By Thomas A. Parmalee If you haven’t noticed that there has been someone new at the helm of National Guardian Life Insurance Company for the past four months, you can be forgiven. That’s because it’s a familiar face: Kimberly A. Shaul has been at the company for almost 10 years,…
Read MoreIf you’re wondering what the former CEO of National Guardian Life Insurance Co. is up to these days, well, FuneralVision.com has the answer. Knut Olson, who served as NGL’s president and CEO for over four years, having signed on at the beginning of 2019 before leaving in June, has been…
Read MoreBy Thomas A. Parmalee National Guardian Life Insurance Co. – known ubiquitously throughout the profession as simply “NGL” – continues to make some big moves. On the heels of hiring industry stalwart Tim Fish as a regional vice president and naming Kenn Peterson vice president of business and lending development,…
Read MoreKenn Peterson, a board member at the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science and a leader in the preneed insurance space, having worked at companies such as Forethought, Homesteaders Life Company and Great Western Life Insurance, has made a strategic move that will reverberate throughout the profession. In a news release, National…
Read MoreBy Thomas A. Parmalee Nicole Reed, a funeral director at Haskell Funeral & Cremation Services, with locations in Wyoming and Princeville, both in Illinois, has always been the go-to person in her circle of family and friends about anything funeral related. The people in her life have not been shy…
Read MoreNational Guardian Life Insurance Co. recently announced that it has promoted two of its employees. Jennifer Kaset and Judy Olson (shown below) have each been promoted to vice president, sales and business development. These promotions will further strengthen the company's strategic partnerships and deepen relationships to enhance sales growth potential…
Read MoreA.M. Best Company, a global rating agency focused on the insurance industry, has affirmed Homesteaders Life Company’s financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) with a stable outlook. “We’re pleased that A.M. Best Co. continues to recognize Homesteaders’ commitment to financial strength,” said Homesteaders Executive VP-CFO Steve Pick. “Our company’s long-term…
Read MoreBy Thomas A. Parmalee You might think a fifth-generation funeral director like Joseph Thomas, the general manager of advance planning at Shackelford Funeral Directors in Tennessee, would have grown up knowing he’d always enter funeral service. But you’d be wrong. In fact, as an adolescent, Thomas knew that was exactly…
Read MoreEnvision Strategic Partners, which works hand-in-hand with family-owned and operated mortuaries to increase revenue with its preneed sales and marketing program, has announced that Karen Shine has joined its team as director of business development. Shine most recently worked as a senior sales consultant with Ring Ring Marketing, which Envision…
Read MoreSteve Shaffer, the president, CEO and board chair of Homesteaders Life Company, shares what will no doubt be some welcome news in a YouTube message the company recently shared: It will be increasing its crediting rates by about 30 basis points effective March 15, 2023. That means any business written…
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