 2000, 1,080,667 shares of
Common Stock were transferred from the FIT Trust to the Revocable Trust.

Item 4. Purpose of Transaction.

     The purpose of the transfer of 1,080,667 shares of Common Stock from the
FIT Trust to the Revocable Trust was to implement certain aspects of L.
Tollefson's estate and tax planning objectives.

     The Reporting Persons have no plans or proposals that would result in any
of the consequences listed in paragraphs (a) - (j) of Item 4 of Schedule 13D.


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Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

                  (a) and (b) Set forth in the table  below are the  number  and
percentage  of shares of Common Stock of the Issuer  beneficially  owned by each
Reporting Person named in Item 2 as of the date hereof:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                           Number of Shares        Number of Shares
                          Beneficially Owned      Beneficially Owned      Aggregate Number     Percentage of
                         With Sole Voting and   With Shared Voting and       of Shares       Shares Beneficially
         Name              Dispositive Power       Dispositive Power     Beneficially Owned        Owned
         ----              -----------------       -----------------     ------------------  -------------------

<S>                                <C>                     <C>                   <C>                  <C>
Louise B. Tollefson
Florida Intangible Tax
Trust dated 12/9/98                0                       0                     0                    0%

Howard S. Tuthill, III             0                       0                     0                    0%
</TABLE>


     (c) The Reporting Persons transferred beneficial ownership of an aggregate
of 1,080,667 shares of Common Stock on May 18, 2000, in a transfer from the FIT
Trust. The Reporting Persons were given no consideration for such shares.

     (d) None.

     (e) Not Applicable

Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to
Securities of the Issuer.

     Pursuant to the terms of the Trust Agreement, dated December 9, 1998,
executed in connection with the establishment of the FIT Trust, Tuthill shall,
upon April 30th of each calendar year, distribute the then-remaining trust
estate to the then-acting Trustee of the Revocable Trust.

Item 7. Material to Be Filed as Exhibits.

Exhibit
Number           Description
- -------          -----------

   1      Agreement, dated as of April 6, 2000, between the Reporting Persons
          relating to the filing of a joint Schedule 13D (incorporated by
          reference to Amendment No. 1 the Schedule 13D of the Reporting Persons
          dated April 10, 2000).



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                                   SIGNATURES

     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.

     Dated: May 26, 2000


                                   /s/ HOWARD S. TUTHILL, III
                                   --------------------------
                                   Howard S. Tuthill, III


                                   LOUISE B. TOLLEFSON FLORIDA INTANGIBLE
                                   TAX TRUST DATED 12/9/98


                                   By /s/ HOWARD S. TUTHILL, III
                                      --------------------------
                                       Howard S. Tuthill, III
                                       Trustee


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