Current Report

-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, K9UlPfXkVdQmhDvCl4Oxs+WADXllTYnK59mn1CdbmEELgcrUIBTRQl1RsbAWE1Eu 6O7y1ceRod6B4yfI+oejYQ== 0000950137-03-003589.txt : 20030627 0000950137-03-003589.hdr.sgml : 20030627 20030627155124 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950137-03-003589 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20030627 ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure FILED AS OF DATE: 20030627 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AMERUS GROUP CO/IA CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001051717 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: LIFE INSURANCE [6311] IRS NUMBER: 421458424 STATE OF INCORPORATION: IA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-15166 FILM NUMBER: 03761330 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 699 WALNUT STREET CITY: DES MOINES STATE: IA ZIP: 50309 BUSINESS PHONE: 5153623600 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: AMERICAN MUTUAL HOLDING CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19971217 8-K 1 c77841e8vk.htm CURRENT REPORT Current Report

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

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported: June 27, 2003)

AMERUS GROUP CO.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


IOWA	000-30898	42-1458424
(State or Other Jurisdiction	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer
of Incorporation)		Identification No.)


699 WALNUT STREET
DES MOINES, IOWA				50309-3948
(Address of principal executive offices)				(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:				(515) 362-3600

ITEM 9. REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

On June 27, 2003, in connection with the filing of the Annual Report for the All * AmerUs Savings and Retirement Plan on Form 11-K for the period ended December 31, 2002 of AmerUs Group Co. (the “Company”) the Chief Executive officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company respectively made the certifications, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, set forth in this Item 9.

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 1350 OF CHAPTER 63
OF TITLE 18 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE

I, Roger K. Brooks, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of AmerUs Group Co., certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that (i) the Annual Report of the All * AmerUs Savings and Retirement Plan on Form 11-K for the period ending December 31, 2002 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and (ii) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan and the changes in its net assets available for plan benefits of the All * AmerUs Savings and Retirement Plan.

/s/ Roger K. Brooks

Roger K. Brooks
Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer
AmerUs Group Co.

Dated: June 27, 2003

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 1350 OF CHAPTER 63
OF TITLE 18 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE

I, Melinda S. Urion, Chief Financial Officer of AmerUs Group Co., certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that (i) the Annual Report of the All * AmerUs Savings and Retirement Plan on Form 11-K for the period ending December 31, 2002 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and (ii) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan and the changes in its net assets available for plan benefits of the All * AmerUs Savings and Retirement Plan.

/s/ Melinda S. Urion

Melinda S. Urion
Chief Financial Officer
AmerUs Group Co.

Dated: June 27, 2003

SIGNATURE

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 hereunto duly authorized.


		AMERUS GROUP CO.

		By:	/s/ ROGER K. BROOKS
			Roger K. Brooks Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

Dated: June 27, 2003

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