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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 22, 2005


                               REGAN HOLDING CORP.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

            California                    000-19704              68-0211359
 (State or other jurisdiction of         (Commission          (I.R.S. Employer
          incorporation)                 File Number)        Identification No.)

                               2090 Marina Avenue
                           Petaluma, California 94954
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                                 (707) 778-8638
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

                                       N/A
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 1.02 Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement

On June 22, 2005,  Regan Holding Corp. (the  "Company")  terminated the Purchase
Option Agreement (the "Option Agreement") between the Company and SCOR Life U.S.
Re Insurance Company ("SCOR") dated as of July 1, 2002. Pursuant to the terms of
the Option  Agreement,  the Company had an option to  purchase  the  outstanding
capital stock of Investors  Insurance  Corporation  ("Investors  Insurance"),  a
wholly owned subsidiary of SCOR, at any time on or prior to June 30, 2005, or to
terminate the Option  Agreement if the A.M.  Best rating of Investors  Insurance
fell below a specified level.  The A.M. Best rating of Investors  Insurance fell
below the specified  level.  The Company has terminated the Option Agreement and
requested  a refund,  with  interest,  of all option  fees paid  pursuant to the
Option Agreement,  which the Company calculates to be approximately $3.3 million
as of June 20, 2005.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

              (c) Exhibits.

                  Exhibit  99.1  Letter  to SCOR  regarding  termination  of the
                                 Purchase Option Agreement.

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                                    SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                        REGAN HOLDING CORP.
                                        (Registrant)


Date: June 24, 2005                     /s/ R. Preston Pitts
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                                        R. Preston Pitts
                                        President, Chief Financial Officer and
                                        Chief Operating Officer