Liberty Life Insurance Company Taps Lund, Pinkley as Regional VPs
December 9, 2011 by N/A
GREENVILLE, S.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Liberty Life Insurance Company,
a subsidiary of Athene Holding Ltd., announced that Eric Lund
and Keith Pinkley have joined the fixed annuity carrier’s
national sales team as VP/relationship manager.
Lund, with responsibility for the western region, brings over 25 years of
experience in regional and national sales management, business development and
product wholesaling in the banking, brokerage and insurance industries. Prior
to joining Liberty Life he served as SVP, sales and marketing for Maple Life
Financial, a leading advisor to institutional capital markets investing in life
settlements.
Pinkley, who will manage the southwest region, is an industry veteran with
over 20 years’ experience driving business development in annuity sales
organizations with multi-channel distribution models. He has held senior sales
and business development positions at both Ameriprise Financial/Riversource and Met Life/Security First Life, where he was responsible for
distribution development in the bank, broker-dealer and BGA channels.
“Eric and Keith are top-tier sales professionals with broad experience
managing value-added relationships in the insurance and financial services
sectors,” said Rod Mims, Liberty’s national sales
manager. “They reflect our commitment to exceptional support for our
distribution partners as we continue to accelerate the growth of our
business.”
Lund’s Western Region includes the states of California, Nevada, Arizona and
Utah.
Pinkley’s Southwest Region includes Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, New
Mexico and Mississippi.
About Liberty Life Insurance Company
Headquartered in Greenville, S.C., Liberty Life Insurance Co. provides
retirement income solutions that help Americans prepare for the future. For
over a century, Liberty Life has earned the trust of its policyholders through
financial stability, integrity and service.
About Athene Holding Ltd.
Athene Holding Ltd., a Bermuda-based holding company, and its insurance
subsidiaries focus on retail sales of annuities and reinsurance in the U.S.
retirement services market, and sales of institutional funding agreements.
Athene supports its liabilities by investing in a diversified portfolio of
highly-rated, liquid, fixed income securities. Athene’s principal subsidiaries
include Athene Life Re Ltd., a Bermuda-based reinsurer focused on the
retirement services market; Liberty Life Insurance Company, a Delaware-domiciled
stock life insurance company focused on retail sales and reinsurance in the
retirement services market; and Athene Life Insurance Company, an
Indiana-domiciled stock life insurance company focused on the institutional
funding agreement market. Athene has approximately $500 million of capital and
surplus supporting approximately $6 billion in reserves.
Athene’s management team has many years of experience managing net
investment spread businesses within life insurance companies. James R. Belardi,
the chief executive officer of Athene Holding Ltd., previously served as
President of SunAmerica Life Insurance Company and Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of AIG Retirement
Services.