CORRECTING and REPLACING AmerUs Group President Thomas C. Godlasky to Present at the Smith Barney Citigroup Small and Mid Cap Conference

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CORRECTION...by AmerUs Group
Smith Barney Citigroup Small and Mid Cap Conference

DES MOINES, Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 29, 2004--In BW5857
issued April 29, 2004: First graph, first sentence should read: AmerUs
Group Co. (NYSE:AMH), a leading producer of life insurance and annuity
products, today announced that Thomas C. Godlasky, president and chief
operating officer of AmerUs Group, will be presenting at the Smith
Barney Citigroup Small and Mid Cap Conference in Las Vegas, Nev. at
7:30 a.m. PDT on Wednesday, May 5, 2004 (sted 7:30 a.m. MDT).

The corrected release reads:

AMERUS GROUP PRESIDENT THOMAS C. GODLASKY TO PRESENT AT THE SMITH
BARNEY CITIGROUP SMALL AND MID CAP CONFERENCE

AmerUs Group Co. (NYSE:AMH), a leading producer of life insurance
and annuity products, today announced that Thomas C. Godlasky,
president and chief operating officer of AmerUs Group, will be
presenting at the Smith Barney Citigroup Small and Mid Cap Conference
in Las Vegas, Nev. at 7:30 a.m. PDT on Wednesday, May 5, 2004. The
presentation will include an overview of AmerUs Group, its strategies,
operations and financial results and goals.
Investors may access a webcast of this presentation on AmerUs
Group's website, www.amerus.com under the section titled "For
Investors."

Certain statements, trends, estimates, goals, targets or
projections made during this presentation may constitute
forward-looking statements under the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to
factors which may cause actual results to be materially different from
those contemplated by the forward-looking statements. Please refer to
the Company's 10-K, most recent 10-Q and Management's Discussion and
Analysis (MD&A) for a listing of factors which could cause actual
results to differ materially from those contemplated by the
forward-looking statements.

AmerUs Group Co. is an Iowa corporation located in Des Moines,
Iowa, engaged through its subsidiaries in the business of marketing
and distributing individual life insurance and annuity products in 50
states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Its
major operating subsidiaries include AmerUs Life Insurance Company,
American Investors Life Insurance Company, Inc., Indianapolis Life
Insurance Company and Bankers Life Insurance Company of New York.
As of December 31, 2003, AmerUs Group's total assets were $21.5
billion and shareholders' equity totaled $1.4 billion, including
accumulated other comprehensive income.