Eastern Insurance Holdings, Inc. Announces Quarterl...( LANCASTER Pa. Dec. 5 /- Eastern I...),Health

LANCASTER, Pa., Dec. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Eastern Insurance Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: EIHI) ("EIHI," the "Company") announced today that its board of directors has authorized a $0.05 per share quarterly cash dividend on its issued and outstanding shares of common stock, payable December 28, 2007 to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 14, 2007.

EIHI is the parent company of Eastern Life and Health Insurance Company ("Eastern Life and Health"), which converted from mutual to stock form on June 16, 2006. The Pennsylvania Insurance Department's order approving the conversion prohibits both Eastern Life and Health and EIHI from making any distribution to shareholders without prior Pennsylvania Insurance Department approval for a period of three years. EIHI sought and received Pennsylvania Insurance Department approval for this quarterly dividend. It is the present intent of EIHI to seek approval from the Pennsylvania Insurance Department for future quarterly dividends during the remaining 18 months that it is subject to this Pennsylvania Insurance Department order if economic conditions and EIHI's financial performance warrant. No assurance can be given, however, that any such permission, if sought, will be received.

EIHI operates through its subsidiaries a domestic casualty insurance group specializing in workers' compensation, a domestic life and health insurance company, an offshore specialty reinsurance company and a third-party claims administration company.

EIHI is located at 25 Race Avenue in Lancaster. The company's Web address is http://www.easterninsuranceholdings.com.

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