Exhibit 31.2

 Certification as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
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                                      2002
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I, Edward J. Parry, III certify that:


1.   I have reviewed this quarterly  report on Form 10-Q of Allmerica  Financial
     Corporation;


2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of
     a material  fact or omit to state a  material  fact  necessary  to make the
     statements made, in light of the circumstances  under which such statements
     were made,  not  misleading  with  respect  to the  period  covered by this
     report;


3.   Based on my  knowledge,  the  financial  statements,  and  other  financial
     information  included  in  this  report,  fairly  present  in all  material
     respects the financial  condition,  results of operations and cash flows of
     the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;


4.   The  registrant's  other  certifying  officers  and I are  responsible  for
     establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
     in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:


a)   designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
     controls and  procedures to be designed  under our  supervision,  to ensure
     that  material  information  relating  to  the  registrant,  including  its
     consolidated  subsidiaries,  is made  known to us by  others  within  those
     entities,  particularly  during the  period in which  this  report is being
     prepared;


b)   evaluated the  effectiveness  of the registrant's  disclosure  controls and
     procedures  and  presented  in  this  report  our  conclusions   about  the
     effectiveness  of the  disclosure  controls and procedures as of the end of
     the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and


c)   disclosed in this quarterly report any change in the registrant's  internal
     control over the financial  reporting that occurred during the registrant's
     most recent fiscal quarter that has materially  affected,  or is reasonably
     likely  to  materially  affect,  the  registrant's  internal  control  over
     financial reporting; and


5.   The registrant's other certifying  officers and I have disclosed,  based on
     our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to
     the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board
     of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):


a)   all  significant  deficiencies  and  material  weaknesses  in the design or
     operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably
     likely to adversely  affect the  registrant's  ability to record,  process,
     summarize and report financial information; and


b)   any fraud,  whether or not  material,  that  involves  management  or other
     employees who have a significant role in the registrant's  internal control
     over financial reporting.


     Date: August 13, 2003





                             /s/ Edward J. Parry III
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                               Edward J. Parry III
          Executive Officer of the Chairman and Chief Financial Officer