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                     U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                     FORM 5

               ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

    Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
       Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
               Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

[_]  Check box if no longer  subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations
     may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

[_]  Form 3 Holdings Reported

[_]  Form 4 Transactions Reported

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1.   Name and Address of Reporting Person*

Robinson                             J.                   Mack
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   (Last)                            (First)              (Middle)

4370 Peachtree Road, NE
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                                    (Street)

Atlanta                            Georgia                  30319-3000
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   (City)                            (State)                (Zip)
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2.   Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

     Atlantic American Corporation - AAME

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3.   IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)

     ###-##-####     
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4.   Statement for Month/Year

     December, 1998
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5.   If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)



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6.   Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
     (Check all applicable)

     [X]  Director                             [X]  10% Owner
     [X]  Officer (give title below)           [ ]  Other (specify below)

               Chairman
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7.   Individual or Joint/Group Filing
     (Check applicable line)

     [X]  Form filed by one Reporting Person
     [_]  Form filed by more than one Reporting Person
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           Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
                             or Beneficially Owned
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                                                                                                 5.             6.
                                                                 4.                              Amount of      Owner-
                                                                 Securities Acquired (A) or      Securities     ship      
                                                                 Disposed of (D)                 Beneficially   Form:     7.        
                                                                 (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)             Owned at End   Direct    Nature of 
                                      2.            3.           -----------------------------   of Issuer's    (D) or    Indirect  
1.                                    Transaction   Transaction                  (A)             Fiscal Year    Indirect  Beneficial
Title of Security                     Date          Code             Amount      or     Price    (Instr. 3      (I)       Ownership 
(Instr. 3)                            (mm/dd/yy)    (Instr. 8)                   (D)             and 4)         (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock                                                                                     3,985            I      401(k)
                                                                                                                         Plan (1)
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Common Stock                           N/A                                                     733,719            D
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Common Stock                           N/A                                                     294,000            I      By Delta
                                                                                                                         Fire &
                                                                                                                         Casualty
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Common Stock                           N/A                                                   8,043,053            I      By Spouse
                                                                                                                         2***
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Common Stock                           N/A                                                   3,381,202            I      By Gulf
                                                                                                                         Capital
                                                                                                                         Services(3)
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Common Stock                           N/A                                                      936,702           I      By Delta
                                                                                                                         Life Ins.
                                                                                                                         Co. 
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*    If the form is filed by more than one  Reporting  Person,  see  Instruction
     4(b)(v).

Reminder:  Report on a separate line for each class of  securities  beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.


                                                                          (Over)
(Form 5-07/98)

FORM 5 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ================================================================================ 9. 10. Number Owner- of ship 2. Deriv- of Conver- 5. 7. ative Deriv- 11. sion Number of Title and Amount Secur- ative Nature or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ities Secur- of Exer- Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In- cise 3. Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct Price Trans- 4. or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene- 1. of action Trans- of (D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial Title of Deriv- Date action (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- of direct Owner- Derivative ative (Month/ Code 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity Year (I) ship Security Secur- Day/ (Instr. ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. 3) ity Year) 8) (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Employee Stock Option (4) N/A Cmn. Stk. 120,000 120,000 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Option to Buy(5) N/A Cmn. Stk. 7,000 7,000 I By Spouse - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==================================================================================================================================== Explanation of Responses: 1 The information herein is based on a plan statement as of January 5, 1999. 2 Includes 204,585 shares held directly by spouse; 6,720 shares held by spouse, jointly with grandson; 3,893,256 shares held directly by Trust for daughter, Robin Robinson with spouse as trustee; and, 3,938,492 shares held directly by Trust for daughter, Jill Robinson, with spouse as trustee. 3 Reporting person individually holds a 24% interest in the Partnership. The remaining partnerships are held in equal shares by Trusts for the reporting person's daughters, with the reporting person's spouse as Trustee. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership for 76% of the securities held by Gulf Capital Services, representing the Trusts' proportionate part- nership interest. 4 Options to buy Common Stock, granted at an exercise price ranging from $2.50 to $3.734 per share under the Atlantic American Corporation 1992 Incentive Plan. 5 Granted pursuant to the Company's 1996 Director Stock Option Plan at option prices ranging from $3.00 to $4.4375. 2/2/99 - --------------------------------------------- ----------------------- J. Mack Robinson Date **Signature of Reporting Person ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Note: File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed. If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. Page 2