Bristol West Holdings, Inc. Reports Receipt of Subpoena
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
June 16,
2005
Date
of
Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported)
Commission
File No. 001-31984
BRISTOL
WEST HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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13-3994449
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(State
or other jurisdiction
of
incorporation or organization)
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(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
No.)
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5701
Stirling Road, Davie, Florida
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33314
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code:
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(954)
316-5200
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Item
8.01. Other Events.
On
June
16, 2005, Bristol West Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release,
which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and
is
incorporated herein by reference.
Item
9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c) Exhibits.
The
following exhibits are filed as part of this report:
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Exhibit
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Description
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99.1
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Copy
of the Company's press release, issued June 16, 2005.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto
duly authorized.
BRISTOL
WEST HOLDINGS, INC.
Date:
June 17, 2005
By:
/s/ Craig E. Eisenacher
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Name: Craig
E. Eisenacher
Title:
Chief
Financial Officer
INDEX
TO EXHIBITS
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Exhibit
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Description
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99.1
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Copy
of the Company's press release, issued June 16,
2005.
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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Craig
Eisenacher
Bristol
West Insurance Group
Phone:
(954) 316-5192
Bristol
West Holdings, Inc. Reports Receipt of Subpoena
DAVIE,
Fla., June 16, 2005 -- Bristol West Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: BRW) today
reported
that it has
received
a grand jury subpoena from the United States Attorney for the Southern District
of New York seeking information related to its finite reinsurance activities.
The Company has been informed that other insurance industry participants have
received similar subpoenas.
As
previously disclosed, Bristol West received subpoenas on April 21, 2005 from
the
Florida Office of Insurance Regulation requesting documents related to all
reinsurance agreements to which the Company has been a party since January
1,
1998, and on May 2, 2005 from the Securities & Exchange Commission seeking
documents relating to "certain loss mitigation insurance products."
The
Company intends to cooperate fully with the latest subpoena as it has been
doing
with the earlier subpoenas.
About
Bristol West
Bristol
West Holdings, Inc. began its operations in 1973, and provides non-standard
private passenger automobile insurance exclusively through agents and brokers
in
21 states. Bristol West is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the
symbol, BRW.