AmerUs Group Reschedules Investor Meeting For Mid-November in New York.Business Editors DES MOINES, Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 19, 2001 AmerUs Group Co. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AMH AMH Abington Memorial Hospital (Abington, PA) AMH Anti-Müllerian Hormone AMH Australian Medicines Handbook AMH Automated Material Handling AMH Aviation Structural Mechanic (Hydraulics) US Navy Rating ) announced today that it is rescheduling its investor meeting in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. from September 26, 2001 to mid-November 2001. The company said it will provide the date in the near future. "This was a difficult decision, because we understand the desire in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and across the country to return as quickly as possible to business as usual following last week's tragic events," said Roger K. Brooks, chairman, president and chief executive officer of AmerUs Group. "But after talking with many of our investors and analysts, we believe it is appropriate to postpone discretionary meetings like ours while attention is properly focused elsewhere." Brooks added that AmerUs Group does not believe recent events will require the company to revise its prior earnings guidance of $3.02 to $3.06 per share for 2001. AmerUs Group Co. is an Iowa corporation located in Des Moines, Iowa “Des Moines” redirects here. For other uses, see Des Moines (disambiguation). Des Moines (pronounced /dɪˈmɔɪn/ in English, , engaged through its subsidiaries in the business of marketing, underwriting and distributing individual life insurance and annuity products in 50 states, the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Its wholly-owned subsidiaries include AmerUs Life Insurance Company, American Investors Life Insurance Company, Inc., Delta Life and Annuity Company, Financial Benefit Life Insurance Company, Indianapolis Life Insurance Company, IL Insurance and Annuity Company, Bankers Life Insurance Company of New York and Western Security Life Insurance Company. As of June 30, 2001, AmerUs Group's total assets were $17.6 billion and shareholders' equity Shareholders' Equity A firms' total assets minus its total liabilities. Equivalently, it is share capital plus retained earnings minus treasury shares. Shareholders' equity is the amount by which a company is financed through common and preferred shares. totaled $1.1 billion, including accumulated other comprehensive income In 1997 the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued a Statement on Financial Accounting Standards entitled “Comprehensive Income”. This statement required all income statement items to be reported either as a regular item in the income statement and or a special item as . Certain statements made by the company which are not historical facts may be considered forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, statements as to sales targets, sales and earnings trends, management's beliefs, expectations, goals and opinions, which are based upon a number of assumptions concerning future conditions that ultimately may prove to be inaccurate. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties and may be affected by various factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. For further information which could cause actual results to differ from the company's expectations as well as other factors which could affect the company's financial statements, please refer to the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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