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                                SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                                      WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                             FORM 8-A/A POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1

                         FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
                             PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE
                                  SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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                                  AmVestors Financial Corporation
                      (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                Kansas                                       48-1021516
(State of Incorporation or Organization)                (I.R.S. Employer
                                                         Identification no.)

           415 S.W. Eighth Avenue
              Topeka, Kansas                                  66603
(Address of principal executive offices)                    (zip code)


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If this Form relates to the registration of a class of debt securities and is
effective upon filing pursuant to General Instruction A(c)(1) please check the
following box.  [ ]

If this Form relates to the registration of a class of debt securities and is
to become effective simultaneously with the effectiveness of a concurrent
registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to General
Instruction A(c)(2) please check the following box.  [ ]


Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

                                          Name of Each Exchange on
Title of Each Class                         Which Each Class is
to be so Registered                           to be Registered
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None                                      None


Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

                                   Class A Common Stock Warrants








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           The undersigned registrant hereby amends the cover page of the
Registration Statement to reflect that the Class A Common Stock Warrants are to
be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) and quoted on the Nasdaq SmallCap
Market instead of registered pursuant to Section 12(b) and listed on the New
York Stock Exchange.





















































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                                            SIGNATURES

           Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities
Exchange
Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to
the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Topeka, State of Kansas, on April 22,
1996.


                               AmVestors Financial Corporation


                               By:  /S/  RALPH W. LASTER, JR.
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                               Ralph W. Laster, Jr., Chief Executive Officer