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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.7





                              AMENDED AND RESTATED

                    MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SERVICES AGREEMENT

                            Effective January 1, 1995







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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS
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I.      Definitions...........................................................1
               Section 1.1  AGI and Its Subsidiaries..........................1
               Section 1.2  ALFC and Its Subsidiaries.........................1
               Section 1.3  Coordinating Committee............................1
               Section 1.4  Licensee..........................................1
               Section 1.5  Management Information Services...................1
               Section 1.6  Methods/Procedures................................2
               Section 1.7  Mutual and Its Subsidiaries.......................2
               Section 1.8  PC................................................2
               Section 1.9  PC Support........................................2
               Section 1.10 Pooling Agreement.................................2
               Section 1.11 Pool Participants.................................2
               Section 1.12 Programming/Development...........................2
               Section 1.13 Software..........................................2

II.     Services To Be Performed..............................................3
               Section 2.1  General MIS.......................................3
               Section 2.2  PC Support........................................3
               Section 2.3  PC Maintenance....................................3
               Section 2.4  PC Rating Disc Updates............................3
               Section 2.5  Agency Automation.................................3
               Section 2.6  Flexible Premium Payment Plans....................3
               Section 2.7  Printing..........................................4
               Section 2.8  Policy Assembly...................................4
               Section 2.9  Postage/Mail Processing...........................4
               Section 2.10 Supply Services...................................4
               Section 2.11 Telephone/Communications..........................4
               Section 2.12 Equipment Leasing.................................4
               Section 2.13 License of Software...............................5
               Section 2.14 Other Services....................................5
               Section 2.15 ALIC Rights.......................................6

III.    Payment For Services..................................................6
               Section 3.1  General...........................................6
               Section 3.2  Fees..............................................6

IV.     Term, Termination, and Change of Control..............................6
               Section 4.1  Term and Termination..............................6
               Section 4.2  Change of Control of ALFC.........................6
               Section 4.3  Change of Control of AGI..........................7

V.      Dispute Resolution....................................................7
               Section 5.1  AGI and Its Subsidiaries..........................7
               Section 5.2  Mutual and Its Subsidiaries.......................8
               Section 5.3  ALFC and Its Subsidiaries.........................8
               Section 5.4  All Other Disputes................................8
               Section 5.5  Arbitration.......................................8

VI.     Confidential Information and Trade Secrets............................9
               Section 6.1  Obligation to Keep Confidential ..................9

VII.    Miscellaneous........................................................10
               Section 7.1  Assignment.......................................10
               Section 7.2  Waiver; Remedies.................................10
               Section 7.3  Permissive Release of Confidential Information...10
               Section 7.4  Notices..........................................11
               Section 7.5  Governing Law....................................11
               Section 7.6  Enforceability...................................11
               Section 7.7  Survival of Representations, Warranties,
                            and Covenants....................................11
               Section 7.8  Counterparts ....................................11
               Section 7.9  Headings.........................................11
               Section 7.10 Entire Agreement.................................11
               Section 7.11 Amendments.......................................12

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Signature Page...............................................................13

Addendum A

Addendum B




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                              AMENDED AND RESTATED
                    MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SERVICES AGREEMENT

        THIS  AGREEMENT  is made as of this ____ day of  December,  1995,  to be
effective January 1, 1995, by and among ALLIED Group Information  Systems,  Inc.
("AGIS"),  ALLIED  Mutual  Insurance  Company  ("Mutual"),  ALLIED  Group,  Inc.
("AGI"), AMCO Insurance Company ("AMCO"), ALLIED General Agency Company ("AGA"),
ALLIED  Group  Mortgage  Company  ("AGMC"),  ALLIED  Group  Leasing  Corporation
("AGLC"),  ALLIED Life  Financial  Corporation  ("ALFC"),  ALLIED Life Insurance
Company  ("ALLIED Life"),  ALLIED Life Brokerage  Agency ("ALBA"),  ALLIED Group
Merchant Banking  Corporation  ("AGMBC"),  and ALLIED Group Insurance  Marketing
Company ("AGIMC").  Mutual, AGI, AMCO, AGA, AGMC, AGLC, ALLIED Life, ALBA, ALFC,
AGMBC,  and  AGIMC  shall  be  hereinafter   referred  to  collectively  as  the
"Companies".

                                   WITNESSETH:

        WHEREAS,  the  Companies  and AGIS  entered into an Amended and Restated
Management  Information  Services  Agreement  effective  January  1,  1994  (the
"Agreement") on February 27, 1995; and

        WHEREAS,  the  parties  desire  to amend  and  restate  the terms of the
Agreement  to update the fees and other  services  that AGIS is providing to the
Companies for the 1995 calendar year.

        NOW, THEREFORE,  in consideration of the foregoing premises, and for and
in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements  contained  herein,  the
parties agree as follows:

                                 I. DEFINITIONS

        1.1. "AGI and Its Subsidiaries" shall mean the following companies which
are parties to this Agreement: AGI, AMCO, AGA, AGMC, AGLC, and AGIS.

        1.2 "ALFC and Its Subsidiaries" shall mean the following companies which
are parties to this Agreement: ALFC, ALLIED Life, ALBA and AGMBC.

        1.3.  "Coordinating  Committee"  shall  mean the  joint  meeting  of the
coordinating  committees established by Mutual, AGI, and ALFC in accordance with
their respective bylaws or pursuant to resolution for the purpose, among others,
of resolving issues under this Agreement.

        1.4   "Licensee" shall mean AMCO.

        1.5.  "Management   Information   Services"  or  "MIS"  shall  mean  the
Programming/Development,  Methods/Procedures,  processing,  and  support  of all
insurance-related information and data functions, including, but not limited to,
policy processing,  claims  processing,  data processing,  accounting,  billing,
rating,  marketing,  recordkeeping,  statistical and regulatory  reporting,  and


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insurance-related  services  necessary  or  helpful  in  the  operation  of  the
Companies.  MIS does not  include:  (a)  third-party  data  processing  services
provided to any of the Companies by contract;  (b) processing  flexible  premium
payment plans; or (c) printing services, unless otherwise provided herein.

        1.6.  "Methods/Procedures"  shall mean  studies  or work flow  analysis,
training on software systems, and other computer support.

        1.7. "Mutual and Its  Subsidiaries"  shall mean the following  companies
which are parties to this Agreement: Mutual and AGIMC.

        1.8. "PC" shall mean personal computer.

        1.9. "PC Support" shall mean PC installation,  training, and assistance,
but shall not include PC maintenance.

        1.10.  "Pooling  Agreement"  shall mean the Second  Amended and Restated
Reinsurance  Pooling  Agreement dated December 14, 1992, as amended February 18,
1993, pursuant to which AMCO as the pool administrator provides certain services
to Mutual,  ALLIED  Property  and Casualty  Insurance  Company,  and  Depositors
Insurance Company.

        1.11. "Pool Participants"  shall mean AMCO, Mutual,  ALLIED Property and
Casualty Insurance Company, and Depositors Insurance Company.

        1.12.   "Programming/Development"   shall  mean  the  analysis,  design,
programming,  and  development  of PC and  mainframe  Software and shall include
mainframe Software consulting and maintenance services. The maintenance services
shall  include,  but not be limited to,  error  corrections,  enhancements,  and
updates.  Programming/Development  shall not include those programming functions
performed by any of the  Companies on personal  computers,  which are  generally
limited to actuarial functions, unique branch office recordkeeping requirements,
and internal accounting reports.

        1.13.  "Software"  shall  mean any and all  computer  programs,  models,
plans,  outlines,  packages,  or systems  thereof and related  documentation  or
manuals as developed,  or which may be developed in the future by AGIS, and used
by the Companies for MIS, but does not include those computer programs which are
used by any of the Companies pursuant to license agreements with third parties.


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                          II. SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED

        2.1.  General MIS. AGIS shall  provide all MIS required by AMCO,  ALLIED
Life, AGI's human resources department, and AGIMC. The MIS to be provided during
the term of this  Agreement  shall be  substantially  the same as those services
presently  provided to or utilized by AMCO,  ALLIED Life,  AGI's human resources
department,  and AGIMC as of the effective date of this Agreement.  In addition,
AGIS shall provide MIS to any of the  Companies if requested by such  Companies.
The scope and  extent of MIS  provided  under this  Agreement  may be amended or
modified  from  time to time by  written  agreement  between  AGIS and the party
receiving the MIS.


        2.2. PC Support.  AGIS shall  provide PC Support to AMCO,  ALLIED  Life,
ALBA, AGI's human resources department,  AGA, AGMC, AGLC, AGMBC, and AGIMC. AGIS
shall also provide AGIMC with PC Support for its phone system.

        2.3. PC Maintenance.  AGIS will assist in coordinating  with each of the
Companies for third-party vendor maintenance on the personal computers, and each
of the Companies shall be responsible for payment to such third-party vendor.

        2.4. PC Rating Disc Updates.  AGIS shall provide to AMCO custom software
updates to the branch office PC rating discs.

        2.5.  Agency  Automation.  AGIS  shall  provide  to AMCO  access to data
processing on an automated management and accounting ("AMANDA+") data processing
system  which  will be  offered  by the Pool  Participants  to  certain of their
insurance  agencies until  December 31, 1995 and AGIS and the Pool  Participants
will negotiate, in good faith, fees applicable to this continued service.

        2.6.  Flexible Premium Payment Plans. AGIS shall perform the processing,
billing,  scanline,  and remittance services with regard to the flexible premium
payment plan offered by the Pool  Participants  to their  insureds.  All service
charges and  reinstatement  fees  assessed to insureds  pursuant to the flexible
premium payment plan shall be retained by the Pool Participants. AGIS also shall
perform the  remittance  services for the Motor Club of Iowa  Insurance  Company
pursuant to the Assumption Reinsurance Agreement between AMCO and the Motor Club
of Iowa  Insurance  Company.  It is  contemplated  that AMCO may  enter  similar
agreements  with  other   insurance   companies  for  which  AGIS  will  perform
processing,  billing, scanline, or remittance services for these other insurance
companies,  and AGIS agrees to provide such services  provided that AMCO obtains
AGIS'  written  consent  prior  to  entering  such  agreements.  AMCO  shall  be
responsible  for payment to AGIS for the services  rendered  with respect to the


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flexible premium payment plan and the remittance  services for the Motor Club of
Iowa Insurance Company and other insurance companies which may be provided these
services as contemplated above.

        2.7.  Printing.

              (a) Forms and Reports.  AGIS shall generate the following data and
record  output for AMCO and ALLIED  Life:  (i) policy  forms,  (ii) claim forms,
(iii)  billing  forms,  and (iv)  internal  reports  not  generated  by personal
computers.  AGIS shall  generate  internal  reports  for AGI's  human  resources
department which cannot be generated by personal computers.

              (b) Typesetting and Other Printing. AGIS shall provide typesetting
services to such Companies requesting  typesetting services.  Any other printing
services including,  but not limited to, specialty printing or brochures,  shall
be provided by AGIS to the Companies, or any of them, if requested.

        2.8.  Policy  Assembly.  AGIS shall provide policy assembly for AMCO and
ALLIED Life.  The policy  assembly shall include the  preparing,  handling,  and
mailing of insurance policies.

        2.9. Postage and Mail Processing. AGIS shall provide mail processing for
the offices of the  Companies  which are located in Polk County,  State of Iowa.
This mail processing  shall include  internal and external  distribution of mail
among such  Companies and to the proper post office  facilities  and may include
inserting and sorting mail services.

        2.10.  Supply  Services.  For those  Companies  which  desire to use the
supply service, AGIS shall administer and manage the storage,  warehousing,  and
distribution of the inventory of office  supplies owned by such  Companies.  The
supply  service  provided  by AGIS shall  include,  but not be  limited  to, the
ordering of paper used in processing forms for AMCO and ALLIED Life.

        2.11.  Telephone  and  Communications.   AGIS  shall  provide  telephone
equipment,  long-distance  communication  services,  or both, for such Companies
requesting   equipment   and/or  service  upon  mutually   agreeable  terms  and
conditions.  AGIS shall also provide computer and telephone port access to those
Companies which office at 701 Fifth Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa.

        2.12. Equipment Leasing.  AGIS shall lease to each of AMCO, ALLIED Life,
AGI, and AGIMC certain electronic data processing  equipment as agreed to by the
parties and under such specific lease term and fees as follows:

              (a) Reports will be given to AMCO,  ALLIED Life, AGI, and AGIMC by
        AGIS on a monthly  basis which  shall  identify  the items of  equipment
        subject to the lease (the "Equipment").  For each item of Equipment, the
        report shall specify any serial or model number,  the term of the lease,


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        the monthly lease fee, the Equipment  location,  and the amount of lease
        deposit, if any.

              (b)  AGIS  shall  be  responsible  for  the  installation  of  the
        Equipment and for the coordination of any movement of such Equipment.

              (c) AMCO,  ALLIED Life,  AGI, and AGIMC shall notify AGIS if there
        is a change in the location of each piece of leased Equipment.

              (d) AMCO, ALLIED Life, AGI, and AGIMC shall be responsible for the
        use and  maintenance  of the Equipment and shall bear all risks of loss,
        theft, damage, or destruction of the Equipment.

              (e) The Equipment shall have no warranties,  and AGIS supplies the
        Equipment "as is".

              (f)  At  the  expiration  of the  lease  term  for  each  item  of
        Equipment,  the lease term will automatically extend on a month-to-month
        basis unless AMCO,  ALLIED Life, AGI, or AGIMC provide AGIS with 30 days
        written notice of termination for identified equipment.

              (g)  After  the  expiration  of the  lease  term for each  item of
        Equipment,  AMCO,  ALLIED Life,  AGI, and AGIMC shall promptly return to
        AGIS the Equipment unencumbered and in the same operating order, repair,
        condition,  and appearance as when received  (excepting  only reasonable
        wear and tear resulting from proper use).

              (h) This  lease may be  assigned  and may be  terminated  by AMCO,
        ALLIED Life, AGI, and AGIMC with thirty (30) days written notice.

              (i) This lease shall be construed and  interpreted  under the laws
        of the State of Iowa.

        2.13 License of Software.  AGIS shall  license  Software to the Licensee
pursuant  to  the  License   Agreement   effective  January  1,  1993  which  is
incorporated  into this  Agreement  and is included  as Addendum A hereto.  AGIS
recognizes  that  AMCO,  the Pool  Participants,  Motor  Club of Iowa  Insurance
Company,  and other  third-party  insurance  companies which AMCO may enter into
agreements  with and AGIS may consent to, will utilize the Software set forth in
Addendum  A. In the  event  of a  termination  of this  Agreement,  the  License
Agreement will continue in effect in perpetuity.

        2.14.  Other  Services.  Any  other  services  provided  by  AGIS to the
Companies,  or any of them, shall be negotiated between AGIS and such company on
such terms and conditions as are mutually agreeable.


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        2.15. ALIC Service  Rights.  AGIS shall have a right of first refusal to
provide MIS to ALIC.  Prior to ALIC obtaining MIS from a source other than AGIS,
ALIC shall  present  its  requirements  to AGIS in the form of a  specifications
sheet which will include a description  of the services  requested and a pricing
target or range,  and AGIS shall within 30 days (i) provide the MIS as specified
by ALIC at the pricing  target or within the range or (ii) decline in writing to
provide the MIS. If AGIS  declines in writing to provide the MIS,  ALIC shall be
entitled to seek and obtain such MIS from whatever source available.

                            III. PAYMENT FOR SERVICES

        3.1. General. The fees described in this Article III may be renegotiated
in the  future at the  agreement  of the  affected  parties.  The  amount of the
renegotiated  fee to be paid by any of the  Companies  shall  reflect any market
prices  charged by AGIS under  agreements  with,  or available to the  Companies
from, unaffiliated third parties for similar services;  provided,  however, that
the services  requested and provided to the Companies  under this  Agreement and
contracted to or available  from  unaffiliated  third-party  purchasers of AGIS'
services are reasonably  comparable.  If there are no  unaffiliated  third-party
comparisons available, the fees shall be renegotiated on an arm's length basis.

        3.2. Fees.  The Companies  shall pay the fees set forth in Addendum B to
this Agreement.

                  IV. TERM, TERMINATION, AND CHANGE OF CONTROL

        4.1. Term and Termination.  This Agreement shall be effective on January
1, 1995 and shall continue in effect until December 31, 2004, and shall continue
thereafter unless prior to December 31, 2002, a party to this Agreement delivers
to the  other  parties  a  written  notice  that  such  party  intends  to cease
participation and terminate the Agreement as to it on December 31, 2004 or as of
a specified date thereafter. This Agreement may be terminated by a party to this
Agreement,  as to such party's  participation in the Agreement,  effective after
December  31,  2004,  provided  that  such  party has  given  written  notice of
termination  to the  others  at  least  two  (2)  years  prior  to the  proposed
termination  date. In the event of a termination of this Agreement,  the License
Agreement will continue in effect in perpetuity.

        4.2.  Change of Control of ALFC. In the event of a Change of Control (as
hereinafter  defined in this section) of ALFC,  either Mutual or AGI may, in its
sole  discretion,  at any time after such Change of Control:  (i)  terminate the
Intercompany  Operating  Agreement ("IOA Agreement") and this Agreement upon six
(6) months  notice to ALFC;  (ii) extend the term of the IOA  Agreement and this
Agreement for up to ten (10) additional  years beyond December 31, 2004 upon six


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(6) months notice to ALFC; or (iii) allow such agreements to continue in effect.
"Change of Control" for purposes of this section  shall mean an event  whereby a
person, group, or entity that is not affiliated with ALFC or Mutual acquires the
ownership of 50% or more of the voting stock of ALFC. A person, group, or entity
"affiliated"  with ALFC or Mutual  shall mean a person,  group,  or entity  that
directly  or  indirectly  through  one  or  more  intermediaries   controls,  is
controlled by, or is under common control with ALFC or Mutual.

        4.3   Change of Control of AGI.

        (a) In the event of a Change of Control (as hereinafter  defined in this
section)  of AGI,  Mutual may,  in its sole  discretion,  at any time after such
Change of  Control:  (i)  terminate  all  three of the  Pooling  Agreement,  IOA
Agreement, and this Agreement upon six (6) months notice to AGI; (ii) extend the
term of the Pooling Agreement,  IOA Agreement,  and this Agreement for up to ten
(10)  additional  years beyond  December 31, 2004 upon six (6) months  notice to
AGI; or (iii) allow such  agreements to continue in effect.  "Change of Control"
for purposes of this section  shall mean an event  whereby a person,  group,  or
entity that is not affiliated  with AGI or Mutual  acquires the ownership of 50%
or more of the voting stock of AGI. A person, group, or entity "affiliated" with
AGI or Mutual shall mean a person,  group, or entity that directly or indirectly
through  one or more  intermediaries  controls,  is  controlled  by, or is under
common control with AGI or Mutual.

        (b) In the event of a Change of Control (as hereinafter  defined in this
section) of AGI, ALFC may, in its sole discretion, at any time after such Change
of Control: (i) terminate both the IOA Agreement and this Agreement upon six (6)
months  notice  to AGI;  (ii)  extend  the  term of the IOA  Agreement  and this
Agreement for up to ten (10) additional  years beyond December 31, 2004 upon six
(6) months notice to AGI; or (iii) allow such  agreements to continue in effect.
"Change of Control" for purposes of this section  shall mean an event  whereby a
person,  group, or entity that is not affiliated with AGI or Mutual acquires the
ownership of 50% or more of the voting stock of AGI. A person,  group, or entity
"affiliated"  with AGI or Mutual  shall  mean a person,  group,  or entity  that
directly  or  indirectly  through  one  or  more  intermediaries   controls,  is
controlled by, or is under common control with AGI or Mutual.

                              V. DISPUTE RESOLUTION

        5.1.  AGI and Its  Subsidiaries.  Any  controversy,  claim,  or  dispute
arising  out of or  relating  to this  Agreement,  or breach  thereof,  among or
between AGI and Its Subsidiaries  shall be resolved by AGI's Board of Directors,
the decision of which shall be binding.

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        5.2. Mutual and Its  Subsidiaries.  Any  controversy,  claim, or dispute
arising  out of or  relating  to this  Agreement,  or breach  thereof,  among or
between  Mutual and Its  Subsidiaries  shall be resolved  by  Mutual's  Board of
Directors, the decision of which shall be binding.

        5.3.  ALFC and Its  Subsidiaries.  Any  controversy,  claim,  or dispute
arising  out of or  relating  to this  Agreement,  or breach  thereof,  among or
between  ALFC  and Its  Subsidiaries  shall  be  resolved  by  ALFC's  Board  of
Directors, the decision of which shall be binding.

        5.4. All Other  Disputes.  All other disputes under this Agreement shall
be  referred  for  resolution  to  the  Coordinating  Committee.   Each  of  the
coordinating  committees  of  Mutual,  AGI,  and  ALFC  (a)  has  the  right  to
participate  in each and every  Coordinating  Committee  deliberation  unless it
elects to  abstain  therefrom  and (b) has one vote  which  shall be cast for or
against any such decision  unless it elects to abstain.  Each such  coordinating
committee  shall be  comprised of two  persons,  one of whom shall  constitute a
quorum for the  transaction of any business.  All decisions of the  Coordinating
Committee  must be  unanimous,  except for  abstentions.  All  decisions  of the
Coordinating Committee are binding on the parties hereto.

        5.5. Arbitration. If a controversy, claim, or dispute cannot be resolved
by the Coordinating Committee pursuant to Section 5.4, then it will be submitted
to arbitration as set forth hereafter.

              (a) Consent to  Arbitration.  Each party to this Agreement  hereby
consents and agrees that any dispute  between the parties hereto with respect to
the interpretation, performance, or breach of any of the terms of this Agreement
or  the  transactions  contemplated  hereby  which  cannot  be  resolved  by the
Coordinating  Committee shall be referred to arbitration conducted in accordance
with the rules and procedures of the American  Arbitration  Association ("AAA"),
upon written request of the disputing  party hereto  delivered to the party with
which it has a dispute.  Within thirty (30) days of the delivery of such written
notice,  each party  involved  shall nominate an  AAA-licensed  arbitrator  (the
"Party Arbitrators").  Within thirty (30) days of their nomination, if there are
two Party  Arbitrators,  the Party Arbitrators shall select a third AAA-licensed
arbitrator  (the  "Third-Arbitrator")  and shall give the parties hereto written
notice of such choice.  If there are three parties to the dispute and each party
selects  a  Party  Arbitrator,   the  three  Party  Arbitrators  selected  shall
constitute the  Arbitrators  without further  selection.  If there are more than
three parties to the dispute,  the parties to this  Agreement  agree that Mutual
shall represent Mutual and Its  Subsidiaries,  ALFC shall represent ALFC and Its
Subsidiaries, and AGI shall represent AGI and Its Subsidiaries.

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              (b) Authority of Arbitrators.  The arbitrators  shall be empowered
to decide all issues submitted to arbitration using principles of law and equity
and, if required, by application of any customary practices in the insurance and
reinsurance  industries.  The  arbitrators  shall be  relieved  of all  judicial
formalities  and shall not be required to follow any rules of evidence except as
such rules may be imposed on  arbitration  proceedings  conducted in  accordance
with the laws of the State of Iowa, but the arbitrators shall attempt to enforce
the intents and  purposes of this  Agreement  to the extent  practicable  and in
accordance with Iowa law. The decision of a majority of the arbitrators shall be
final and binding on each of the parties to the arbitration proceeding.

              (c) Expenses;  Location.  Each party to the dispute shall bear the
expenses of its respective Party Arbitrator. If only two parties are involved in
the arbitration,  the involved parties shall jointly share all other expenses of
the  arbitration  proceeding  and the  expenses  of the  Third  Arbitrator.  The
arbitration  proceeding  shall take place at Des  Moines,  Iowa  unless  another
location is mutually  agreed upon by the  parties.  The  arbitration  proceeding
shall be governed by the laws of the State of Iowa.  The parties  hereto  hereby
agree that any  information  respecting any matters  submitted to arbitration in
accordance with the foregoing or any aspect of the arbitration proceeding itself
shall be  treated  as  confidential  and will not be  disclosed  to  anyone  not
employed  or  acting  on  behalf  of a party  hereto  in  connection  with  such
arbitration  or used at any time in any manner that is adverse to the  interests
of either party hereto but, in any such case, such  information may be disclosed
if such  disclosure is made in connection  with either  party's  prosecution  or
defense of any legal proceedings or if such disclosure is required pursuant to a
subpoena or other legal order  issued by any judicial or  regulatory  body or is
otherwise required by law.

              (d)  Restriction.  Anything  set  forth  herein  to  the  contrary
notwithstanding, with respect to any issue to be determined by arbitration, each
of the  parties to the  arbitration  proceeding  shall  submit in writing to the
arbitrators the party's proposed resolution of such issue. The arbitrators shall
be constrained  in their decision  relating to such issue to select only between
the proposed  resolutions  of the  parties,  and the  arbitrators  shall have no
discretion to fashion any compromise or other  resolution of the issue submitted
for arbitration.

                 VI. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND TRADE SECRETS

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              (a) Each party to this Agreement shall keep  confidential,  except
as the other party or parties may otherwise consent in writing,  and, except for
the other parties' benefit,  not disclose or make any use of at any time and for
any purpose whatsoever, any trade secrets, confidential information,  knowledge,
data, trademarks or trade names, or other information of any of the Companies to
their products,  know-how,  designs,  customer lists, business plans,  marketing
plans and strategies,  pricing strategies, or other subject matter pertaining to
any business of the Companies or any of their clients,  customers,  consultants,
licensees,  or  affiliates,  which the  party has  obtained  or may  obtain,  or
otherwise acquire during the course of contacts,  discussions,  negotiation,  or
agreement with any of the other parties,  except as herein provided  (hereafter,
collectively,  "Confidential Information"). No party shall deliver, reproduce or
in any way allow  any  Confidential  Information  of the  other  parties  or any
documentation  relating thereto, to be delivered to or used by any third parties
without  specific written  direction or consent of a duly authorized  officer of
the other party.

              (b) Upon  termination of this Agreement for any reason  whatsoever
each party shall promptly surrender and deliver to each other party all records,
materials,   equipment,   drawings,   documents,   data,  and  all  Confidential
Information of the other parties and shall not retain any description containing
or pertaining  to any  Confidential  Information  of the other  parties,  unless
otherwise  consented  to in  writing by a duly  authorized  officer of the other
party.


                               VII. MISCELLANEOUS

        7.1.  Assignment.  This  Agreement,  including  any  or all  rights  and
obligations hereunder,  shall not be assigned by any of the parties to any third
party without the prior written  consent of all of the other parties.  Except as
otherwise provided in this Agreement,  the obligations and rights of the parties
shall be  binding  upon and inure to the  benefit of any  assignee,  transferee,
successor, or receiver of each of the parties.

        7.2  Waiver;  Remedies.  No  delay  or  omission  of any  party  to this
Agreement  to exercise any right or power  hereunder  shall impair such right or
power or be a waiver of any default or an acquiescence  therein;  and any single
or partial  exercise  of any such  right or power  shall not  preclude  other or
further  exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. In addition to any
rights  granted  herein,  the parties hereto shall have and may exercise any and
all  rights  and  remedies  now or  hereafter  provided  by law except as may be
limited by Section V of this Agreement.

        7.3 Permissive Release of Confidential Information.  Notwithstanding the
provisions of Section VI of this Agreement,  any Confidential Information may be
used  in  connection   with  any  arbitration   relating  to  the   transactions
contemplated  by this  Agreement and such  information  may be disclosed if such
disclosure is made in connection with the parties' prosecution or defense of any


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legal  proceedings or if such  disclosure is required  pursuant to a subpoena or
other legal order  issued by any  judicial or  regulatory  body or is  otherwise
required by law.

        7.4 Notices.  All notices,  requests,  demands, and other communications
hereunder  shall be in  writing  and shall be deemed to have been duly  given if
delivered  personally  or if mailed by  certified  or  registered  mail  (return
receipt  requested)  to the party at its  address as set forth on the  signature
page of this  Agreement.  Any notice  given as provided in this  Section 7.4, if
given personally,  shall be effective upon delivery, or if given by certified or
registered  mail,  shall be effective  three days after deposit in the mail. Any
party  hereto may change the address at which it is to be given notice by giving
notice to the other party as provided in this Section 7.4.

        7.5 Governing Law. This Agreement  shall be deemed to be a contract made
under the laws of the State of Iowa and shall be construed and interpreted under
the laws of such state applicable to contracts made and to be performed entirely
within such state.

        7.6  Enforceability.  If any one or more of the  covenants,  agreements,
provisions,  or other terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever
determined  to be invalid,  then such terms shall be deemed  severable  from the
remaining  terms of this  Agreement  and shall in no way affect the  validity or
enforceability of the other terms of this Agreement and such invalid terms shall
be replaced by valid terms bearing the closest possible  similarity in substance
so that the intentions  and purposes being the basis of this Agreement  could be
enforced to the greatest extent permitted by law.

        7.7  Survival  of  Representations,   Warranties,   and  Covenants.  All
covenants, agreements, representations, and warranties made in this Agreement by
any of the parties  hereto,  including  but not limited to, the  indemnification
provisions set forth herein, shall be effective on the effective date hereof and
thereafter.

        7.8 Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed  simultaneously in one
or more  counterparts,  each of which  shall be deemed an  original,  but all of
which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

        7.9  Headings.  The  headings in the sections  and  subsections  of this
Agreement  are inserted  for  convenience  only and shall not  constitute a part
hereof.

        7.10 Entire  Agreement.  This  Agreement,  including  the  schedules and
addenda   referred  to  herein  and  any  documents   executed  by  the  parties
simultaneously herewith constitute the entire understanding and agreement of the
parties  hereto and supersede  all other prior  agreements  and  understandings,
written  or  oral,   between  the  parties  with  respect  to  the  transactions
contemplated  herein.  Provided,  however, the foregoing shall not operate or be


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construed to prohibit proof of prior  understandings  and agreements  between or
among the parties to the extent necessary to properly construe or interpret this
Agreement.

        7.11  Amendments.   Any  changes  to  this  Agreement  and  any  further
obligations  of the  parties to each other must be in writing  and  executed  by
their respective duly authorized officers.





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        IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the parties  hereto  have caused this  Amended and
Restated  Management  Information  Services  Agreement  to be  signed  by  their
duly-authorized officers all as of the date and year first written above.

ALLIED Mutual Insurance Company               ALLIED Group, Inc.
701 5th Ave.                                  701 5th Ave.
Des Moines, IA 50391-2000                     Des Moines, IA  50391-2000

By:S/S Douglas L. Andersen                    By:S/S Jamie H. Shaffer
   -------------------------------               -------------------------------
Title:  President                             Title:  President
       ---------------------------                   ---------------------------

AMCO Insurance Company                        ALLIED General Agency Company
701 5th Avenue                                701 5th Ave.
Des Moines, IA 50391-2013                     Des Moines, IA  50391-2002

By:S/S Douglas L. Andersen                    By:S/S Thomas K. Fever
   -------------------------------               -------------------------------
Title:  President                             Title:  Vice President
       ---------------------------                   ---------------------------

ALLIED Life Financial                         ALLIED Group Leasing Corporation
Corporation
701 5th Ave.                                  701 5th Ave.
Des Moines, IA  50391-2003                    Des Moines, IA  50391-2015

By:S/S Samuel J. Wells                        By:S/S Jamie H. Shaffer
   -------------------------------               -------------------------------
Title:  President                             Title:  President
       ---------------------------                   ---------------------------

ALLIED Group Mortgage Company                 ALLIED Life Insurance Company
1701 48th St.                                 701 5th Ave.
West Des Moines, IA  50391-2009               Des Moines, IA  50391-2003

By:S/S Rolland K. Riley                       By:S/S Samuel J. Wells
   -------------------------------               -------------------------------
Title:  President                             Title:  President
       ---------------------------                   ---------------------------

ALLIED Group Merchant Banking                 ALLIED Group Insurance
Corporation                                   Marketing Company
701 5th Ave.                                  701 5th Ave.
Des Moines, IA  50391-2003                    Des Moines, IA  50391-2010

By:S/S Paul G. McGillivray                    By:S/S William G. Stevenson
   -------------------------------               -------------------------------
Title:  President                             Title:  President
       ---------------------------                   ---------------------------

ALLIED Group Information                      ALLIED Life Brokerage Agency
Systems, Inc.                                 
701 5th Ave.                                  701 5th Ave.  
Des Moines, IA  50391-1002                    Des Moines, IA  50391-2003

By:S/S Bob O. Myers                           By:S/S Samuel J. Wells
   -------------------------------               -------------------------------
Title:  President                             Title:  President
       ---------------------------                   ---------------------------

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                                   ADDENDUM A

                               LICENSE OF SOFTWARE

This Computer  Software  License  Agreement  ("Agreement")  between ALLIED Group
Information Systems, Inc. ("AGIS") and AMCO Insurance Company ("Licensee") shall
be effective January 1, 1993.

1.      Definitions.

        1.1.  "Distribution"  or "to distribute" means any act or failure to act
by Licensee,  its  employees,  or its agents which  violates  accepted  business
practices for  protecting  the  confidentiality  of computer  software and which
results,  directly or indirectly,  in the possession of the Software  Product by
any person(s) or  entity(ies)  other than AGIS or Licensee for any purpose other
than Licensee's business operations.

        1.2. "Documentation" means the written description of a computer program
in the form of a manual(s)  which shall accompany the Program in order to assist
the Licensee.

        1.3.  "Mainframe  Computer" means a large computer occupying a specially
air-conditioned room and supporting typically 100-500 users at a time.

        1.4. "Object Code" means the Program after compilation or interpretation
and in a form understandable only to a computer unless disassembled.

        1.5.  "Personal  Computer" means a computer  designed to be used by only
one person.

        1.6. "Program" means the computer programs and modules thereof in Source
Code. A "computer program" is an organized set of instructions developed for the
purpose of  causing a  computer  to  accomplish  a desired  result or outcome by
acting on data.

        1.7. "Reproduction" or "to reproduce" means to make copies of the Source
or Object Code version of the Software  Product for purposes of  "distribution".
Reproduction  shall include the making of copies of the Software  Product in any
form currently used in the industry or in any form which may be developed.

        1.8.  "Software  Product" means the Program(s) listed in Paragraph 3 and
the  Documentation,  collectively,  in the form in which  it is  distributed  to
Licensee.

        1.9.   "Source   Code"   means  the  Program   when   written  in  human
understandable form in a higher level computer language.

        1.10.  All terms used herein are defined in the  Management  Information
Services Agreement dated August 25, 1993 ("MIS  Agreement"),  and shall have the
meaning  therein  attributed to them unless they are defined  otherwise  herein,
whether or not the MIS Agreement has been terminated.

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2. Grant of License. AGIS hereby grants to Licensee a non-exclusive right to use
the  Software  Product  specifically  set forth in  Paragraph  3 herein  for the
purposes  of  Licensee's  business  operations.   As  used  in  this  Agreement,
Licensee's "business operations" shall mean the corporate business activities of
Licensee and its affiliates inclusive of its arrangement with Motor Club of Iowa
Insurance Company and other insurance companies which Licensee and AGIS agree in
writing  shall  be  allowed  access  to  the  Software  Product.  Such  business
operations  shall  expressly  include  use  of  the  Software  Product  by  Pool
Participants'  insurance  agents via the AMANDA+  program and by Licensee in its
position  as  administrator  of  the  Pooling   Agreement.   AGIS  and  Licensee
acknowledge that full and adequate consideration for the granting of the license
has been  provided  to AGIS  pursuant  to the  Asset  Transfer  Agreement  dated
December 31, 1986, the Management  Information Services Agreement dated December
31, 1986 (as amended from time to time), and among other things,  the assistance
of Pool  Participants'  employees to AGIS  programmers in the development of the
Software Product licensed hereunder.  AGIS and Licensee further acknowledge that
it was the  intent  of the  parties  to the  Asset  Transfer  Agreement  and the
Management  Information  Services Agreement,  both dated December 31, 1986, that
AGIS provide a perpetual  license of the Software  Product to AMCO and the other
Pool Participants.

3. Software Product Licensed.  The Software Product referenced in said Agreement
shall consist of the following Programs:

                                                                                  
ABC                                      DAILY EDIT AND BALANCE                       MICROFILM INDEXING
ACCOUNTING REPORTING                     DIRECT MARKETING                             MOTOR VEHICLE REPORT
SYSTEM                                   ACCOUNT                                      PAK CONTROL
ADVICE/REVIEW                            DIVIDENDS                                    PAYROLL
AGENCY PROCESSING GUIDES                 DRAFT LOG SYSTEM                             PERSONAL AUTO
AGENCY PRODUCTION                        DRAFT RECONCILIATION                         PERSONNEL
AGENTS ACCOUNT CURRENT                   DWELLING FIRE                                PLANNING DEPARTMENT
AGENTS CONTEST                           ENDORSEMENT TEXT FILE                        PLEASURE BOATOWNERS
AGENTS MASTERFILE                        EXPENSE REPORTING                            POLICY ENTRY
AGENTS STATEMENT AND                     EXPERIENCE RATING                            POLICY EXPIRATIONS
AGING                                    SYSTEM                                       POLICY REGISTER
ALPHA SEARCH                             EXPIRATIONS                                  PROCESS CASH/SUSPENSE
AMANDA PLUS                              FARM                                         PROCESSING SUSPENSE AND
ASSIGNED RISK                            FLEX BILLING                                 CASH PRODUCTIVITY
BALANCING SYSTEM                         FLEXIBLE BENEFITS                            INFORMATION DEPARTMENT
BONDS                                    FORM LETTER GENERATOR                        PROFIT SHARE
BUREAU AND STATISTICAL                   FORMATION                                    PROMPTING
BUSINESSOWNERS                           FORMS AND PRINTING                           RECORDS MANAGEMENT
CASH CONCENTRATION FUND                  FREEDOM PACKAGE                              RECREATIONAL VEHICLE
CASH DISBURSEMENT                        GENERAL LIABILITY                            REINSURANCE
CBI                                      GROUP 1                                      REMINDER/REMARKS
CERTIFICATE SYSTEM                       HOMEOWNERS                                   SAFETY MANAGEMENT
CHECK RECONCILIATION                     HUMAN RESOURCES                              STATISTIC CLASS MASTER
CLAIMS REPORTS                           INLAND MARINE                                STATUTORY AND FINANCIAL
CLAIMS                                   INPUT/OUTPUT MODULES                         SURETY BOND BILLING
CODE CARD ENTRY                          INTERNAL REVENUE                             SYSM
CODING MANUAL AND BUREAU                 INVENTORY AND SUPPLY                         TABLE SYSTEM
COMMERCIAL AUTO                          MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE                        TELEMARKETING
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY                      REPORTS                                      UNDERWRITING
CORRESPONDENCE SYSTEM                    MANUAL POLICY                                WORKMAN'S COMPENSATION
CRIME                                    PROCESSING                                   ASSIGNED RISK
CROP SYSTEM ENTRY                        MARK IV PROGRAMS
                                         MARKETING REPORTING
                                         MCIIC


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        Licensee will be provided the aforementioned Software Product for use on
both the Mainframe Computer and Personal Computer. Licensee will be provided the
Source Code for the  Mainframe  Computer  and the Object  Code for the  Personal
Computer.


4. Updates,  Corrections,  Modifications.  AGIS shall provide  Licensee with the
correction, modification,  improvement,  enhancement, upgrade, and update of the
Software   Product  in   consideration   for  payment  of  the  Annual   Product
Support/Maintenance  Fee of $250,000 on the first  business  day of each year in
order to obtain all  enhancements  and upgrades made to the Software Product for
that year.

5. Taxes.  In addition to the payments  provided for herein,  Licensee shall pay
any excise,  sales, use, privilege,  or other similar taxes levied or based upon
payments made pursuant to this Agreement.

6. AGIS'  Warranties.  AGIS  warrants that it is the sole owner of all rights to
the Software Product and has full and unrestricted authority to copyright it and
to enter into this Agreement, that the Software Product is an original work, and
that it has not  previously  entered into a contract  involving  this work which
would prohibit this Agreement.  AGIS warrants  further that the Software Product
has not been assigned,  transferred,  or otherwise encumbered, that the Software
Product does not infringe  upon any  copyright,  patent,  or trade secret of any
third party,  and that the Programs  reasonably  conform to  Documentation.  All
warranties  set forth herein shall be null and void in the event  Licensee makes
unauthorized use of or an unauthorized modification to the Software Product. THE
WARRANTY  PROVIDED  HEREIN  IS IN LIEU OF ANY AND  ALL  WARRANTIES,  EXPRESS  OR
IMPLIED,  INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

7.  Limitation  of  Liability.  AGIS will defend,  indemnify,  and hold Licensee
harmless against all claims, costs, damages, and expenses,  including attorney's
fees,  that Licensee may sustain or incur by reason of an  infringement or other
similar  violation  by  the  Software  Product  of  any  copyright,  patent,  or
trademark.  AGIS and Licensee  agree to notify each other  promptly of any third
party claim and to fully cooperate in the defense thereof.  Notwithstanding  the
foregoing,  it is expressly  agreed and understood that AGIS shall not be liable
for any direct, indirect, incidental,  consequential,  or similar damages or for
lost data or profits to Licensee or any other  entity or person which arise from
Licensee's use of the Software  Product.  Licensee shall indemnify and hold AGIS
harmless against any such damages,  including  attorney's fees, which arise from
Licensee's use of the Software Product. Licensee further acknowledges and agrees
that AGIS' liability to Licensee under this Agreement shall not exceed and shall
be limited to,  regardless  of  Licensee's  damage or injury,  the total  amount
received by AGIS under this Agreement.

8.  Prohibited  Use.  Licensee  agrees  that it shall not create  software  that
emulates the functionality of the Software Product. Licensee further agrees that
it shall  not  reverse  engineer  the  Software  Product  by  decompilation  and


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disassembly.  It is expressly  understood  and agreed that the  reproduction  or
distribution  of the Software  Product,  Source Code,  Object Code,  or any copy
thereof by Licensee is strictly prohibited at any time.

9.  Copying.  Licensee  may copy the  Software  Product  or any part  thereof at
Licensee's  cost for the sole  purpose of  Licensee's  business  operations  and
disaster   recovery;   provided,   however,   that  Licensee   shall  have  sole
responsibility  for insuring that no distribution  of any such copy occurs.  All
copies shall  display all  copyright  notices and be labeled  externally  as the
property of AGIS.  The use of any copies is subject to the terms and  conditions
of this  Agreement.  Licensee shall keep an accurate and complete  record of all
such copies made.

10. Use with  Multiple  Computers  or  Terminals.  Licensee may use the Software
Product on any computer(s) or terminals it deems necessary.  Licensee shall have
the right to make back-up copies of the Mainframe  Computer  Source Code and any
number of copies of the Personal Computer Object Code and Documentation, if any.

11. Third-Party Processing.  It is expressly understood and agreed that Licensee
shall not use the Software  Product for any  transaction  which does not involve
its business  operations.  It is further  expressly  understood  and agreed that
Licensee's  business  operations  as  described  in Paragraph 2 herein shall not
include,  without AGIS' express written consent, any use of the Software Product
for  the  purpose  of  any  transaction  (1)  undertaken  for  a  fee  or  other
consideration  which is not  contemplated  herein or (2) which is not reasonably
related to Licensee's business operations.

12.  Proprietary  Rights and  Nondisclosure.  Licensee hereby  acknowledges  the
proprietary status of the Software Product, including, but not limited to, trade
secret,  copyright  and  trademark  interests.  The  Software  Product  embodies
substantial   creative   efforts  and  contains   trade  secrets   comprised  of
confidential information, ideas, and expressions, including, but not limited to,
specific design and structure of the individual Programs. Access to the Software
Product by  Licensee  employees  and agents  shall be limited to a  need-to-know
basis, and Licensee shall use reasonable  means, in any event not less than that
used  to  protect  Licensee's  own  proprietary  materials,   to  safeguard  the
confidential  status  of  the  Software  Product.   Licensee  acknowledges  that
unauthorized  disclosure of the Source Code will cause material  damage to AGIS.
Licensee  recognizes  that a substantial  piracy  problem exists in the software
industry.  Licensee shall notify AGIS of any instance of illegal copying of AGIS
products  which  comes to its  attention  and shall  assist in  prosecuting  any
infringers.

13. Source Code. AGIS shall make available to Licensee without charge the Source
Code for the Software Product set forth in Paragraph 3 herein.

14. Term.  This Agreement shall survive the termination of the MIS Agreement and
continue in perpetuity.

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15.  Amendments.  Any changes to this  Agreement and further  obligations of the
parties to each other must be in writing and executed by their  respective  duly
authorized officers.

16.     Arbitration.

        (a) Consent to Arbitration. Each party to this Agreement hereby consents
and agrees that any  dispute  between  the  parties  hereto with  respect to the
interpretation,  performance, or breach of any of the terms of this Agreement or
the   transactions   contemplated   hereby  which  cannot  be  resolved  by  the
Coordinating  Committee shall be referred to arbitration conducted in accordance
with the rules and procedures of the American  Arbitration  Association ("AAA"),
upon written request of either party hereto delivered to the other party. Within
thirty (30) days of the delivery of such  written  notice,  each party  involved
shall nominate an  AAA-licensed  arbitrator  (the "Party  Arbitrators").  Within
thirty (30) days of their nomination,  if there are two Party  Arbitrators,  the
Party   Arbitrators   shall  select  a  third   AAA-licensed   arbitrator   (the
"Third-Arbitrator")  and shall give the parties  hereto  written  notice of such
choice.  If each party selects a Party  Arbitrator,  the three Party Arbitrators
selected shall constitute the Arbitrators without further selection.

        (b)  Authority of  Arbitrators.  The  arbitrators  shall be empowered to
decide all issues  submitted to arbitration  using  principles of law and equity
and, if required, by application of any customary practices in the insurance and
reinsurance  industries.  The  arbitrators  shall be  relieved  of all  judicial
formalities  and shall not be required to follow any rules of evidence except as
such rules may be imposed on  arbitration  proceedings  conducted in  accordance
with the laws of the State of Iowa, but the arbitrators shall attempt to enforce
the intents and  purposes of this  Agreement  to the extent  practicable  and in
accordance with Iowa law. The decision of a majority of the arbitrators shall be
final and binding on each of the parties to the arbitration proceeding.

        (c)  Expenses;  Location.  Each  party  to the  dispute  shall  bear the
expenses of its  respective  Party  Arbitrator and shall jointly share all other
expenses of the arbitration proceeding and the expenses of the Third Arbitrator.
The arbitration  proceeding shall take place at Des Moines,  Iowa unless another
location is mutually  agreed upon by the  parties.  The  arbitration  proceeding
shall be governed by the laws of the State of Iowa.  The parties  hereto  hereby
agree that any  information  respecting any matters  submitted to arbitration in
accordance with the foregoing or any aspect of the arbitration proceeding itself
shall be  treated  as  confidential  and will not be  disclosed  to  anyone  not
employed  or  acting  on  behalf  of a party  hereto  in  connection  with  such
arbitration  or used at any time in any manner that is adverse to the  interests
of either party hereto but, in any such case, such  information may be disclosed
if such  disclosure is made in connection  with either  party's  prosecution  or
defense of any legal proceedings or if such disclosure is required pursuant to a
subpoena or other legal order  issued by any judicial or  regulatory  body or is
otherwise required by law.


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        (d)   Restriction.   Anything   set  forth   herein   to  the   contrary
notwithstanding,  with respect to any issue to be determined by arbitration each
of the  parties to the  arbitration  proceeding  shall  submit in writing to the
arbitrators the party's proposed resolution of such issue. The arbitrators shall
be constrained  in their decision  relating to such issue to select only between
the proposed  resolutions  of the  parties,  and the  arbitrators  shall have no
discretion to fashion any compromise or other  resolution of the issue submitted
for arbitration.

17.  Assignment.  This  Agreement,  including any or all rights and  obligations
hereunder,  shall not be  assigned  by any of the  parties  to any  third  party
without the prior written consent of all of the other party. Except as otherwise
provided in this  Agreement,  the obligations and rights of the parties shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of any assignee, transferee, successor, or
receiver of each of the parties.

18.  Waiver;  Remedies.  No delay or omission of any party to this  Agreement to
exercise any right or power  hereunder  shall impair such right or power or be a
waiver of any  default  or an  acquiescence  therein;  and any single or partial
exercise of any such right or power shall not preclude other or further exercise
thereof or the  exercise of any other right.  In addition to any rights  granted
herein,  the parties  hereto  shall have and may exercise any and all rights and
remedies now or hereafter  provided by law except as may be limited by Paragraph
16 of this Agreement.

19.  Permissive  Release  of  Confidential   Information.   Notwithstanding  the
provisions of Paragraph 13 of this Agreement, any proprietary information may be
used  in  connection   with  any  arbitration   relating  to  the   transactions
contemplated  by this  Agreement and such  information  may be disclosed if such
disclosure is made in connection with the parties' prosecution or defense of any
legal  proceedings or if such  disclosure is required  pursuant to a subpoena or
other legal order  issued by any  judicial or  regulatory  body or is  otherwise
required by law.

20. Notices. All notices, requests,  demands, and other communications hereunder
shall be in  writing  and shall be deemed to have been duly  given if  delivered
personally  or if  mailed  by  certified  or  registered  mail  (return  receipt
requested) to ALLIED Group Information Systems at 3820 109th Street,  Urbandale,
Iowa  50391-1001  and to AMCO Insurance  Company at 701 5th Avenue,  Des Moines,
Iowa  50391-2013.  Any notice given as provided in this  Paragraph  20, if given
personally,  shall be  effective  upon  delivery,  or if given by  certified  or
registered  mail,  shall be effective  three days after deposit in the mail. Any
party  hereto may change the address at which it is to be given notice by giving
notice to the other party as provided in this Paragraph 20.

21.  Governing Law. This  Agreement  shall be deemed to be a contract made under
the laws of the State of Iowa and shall be construed and  interpreted  under the
laws of such state  applicable  to contracts  made and to be performed  entirely
within such state.

22. Enforceability. If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions,
or other terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason  whatsoever  determined


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to be invalid,  then such terms  shall be deemed  severable  from the  remaining
terms  of  this   Agreement   and  shall  in  no  way  affect  the  validity  or
enforceability of the other terms of this Agreement and such invalid terms shall
be replaced by valid terms bearing the closest possible  similarity in substance
so that the intentions  and purposes being the basis of this Agreement  could be
enforced to the greatest extent permitted by law.

23.  Survival of  Representations,  Warranties  and  Covenants.  All  covenants,
representations,  and  warranties  made in this  Agreement by any of the parties
hereto shall be effective on the effective date hereof and thereafter.

24. Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed  simultaneously in one or more
counterparts,  each of  which  shall be  deemed  an  original,  but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

25. Headings. The headings in the sections and subsections of this Agreement are
inserted for convenience only and shall not constitute a part hereof.

26.  Entire  Agreement.  This  Agreement,  including  the  schedules and addenda
referred to herein and any  documents  executed  by the  parties  simultaneously
herewith constitute the entire understanding and agreement of the parties hereto
and supersede all other prior  agreements and  understandings,  written or oral,
between  the  parties  with  respect  to the  transaction  contemplated  herein.
Provided,  however,  the foregoing shall not operate or be construed to prohibit
proof of prior understandings and agreements between or among the parties to the
extent necessary to properly construe or interpret this Agreement.


Agreed to and effective as of the date set forth above.

ALLIED Group Information                             AMCO Insurance Company
Systems, Inc.



By:___________________________                    By____________________________

Title:________________________                    Title:________________________




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                                   ADDENDUM B

I.      AMCO. AMCO, as administrator of the Pooling  Agreement,  shall reimburse
        AGIS for its Net Operating Costs in exchange for AGIS providing
        AMCO the services under this  Agreement.  AGIS' Net Operating  Costs, as
        used in this Agreement,  is the difference between all costs AGIS incurs
        on a monthly  basis  less the sum of income  AGIS  accrues  on a monthly
        basis  from  providing  services  to all  companies  other  than AMCO as
        administrator of the Pooling  Agreement.  In order to reimburse AGIS for
        its Net  Operating  Costs,  AMCO will forward to AGIS  $1,000,000 on the
        first of each month and $600,000 on the fifteenth of each month.  At the
        end of each month,  AGIS will  either bill AMCO if the amount  forwarded
        does not cover the Net  Operating  Costs or  credit  AMCO if the  amount
        forwarded  exceeds the Net Operating Costs.  AMCO will promptly pay AGIS
        any bill it incurs  hereunder and AGIS will promptly pay AMCO any credit
        it incurs  hereunder.  AMCO shall incur no other  charges  for  services
        under this Agreement.

II.     ALLIED  Life.  ALLIED  Life  shall pay AGIS on a monthly  basis fees for
        services under this Agreement in accordance with the following:

        (a)   $37.50   per   hour   for    Programming/Development    time   and
              Methods/Procedures time.

        (b)   For  the  services   provided   under  Section  2.12   ("Equipment
              Leasing"),  lease  payments  shall be made by ALLIED Life  monthly
              upon  receipt  of a bill  from  AGIS.  The  interest  rate used to
              calculate  the lease  payments  shall be 2 basis  points  over the
              T-bill rate  adjusted  quarterly.  At the  expiration of the lease
              term for each item of Equipment, ALLIED Life may elect to continue
              using the Equipment at no charge.

        (c)   ALLIED  Life shall also pay fees in  accordance  with  Sections VI
              through X of this Addendum.

        (d)   ALLIED Life shall  reimburse AGIS for the actual costs AGIS incurs
              on a monthly basis for providing ALLIED Life the services provided
              under Sections 2.1 ("General  MIS"),  2.2 ("PC Support"),  2.7 (a)
              ("Printing--Forms and Reports"),  and 2.8 ("Policy Assembly").  In
              order to  reimburse  AGIS for the cost of these  services,  ALLIED
              Life  will  forward  $56,250  at  the  end  of  each  month  as an
              estimation of the costs of providing the services for that month.

        (e)   At the end of the calendar  year,  AGIS will  calculate its actual
              cost of  providing  these  services  and compare it to the monthly
              payments forwarded to AGIS for the services by ALLIED Life. If the
              total actual costs exceed the total monthly payments made,  ALLIED
              Life will promptly pay the difference to AGIS. If the total actual
              costs are less than the total  monthly  payments  made,  AGIS will
              promptly refund the difference to ALLIED Life. 

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        The  aforementioned  fees shall be  renegotiated by ALLIED Life and AGIS
        each  calendar  year.  If ALLIED Life and AGIS are unable to agree on an
        annual fee for the next calendar year by December 15th of each year, the
        calculation of a reasonable  annual fee for the next calendar year shall
        be submitted to the Coordinating Committee for resolution.

III.    AGI Human  Resources.  For the services  provided by AGIS to AGI's human
        resources  department  under  Sections  2.1  ("General  MIS"),  2.2 ("PC
        Support"),  and 2.7(a) ("Printing--Forms and Reports"), AGI shall pay to
        AGIS  $42.00  per hour for  Programming/Development  time and $40.00 per
        hour for Methods/Procedures  time. Each year, beginning January 1, 1996,
        this hourly rate shall be  recalculated  based upon estimated  costs for
        the year in  question.  Such fees shall be billed and paid  monthly.  If
        applicable,  AGI shall  also pay fees in  accordance  with  Sections  VI
        through XI of this Addendum.

IV.     AGIMC.  AGIMC  shall  pay AGIS for  services  under  this  Agreement  in
        accordance with the following:

        (a)   For the services  provided under Sections 2.1 ("General  MIS") and
              2.2 ("PC  Support"),  AGIMC  shall pay to AGIS $42.00 per hour for
              Programming/Development    time   and    $40.00   per   hour   for
              Methods/Procedures.  Such fees shall be billed  and paid  monthly.
              Each year,  beginning  January 1, 1996,  this hourly rate shall be
              recalculated based upon estimated costs for the year in question.

        (b)   For  the  services   provided   under  Section  2.12   ("Equipment
              Leasing"),  lease  payments  shall be made by AGIMC  monthly  upon
              receipt of a bill from AGIS.  The interest  rate used to calculate
              the lease  payments shall be adjusted on the first business day of
              each quarterly period to a rate equal to 2% over the prime rate on
              such day.  At the  expiration  of the lease  term for each item of
              Equipment,  AGIMC may elect to continue  using the Equipment at no
              charge.

        (c)   If  applicable,  AGIMC  shall  also  pay fees in  accordance  with
              Sections VI through XI of this Addendum.

V.      Programming.  Each of the Companies (except as may be provided elsewhere
        for AMCO,  ALLIED Life,  AGI, and AGIMC) which request that AGIS provide
        Programming/Development  services  shall pay a rate of $52.50  per hour.
        Each of the  Companies  (except for AMCO,  ALLIED Life,  AGI, and AGIMC)
        which request that AGIS provide  Methods/Procedures  services  shall pay
        $40.00 per hour. Such fees shall be billed and paid monthly.  Each year,
        beginning January 1, 1996, this hourly rate shall be recalculated  based
        upon estimated costs for the year in question.

VI.     Typesetting/Other  Printing.  The  Companies  which  request  that  AGIS
        provide   typesetting   services  in  accordance   with  Section  2.7(b)
        ("Printing--Typesetting/Other  Printing") shall pay a rate of $22.00 per


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        hour.  Such fees shall be billed and paid  monthly.  Any other  printing
        services  shall be provided by AGIS to any of the Companies for a fee to
        be  negotiated  between  AGIS and such  company in  addition to the fees
        specified in this Addendum B.

VII.    PC  Maintenance.  If AGIS  assists in  coordinating  third-party  vendor
        maintenance  for the personal  computers of any of the  Companies,  such
        Companies  agree  to pay  upon  receipt  of an  invoice  from  AGIS  the
        third-party vendor's actual charges as billed to AGIS.

VIII.   Postage/Mail  Processing.  For the services  provided under Section 2.9,
        the Companies which have offices located in Polk County,  State of Iowa,
        shall pay AGIS for mail processing as follows:

        (a)   the Companies  shall reimburse AGIS for the actual cost of postage
              utilized,

        (b)   if  AGIS  performs  any  mail  inserting  services  for any of the
              Companies, such Companies shall pay AGIS $0.027 per item,

        (c)   if  AGIS  performs  any  proof  of  mail  services  for any of the
              Companies, such Companies shall pay AGIS $0.051 per item,

        (d)   if AGIS performs any outgoing mail sorting services for any of the
              Companies, such Companies shall pay AGIS $0.027 per item,

        (e)   if AGIS  performs  incoming  mail sorting  services for any of the
              Companies, such Companies shall pay AGIS $0.027 per item,

        (f)   if AGIS performs special handling services in mail processing,  it
              will be billed at $0.051 per item, and

        (g)   if AGIS performs remittance processing, it will be billed at $0.10
              per item.

         The  number  of items  and the  fees  shall  be  billed  to each of the
         Companies utilizing the services and paid by each of them monthly.

IX.     Telephone/Communications.  The Companies which request that AGIS provide
        telephone/communications  equipment  under Section 2.11  ("Telephone and
        Communications")  shall pay to AGIS a mutually  agreed upon  monthly fee
        for  the  equipment.  Each  of the  Companies  requesting  long-distance
        communication  services  (the  "Long-Distance  Companies")  will  pay  a
        monthly  charge based upon the  proportion of their actual long distance
        minutes  to  the  total  actual  long  distance   minutes  used  by  the
        Long-Distance Companies overall.

X.      Taxes.  AGIS shall pay any sales, use, and personal property taxes which
        may be due and  owing  with  respect  to the  Equipment  leased  or with


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        respect  to the  services  provided  under  this  Agreement.  AGIS shall
        receive  reimbursement  from the appropriate  Companies for any sales or
        use tax paid.  AGIS shall be  ultimately  responsible  for any  personal
        property  tax which may be due and owing with respect to the purchase or
        ownership of any Equipment leased under this Agreement.