Exhibit 10.26


                        CONSOLIDATED SERVICE AGREEMENT


                                        
AGREEMENT effective January 1, 1998, between ALLMERICA FINANCIAL CORPORATION
("Parent") and AAM GROWTH & INCOME FUND L.L.C., AAM HIGH YIELD FUND, L.L.C.,
AAM EQUITY FUND, AFC CAPITAL TRUST I, ALLMERICA ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.,
ALLMERICA BENEFITS, INC., ALLMERICA EQUITY INDEX POOL, ALLMERICA FINANCIAL
ALLIANCE INSURANCE COMPANY, ALLMERICA FINANCIAL BENEFIT INSURANCE COMPANY,
ALLMERICA FINANCIAL INSURANCE BROKERS, INC., ALLMERICA FINANCIAL LIFE INSURANCE
AND ANNUITY COMPANY, ALLMERICA FINANCIAL SERVICES INSURANCE AGENCY, INC.,
ALLMERICA FUNDING CORP., ALLMERICA FUNDS, ALLMERICA, INC., ALLMERICA
INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES, INC., ALLMERICA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY, INC.,
ALLMERICA INVESTMENTS, INC., ALLMERICA INVESTMENT TRUST, ALLMERICA PLUS
INSURANCE AGENCY, INC., ALLMERICA PROPERTY & CASUALTY COMPANIES, INC., ALLMERICA
SECURITIES TRUST, ALLMERICA SERVICES CORPORATION, ALLMERICA TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
AMGRO, INC., APC FUNDING CORP., CITIZENS CORPORATION, CITIZENS INSURANCE COMPANY
OF AMERICA, CITIZENS INSURANCE COMPANY OF ILLINOIS, CITIZENS INSURANCE COMPANY
OF THE MIDWEST, CITIZENS INSURANCE COMPANY OF OHIO, CITIZENS MANAGEMENT INC.,
FIRST ALLMERICA FINANCIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, GREENDALE SPECIAL PLACEMENTS
FUND, THE HANOVER AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, THE HANOVER INSURANCE COMPANY,
HANOVER TEXAS INSURANCE MANAGEMENT COMPANY, INC., HANOVER LLOYD'S INSURANCE
COMPANY, LOGAN WELLS WATER COMPANY, INC., LLOYDS CREDIT CORP., MASSACHUSETTS BAY
INSURANCE COMPANY, SMA FINANCIAL CORP., SOMERSET SQUARE, INC., STERLING RISK
MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.  The above listed companies known collectively as
"Affiliated Group".

WHEREAS, the Cost Distribution Policy adopted by the Affiliated Group on June
15, 1993 and amended as of October 21, 1997, for implementation in calendar year
1998 ("Policy"), and as supplemented by the Cost Distribution Policy
Implementation Manual, as may be created or amended by Parent's management from
time to time to conform to State or Federal law, regulation or requirement or
for other sound reason "Implementation Manual") has been determined to be an
appropriate method of achieving fair distribution of servicing costs between the
Affiliated Group.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Affiliated Group hereby agree as follows:

1. Each Company hereby agrees to provide any other Company in the Affiliated
   Group with such services as it may require for its operations.  The Policy
   and Implementation Manual shall be the basis for allocating cost for various
   services between each Company.  The Policy and Implementation Manual will
   become a part of this Agreement.

2. The servicing company agrees to provide each serviced company with a
   quarterly report covering the items of service performed on behalf of
   serviced company.

 
3. This Agreement may be canceled in whole upon 60 days written notice by any
   party delivered to the other members of the Affiliated Group, or in part by
   any party giving the other 60 days written notice that certain services will
   no longer be performed by the servicing company or will no longer be
   purchased by the serviced company.  This Agreement will automatically be
   canceled with respect to a company that leaves the Affiliated Group.

4. The parties to the Agreement acknowledge that First Allmerica Financial Life
   Insurance Company ("FAFLIC") shall be the single employer within the
   Affiliated Group and that all employment costs shall be paid by FAFLIC. Each
   member of the Affiliated Group shall then be charged by FAFLIC for services
   performed by employees of FAFLIC on behalf of such affiliate. Employees of
   FAFLIC shall not be directly compensated by an affiliate under this
   Agreement.

5. The parties hereto specifically recognize that from time to time other
   companies may become members of the Affiliated Group and hereby agree that
   such new members must become parties to this Agreement.  Such new members
   should execute the master copy of this Agreement (or a counterpart thereto,
   which shall be deemed to be the original agreement) and it will not be
   necessary for all the other members to sign the agreement, but it will be
   effective as if the old members had signed the agreement.

6. For the convenience of the parties, any number of counterparts of this
   Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto, and each such executed
   counterpart shall be, and shall be deemed to be, an original instrument.

7. This Agreement supersedes all previous agreements or understandings of any
   nature whatsoever regarding the subject matter of this Agreement.

8. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance
   with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement by their
duly authorized officers as of the 1st day of January, 1998.

ALLMERICA FINANCIAL
CORPORATION

By:  /s/ Richard J. Baker
   ----------------------
   Richard J. Baker
   Secretary

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AAM GROWTH & INCOME FUND L.L.C.

By: Allmerica Asset Management, Investment Manager

By:  /s/ Henry L. Ferguson III
   ---------------------------
   Henry L. Ferguson III
   Clerk

AAM HIGH YIELD FUND, L.L.C.

By:  First Allmerica Financial Life Insurance Company, Member
By:  Citizens Insurance Company of America, Member
By:  The Hanover Insurance Company, Member

By:  /s/ Abigail M. Armstrong
   --------------------------
   Abigail M. Armstrong
   Assistant Secretary/Secretary/Clerk

AAM EQUITY FUND

By: Allmerica Asset Management, Inc., Trustee

By:  /s/ Henry L. Ferguson III
   ---------------------------
   Henry L. Ferguson III
   Clerk

AFC CAPITAL TRUST I

By:  /s/ John P. Kavanaugh
   -----------------------
   John P. Kavanaugh
   Administrative Trustee

ALLMERICA ASSET
MANAGEMENT, INC.

By:  /s/ Abigail M. Armstrong
   --------------------------
   Abigail M. Armstrong
   Secretary/Clerk

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ALLMERICA BENEFITS, INC.

By:  /s/ Abigail M. Armstrong
   --------------------------
   Abigail M. Armstrong
   Secretary

ALLMERICA EQUITY INDEX POOL

By: Allmerica Asset Management, Inc. Trustee

By:  /s/ Henry L. Ferguson III
   ---------------------------
   Henry L. Ferguson III
   Clerk

ALLMERICA FINANCIAL ALLIANCE
INSURANCE COMPANY

By:  /s/ William J. Cahill, Jr.
   ---------------------------
   William J. Cahill, Jr.
   Secretary

ALLMERICA FINANCIAL BENEFIT
INSURANCE COMPANY

By:  /s/ William J. Cahill, Jr.
   ----------------------------
   William J. Cahill, Jr.
   Secretary

ALLMERICA FINANCIAL INSURANCE
BROKERS, INC.

By:  /s/ William J. Cahill, Jr.
   ----------------------------
   William J. Cahill, Jr.
   Clerk

ALLMERICA FINANCIAL LIFE
INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY

By:  /s/ Abigail M. Armstrong
   --------------------------
   Abigail M. Armstrong
   Secretary

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ALLMERICA FINANCIAL SERVICES
INSURANCE AGENCY, INC.

By:  /s/ Abigail M. Armstrong
   --------------------------
   Abigail M. Armstrong
   Secretary/Clerk

ALLMERICA FUNDING CORP.

By:  /s/ Abigail M. Armstrong
   --------------------------
   Abigail M. Armstrong
   Secretary/Clerk

ALLMERICA FUNDS

By:  /s/ George M. Boyd
   --------------------
   George M. Boyd
   Secretary

ALLMERICA, INC.

By:  /s/ Abigail M. Armstrong
   --------------------------
   Abigail M. Armstrong
   Secretary/Clerk

ALLMERICA INSTITUTIONAL
SERVICES, INC.

By:  /s/ Abigail M. Armstrong
   --------------------------
   Abigail M. Armstrong
   Secretary/Clerk

ALLMERICA INVESTMENT
MANAGEMENT COMPANY, INC.

By:  /s/ Abigail M. Armstrong
   --------------------------
   Abigail M. Armstrong
   Secretary/Clerk

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ALLMERICA INVESTMENTS, INC.

By:  /s/ Abigail M. Armstrong
   --------------------------
   Abigail M. Armstrong
   Secretary/Clerk

ALLMERICA INVESTMENT TRUST

By:  /s/ George M. Boyd
   --------------------
   George M. Boyd
   Secretary

ALLMERICA PLUS INSURANCE
AGENCY, INC.

By:  /s/ William J. Cahill, Jr.
   ----------------------------
   William J. Cahill, Jr.
   Clerk

ALLMERICA PROPERTY &
CASUALTY COMPANIES, INC.

By:  /s/ Richard J. Baker
   ----------------------
   Richard J. Baker
   Secretary

ALLMERICA SECURITIES TRUST

By:  /s/ George M. Boyd
   --------------------
   George M. Boyd
   Secretary

ALLMERICA SERVICES CORPORATION

By:  /s/ Abigail M. Armstrong
   --------------------------
   Abigail M. Armstrong
   Secretary/Clerk

ALLMERICA TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

By:  /s/ Charles F. Cronin
   -----------------------
   Charles F. Cronin
   Secretary

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AMGRO, INC.

By:  /s/ William J. Cahill, Jr.
   ----------------------------
   William J. Cahill, Jr.
   Clerk

APC FUNDING CORP.

By:  /s/ Abigail M. Armstrong
   --------------------------
   Abigail M. Armstrong
   Secretary/Clerk

CITIZENS CORPORATION

By:  /s/ Richard J. Baker
   ----------------------
   Richard J. Baker
   Secretary

CITIZENS INSURANCE COMPANY
OF AMERICA

By:  /s/ Karen Livingston-Wilson
   -----------------------------
   Karen E. Livingston-Wilson
   Secretary

CITIZENS INSURANCE
COMPANY OF ILLINOIS

By:  /s/ William J. Cahill, Jr.
   ----------------------------
   William J. Cahill, Jr.
   Secretary

CITIZENS INSURANCE COMPANY
OF THE MIDWEST

By:  /s/ Karen E. Livingston-Wilson
   --------------------------------
   Karen E. Livingston-Wilson
   Secretary

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CITIZENS INSURANCE
COMPANY OF OHIO

By:  /s/ Karen E. Livingston-Wilson
   --------------------------------
   Karen E. Livingston-Wilson
   Secretary

CITIZENS MANAGEMENT INC.

By:  /s/ Karen E. Livingston-Wilson
   --------------------------------
   Karen E. Livingston-Wilson
   Secretary

FIRST ALLMERICA FINANCIAL
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

By:  /s/ Abigail M. Armstrong
   --------------------------
   Abigail M. Armstrong
   Secretary

GREENDALE SPECIAL
PLACEMENTS FUND

By: Allmerica Asset Management, Inc., Trustee

By:  /s/ Henry L. Ferguson III
   ---------------------------
   Henry L. Ferguson III
   Clerk

THE HANOVER AMERICAN
INSURANCE COMPANY

By:  /s/ William J. Cahill, Jr.
   ----------------------------
   William J. Cahill, Jr.
   Secretary

THE HANOVER INSURANCE COMPANY

By:  /s/ William J. Cahill, Jr.
   ----------------------------
   William J. Cahill, Jr.
   Secretary

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HANOVER TEXAS INSURANCE
MANAGEMENT COMPANY, INC.

By:  /s/ William J. Cahill, Jr.
   ----------------------------
   William J. Cahill, Jr.
   Secretary

HANOVER TEXAS INSURANCE MANAGEMENT
COMPANY, INC. ATTORNEY-IN-FACT FOR
HANOVER LLOYD'S INSURANCE COMPANY

By:  /s/ William J. Cahill, Jr.
   ----------------------------
   William J. Cahill, Jr.
   Secretary

LOGAN WELLS WATER
COMPANY, INC.

By:  /s/ Abigail M. Armstrong
   --------------------------
   Abigail M. Armstrong
   Secretary/Clerk

LLOYDS CREDIT CORP.

By:  /s/ William J. Cahill, Jr.
   ----------------------------
   William J. Cahill, Jr.
   Clerk

MASSACHUSETTS BAY
INSURANCE COMPANY

By:  /s/ William J. Cahill, Jr.
   ----------------------------
   William J. Cahill, Jr.
   Secretary

SMA FINANCIAL CORP.

By:  /s/ Abigail M. Armstrong
   --------------------------
   Abigail M. Armstrong
   Secretary/Clerk

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SOMERSET SQUARE, INC.

By:  /s/ Henry L. Ferguson III
   ---------------------------
   Henry L. Ferguson III
   Secretary/Clerk

STERLING RISK MANAGEMENT
SERVICES, INC.

By:  /s/ Abigail M. Armstrong
   --------------------------
   Abigail M. Armstrong
   Secretary

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Allmerica Financial Corporation ("Parent")
AAM Growth & Income Fund L.L.C.
AAM High Yield Fund, L.L.C.
AAM Equity Fund
AFC CAPITAL TRUST I
Allmerica Asset Management, Inc.
Allmerica Benefits, Inc.
Allmerica Equity Index Pool
Allmerica Financial Alliance Insurance Company
Allmerica Financial Benefit Insurance Company
Allmerica Financial Insurance Brokers, Inc.
Allmerica Financial Life Insurance and Annuity Company
Allmerica Financial Services Insurance Agency, Inc.
Allmerica Funding Corp.
Allmerica Funds
Allmerica, Inc.
Allmerica Institutional Services, Inc.
Allmerica Investment Management Company, Inc.
Allmerica Investments, Inc.
Allmerica Investment Trust
Allmerica Plus Insurance Agency, Inc.
Allmerica Property & Casualty Companies, Inc.
Allmerica Securities Trust
Allmerica Services Corporation
Allmerica Trust Company, N.A.
AMGRO, Inc.
APC Funding Corp.
Citizens Corporation
Citizens Insurance Company of America
Citizens Insurance Company of Illinois
Citizens Insurance Company of the Midwest
Citizens Insurance Company of Ohio
Citizens Management Inc.
First Allmerica Financial Life Insurance Company
Greendale Special Placements Fund
The Hanover American Insurance Company
The Hanover Insurance Company
Hanover Texas Insurance Management Company, Inc.
Hanover Lloyd's Insurance Company
Logan Wells Water Company, Inc.
Lloyds Credit Corp.
Massachusetts Bay Insurance Company
SMA Financial Corp.
Somerset Square, Inc.
Sterling Risk Management Services, Inc.

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