FORM 3
        
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *

LISS SAMUEL G

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY)
2/19/2019 

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. [ARGO]

(Last)        (First)        (Middle)

ARGO GROUP INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, LTD., 110 PITTS BAY ROAD

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

__ X __ Director                            _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)          _____ Other (specify below)

(Street)

PEMBROKE, HM 08, D0        

(City)              (State)              (Zip)
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

 

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

_ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person


Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)
3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(MM/DD/YYYY)
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

Remarks:
Exhibit List

Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney
No securities are beneficially owned.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address
Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
LISS SAMUEL G
ARGO GROUP INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, LTD.
110 PITTS BAY ROAD
PEMBROKE, HM 08, D0 
X



Signatures
/s/ Craig S. Comeaux, attorney-in-fact 2/27/2019
** Signature of Reporting Person Date


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                                   POWER OF ATTORNEY

        Know all by these presents, that the undersigned Samuel G. Liss hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Craig Comeaux and Jay Bullock, or either of
them signing singly, and with full power of substitution, the undersigned's true
and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

        (1)  prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the
             undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and
             Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments
             thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain
             codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic
             filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the
             Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the
             SEC;

        (2)  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
             undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Argo Group
             International Holdings, Ltd. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in
             accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
             1934 and the rules thereunder;

        (3)  do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
             undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and
             execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any
             amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the
             SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

        (4)  take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
             with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact,
             may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required
             by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents
             executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned
             pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
             contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may
             approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

        The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.

        This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed.


                                        /s/ Samuel G. Liss
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                                                   Signature

                                        SAMUEL G. LISS
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