What You Need to Know
- Romine has been with Jackson for 24 years.
- Jessica Word is the new CEO of Word & Brown.
- At Sammons, Ted Harris and Bobby Johnson will both be chief distribution officers.
Jackson Financial — which recently became a stand-alone, publicly traded company — has picked Scott Romine to help it produce the kinds of sales numbers that will keep investors happy.
The Lansing, Michigan-based life insurer named Romine to be the president of Jackson National Life Distributors, the marketing and distribution arm of Jackson National Life Insurance Company.
Romine succeeds Aimee DeCamillo. DeCamillo has left Jackson, the company says.
Romine has worked for Jackson for 24 years. He previously was president of the Advisory Solutions unit. He also has been CEO of National Planning Holdings, Jackson’s affiliated network of independent broker-dealers.
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Romine started out at Jackson as director of marketing services. He has a bachelor’s degree from California Lutheran University and a master’s degree in business from Pepperdine.
Jackson also says Alison Reed will be the chief operating officer of Jackson National Life Distributors. She has been Jackson’s executive vice president for sales operations.
She has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado and a master’s degree in business from the University of Denver.
Sammons
Sammons Financial Group has filled three top-level executive roles.
The Des Moines, Iowa-based company has named Ted Harris to be chief distribution officer for its North American Company for Life and Health Insurance arm and Bobby Johnson chief distribution officer for the Midland National Life Insurance Company arm.
Harris has been vice president of distribution at North American, and Johnson has been vice president of sales and distribution at Midland National.
Harris has also worked for Transamerica, Asset Source and Ameritas. He has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Dayton.
Johnson has been with Midland National since 1996. He has a bachelor’s degree from Sam Houston State University.
The company has also promoted Melissa Phillips to vice president, life sales operations, from assistant vice president for strategy.
Word & Brown
John Word III and Edward Brown Jr., the co-founders of Word & Brown General Agency, have named Jessica Word to be its CEO.
The co-founders said Marc McGinnis will be the general agency’s president.
