AmerUs Group Chief Financial Officer Melinda Urion to Present at The Wall Street Analyst Forum on September 10, 2002.

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DES MOINES, Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 3, 2002

AmerUs Group Co. (NYSE:AMH), a leading producer of life insurance and annuity products, today announced that Melinda S. Urion, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will make a presentation to analysts and portfolio managers at The Wall Street Analyst Forum's Institutional Investor Conference on Tuesday, September 10th, 2002 at 10:20 a.m. EDT.

Analysts and portfolio managers who wish to attend the presentation should contact The Wall Street Analyst Forum at [phone] to request additional information. Investors may access an Internet webcast of the presentation at: http:// media.corporate-ir.net/media_files/Event/2002/sep/wsaf/090902.htm

AmerUs Group Co. is located in Des Moines, Iowa, and is engaged through its subsidiaries in the business of marketing and underwriting individual life insurance and annuity products in 50 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Its major subsidiaries include: AmerUs Life Insurance Company, American Investors Life Insurance Company, Inc., Bankers Life Insurance Company of New York, Delta Life and Annuity Company, IL Annuity and Insurance Company, and Indianapolis Life Insurance Company.

As of June 30, 2002, AmerUs Group's total assets were $18.9 billion and shareholders' equity totaled $1,198.2 million, including accumulated other comprehensive income.