Exhibit 10.12


                                  AMENDMENT TO
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                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
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     This AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT is entered into
this 25th day of September, 2007, between 40|86 Advisors, Inc. (the "Company")
and Eric R. Johnson ("Executive").

                                    Recitals
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     A. The Company and Executive entered into an Amended and Restated
Employment Agreement dated as of October 6, 2006 (the "Agreement"), the term of
which is scheduled to expire on September 10, 2007.

     B. The Company and Executive desire to amend the Agreement to extend its
Term (as defined in the Agreement) and to make the other changes set forth
herein.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants
contained herein, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged:

     1.   Section 2 of the Agreement is hereby amended solely to change the
          ending date of the Term from September 10, 2007 to September 10, 2008.
          All other provisions of Section 2 of the Agreement shall remain
          unchanged.

     2.   Section 5(b) of the Agreement is hereby amended solely to change "2007
          bonus in the penultimate sentence to "2008 bonus." All other
          provisions of Section 5(b) of the Agreement shall remain unchanged.

     3.   Section 11(d) of the Agreement is hereby amended solely to change "two
          times" to "one and one-half times" in clause (ii) of the first
          sentence of Section 11(d) of the Agreement. All other provisions of
          Section 11(d) of the Agreement shall remain unchanged.

     4.   All provisions of the Agreement not amended hereby shall remain in
          full force and effect.




     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment to Employment
Agreement as of the date first above written.


                                      40|86 ADVISORS, INC.


                                      By:/s/ Karl W. Kindig
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                                         Assistant Secretary

                                      /s/ Eric R. Johnson
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                                      Eric R. Johnson