
Jane Hall accepted the position of Assistant Vice President,
Underwriting supporting the brokerage channels at National Financial
Partners (NFP). Jane joins NFP from Prudential Financial where she was
a Lead Underwriting Specialist and Team Leader. Prior to Prudential,
Jane spent nine years at Hartford Life as a Senior Underwriting Consultant.
As an underwriter, Jane leverages her twelve years of experience as
a registered nurse.
Joshua Durand joined Lincoln Financial Group as the Assistant
Vice President, Variable Life Product Leader. Josh is a Fellow of the
Society of Actuaries and is a member of the American Academy of Actuaries.
Josh’s prior experience was with Nationwide Financial Services, where
he had over ten years of experience in variable life product development.
Josh will work in the Hartford offices of LFG.
Becky Wingate accepted the position of President, Highland Capital
Brokerage. She was the President and CEO of LifeMark Partners since
1999 and led LifeMark to its status as a nationally recognized marketing
organization. Becky began her career in the insurance industry at United
of Omaha. Her final role there involved bringing the company into the
brokerage marketplace in 1991.Becky will provide strategic and tactical
leadership to Highland’s employees and principals from Highland’s corporate
offices in Austin, Texas.
Paul Gadbut joined the Lincoln Financial Group as the Director
of Sales, Executive Benefits, in the Employer Markets Division. Most
recently, Paul was the Senior Vice President of Pen-Cal Administration,
covering all of the eastern United States for the sales and administration
of non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Paul was a founding partner
of an agency that was dedicated to insuring professional athletes and
entertainers. His prior life insurance experience included wholesaling
assignments with Manulife Financial, CIGNA, and Lincoln Financial. Paul
is located in the Chicago area.

A list of clients for whom we have recently completed search assignments
would include:
- Lincoln Financial Group
- Protective Life, Institutional Distribution Group
- National Financial Partners/ Highland Capital Brokerage
Examples of titles of positions for which we have found candidates
are listed below:
- Annuity Sales Manager
- Assistant Vice President, Underwriting
- Directors of Sales, Executive Benefits
- Life Divisional Sales Manager
- President
- Regional Sales Vice President
- Sales Vice President, Wirehouse Channel
- Vice President, Administration
- Vice President, Advanced Marketing
- Vice President, Brokerage Annuities
- Vice President, Financial Institution Sales
- Vice President, Independent Agent Annuity Sales
- Vice President, Investor Relations
- Vice President, Marketing
- Vice President, Product Development & Strategy
- Vice President, Sales & Marketing