EXHIBIT 32
AMENDMENT TO
CONSULTING AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDMENT is made this 18th day of December, 1996, by and between Xxxx
X. Xxxxx ("Xxxxx") and ALLIED Group, Inc. ("AGI"), ALLIED Mutual Insurance
Company ("Mutual"), and ALLIED Life Financial Corporation ("ALFC"). AGI,
Mutual, and ALFC shall be known collectively as "ALLIED".
WHEREAS, on December 14, 1994, ALLIED and Xxxxx entered into a Consulting
Agreement setting forth the services which Xxxxx was to render to ALLIED
following his retirement;
WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend the Consulting Agreement as set forth
herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and of the mutual
covenants set forth below and other valuable consideration, the receipt of which
is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
1. Section IV of the Consulting Agreement is amended to add new
subsection (c) as follows:
(c) Payment of expenses associated with income tax preparation and other
tax services, provided that ALLIED may review Xxxxx' tax returns at any
time.
2. Subsection (a) of Section V of the Consulting Agreement is amended to
read as follows:
(a) the mutual agreement of the parties;
3. The last sentence of Section V of the Consulting Agreement which
begins "If this Agreement has..." is deleted in its entirety.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
executed as of the day and year above first written.
ALLIED Mutual Insurance Company
/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Xxxx X. Xxxxx Its: President
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ALLIED Group, Inc. ALLIED Life Financial Corporation
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Its: President Its: President
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