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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.22

                         FORM OF FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE
                         MANAGEMENT CONSULTING AGREEMENT

     This FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE MANAGEMENT CONSULTING AGREEMENT, dated as of
________, 2002 (this "First Amendment"), is by and among TJC Management
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Consultant"), Safety Insurance Group,
Inc. (formerly Safety Holdings, Inc.), a Delaware corporation ("Holdings"), and
its direct and indirect subsidiaries (collectively, the "Company").

                                   WITNESSETH:

     WHEREAS, the Management Consulting Agreement, dated October 16, 2001 (the
"Consulting Agreement") was entered into by and among the Consultant and
Holdings; and

     WHEREAS, Section 10.a. of the Consulting Agreement provides that the
Consultant and the Company may amend the Consulting Agreement by an instrument
in writing signed by the Consultant and the Company.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements set forth below
and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound,
agree as follows:

     1.   CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Consulting
Agreement.

     2.   SECTION 1. Section 1 of the Consulting Agreement is hereby amended to
read in its entirety as follows:

          1.   The term of this Agreement shall commence on the date hereof and
     continue until December 31, 2011, unless extended, or sooner terminated, as
     provided in SECTION 5 below. In conjunction with any Transaction (as
     defined below) or financing set forth in (i) and/or (ii) of Section 2.b.
     below, the Consultant's personnel shall be reasonably available to the
     Company's managers, auditors and other personnel for consultation and
     advice, subject to the Consultant's reasonable convenience and scheduling.
     Services may be rendered at the Consultant's offices or at such other
     locations selected by the Consultant as the Company and the Consultant
     shall from time to time agree.

     3.   SECTION 2.a. The text of Section 2.a. of the Consulting Agreement
shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the words "Intentionally
Omitted."

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     4.   SECTION 2.b. Section 2.b. of the Consulting Agreement is hereby
amended to read in its entirety as follows:

          b.   Holdings shall pay to the Consultant: (i) an investment banking
     and sponsorship fee of up to two percent (2%) of the aggregate
     consideration paid (including assumed or refinanced indebtedness,
     non-competition, earnout, contingent purchase price, incentive arrangements
     and similar payments) (A) by the Company in connection with the acquisition
     by the Company with the assistance of the Consultant of all or
     substantially all of the outstanding capital stock, warrants, options or
     other rights to acquire or sell capital stock, or all or substantially all
     of the business or assets of another individual, corporation, partnership
     or other business entity or (B) to the Company or its stockholders in
     connection with the sale by the Company or its stockholders with the
     assistance of the Consultant of all or substantially all of the Company's
     outstanding capital stock, warrants, options, or other rights to acquire or
     sell stock, or all or substantially all of the business or assets of the
     Company or one of its subsidiaries (each of the transactions described in
     clauses (A) and (B), a "Transaction"), including, but not limited to, any
     Transaction negotiated for the Company involving any affiliate of the
     Company or the Consultant, including, but not limited to, any Transaction
     involving The Jordan Company, LLC, Jordan/Zalaznick Capital Company or any
     affiliates of any of the foregoing (collectively, the "Jordan Affiliates");
     and (ii) a financial consulting fee of up to one percent (1%) of the amount
     obtained or made available pursuant to any debt, equity or other financing
     (including without limitation, any refinancing) by the Company with the
     assistance of the Consultant, including, but not limited to, any financing
     obtained for the Company from one or more of the Jordan Affiliates,
     PROVIDED, that in no event shall a fee be payable under this SECTION
     2(b)(ii) hereunder (x) with respect to borrowings under the Senior Secured
     Revolving Credit Facility, dated _______, 2002 by and between Thomas Black
     Corporation, Fleet National Bank (the "New Credit Facility") or (y) with
     respect to financings referred to in this SECTION 2(b)(ii) made in
     connection with the consummation of a Transaction. In addition, prior to
     paying any fee pursuant to this paragraph (b) the Board of Directors of
     Holdings (including the disinterested directors) must approve the
     applicable Transaction or financing as in the best interests of the
     Company.

     5.   SECTION 10.a. Section 10.a. of the Consulting Agreement is hereby
amended to read in its entirety as follows:

          a.   This Agreement sets forth the entire understanding of the parties
     with respect to the Consultant's rendering of services to the Company. This
     Agreement may not be modified, waived, terminated or amended except
     expressly by an instrument in writing signed by the Consultant and
     Holdings.

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     6.   SECTION 10.e. Section 10.e. of the Consulting Agreement is hereby
     amended to read in its entirety as follows:

          e.   Thomas Black Corporation, RBS, Inc. and Thomas Black Insurance
     Agency, Inc. (the "Non-Insurance Subsidiaries") will be jointly and
     severally liable and obligated hereunder with respect to each obligation,
     responsibility and liability of Holdings, as if a direct obligation of the
     Non-Insurance Subsidiaries.

     7.   SERVICES RENDERED IN CONNECTION WITH HOLDINGS' INITIAL PUBLIC
OFFERING. At the closing of Holdings' initial public offering of its shares of
common stock, pursuant to Holdings' Registration Statement on Form S-1,
initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, 2002
(the "Offering"), Holdings will pay the Consultant $4.0 million in cash in
consideration for services rendered to the Company by the Consultant in
connection with the Offering, the arrangement of the New Credit Facility and the
termination of the $1.0 million annual management fee and the services rendered
by the Consultant for such $1.0 million annual fee, as set forth in Section 2.a.
of the Consulting Agreement prior to this First Amendment.

     8.   EFFECTIVENESS. Except as modified hereby, the Consulting Agreement
shall remain in full force and effect. On and after the effectiveness of this
First Amendment, each reference in the Consulting Agreement to "this Agreement,"
"hereunder," "hereof," "herein" or words of like import shall mean and be a
reference to the Consulting Agreement as amended by this First Amendment.

     9.   CONFIDENTIALITY. The Consultant, its employees and agents shall each
treat confidentially and hold as such all of the information concerning the
business and affairs of the Company that is not generally available to the
public and that the Consultant, its employees and/or agents obtains in
conjunction with providing consulting services and other assistance to the
Company pursuant to the Consulting Agreement and this First Amendment
("Confidential Information"). If the Consultant, its employees and/or agents are
required by law to disclose any Confidential Information, the Consultant shall
promptly notify Holdings in writing of the nature of the legal requirement and
the extent of the required disclosure, and shall cooperate with the Company to
preserve the confidentiality of such Confidential Information to the extent
possible in accordance with applicable law.

     10.  COUNTERPARTS. This First Amendment may be executed in two or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this agreement to be
duly executed as of the date first written above.


                                           TJC MANAGEMENT CORPORATION


                                           By:
                                              ---------------------------------
                                              Name:
                                              Title:


                                           SAFETY INSURANCE GROUP, INC.


                                           By:
                                              ---------------------------------
                                              Name:
                                              Title:

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