Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

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(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
STILWELL JOSEPH
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
KINGSWAY FINANCIAL SERVICES INC [KFS]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
111 BROADWAY, 12TH FLOOR
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
09/19/2014
(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10006
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 09/19/2014   X   576,132 A $ 4.5 (1) 3,797,218 (2) D  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Series A Warrant $ 4.5 09/19/2014   X     576,132 08/18/2014(3) 09/15/2020 Common Stock 576,132 $ 4 (4) 0 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
STILWELL JOSEPH
111 BROADWAY, 12TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10006
  X   X    
Stilwell Value LLC
111 SW BROADWAY, 12TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10006
  X   X    

Signatures

 Emily Norris, by power of attorney   09/22/2014
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) The Series A warrants were exercised at a strike price of $4.50 per warrant, which converted the previously held Series A warrants into Common Stock.
(2) After giving effect to the transactions reported herein, the following individual and entities directly own shares of common stock as follows: Joseph Stilwell, 187,500 shares; Stilwell Value Partners III, L.P., 60,000 shares; Stilwell Value Partners IV, L.P., 1,370,000 shares; Stilwell Associates, L.P., 903,066 shares; Stilwell Associates Insurance Fund of the SALI Multi-Series Fund L.P., 0 shares; Stilwell Activist Investments, L.P., 1,086,836 shares; and Stilwell Activist Fund, L.P., 189,816 shares. The aggregate shares are owned indirectly by Joseph Stilwell and all listed entities, other than Stilwell Associates Insurance Fund of the SALI Multi-Series Fund L.P., through Joseph Stilwell's capacity as the managing member and 99% owner of Stilwell Value LLC, which is the general partner of Stilwell Value Partners III, L.P., Stilwell Value Partners IV, L.P., Stilwell Associates L.P., Stilwell Activist Investments, L.P., and Stilwell Activist Fund, L.P.
(3) The original date exercisable was 09/16/2016, which was accelerated upon the issuer's notice to redeem the Series A Warrants on 08/18/2014.
(4) The Series A Warrants were originally acquired in the issuer's rights offering, whereby a Unit was issued at a price of $4.00 per unit. Each unit comprises of one common stock, one Series A Warrants, and one Series B Warrant.

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