National Life Group

Matt DeSantos has been chosen to lead a new unit within the National Life Group’s distribution team. He has been named vice president of strategic accounts and business development; previously he was vice president of marketing.

“Growing our distribution is absolutely key to the continued success of National Life Group,” said Assadi. “In order to ensure the highest level of performance and attention to our partners in the field, National Life Group has created a new unit within our distribution team to position us for a deeper penetration of national accounts and business development. This new unit will focus on expanding the company’s distribution through large marketing organizations, in both the annuity and life insurance marketplace.”

DeSantos, who has a law degree from the University of Baltimore, came to National Life Group in 2005 after working in a variety of positions at Nationwide Financial Services, Provident Mutual, the AIG Life Companies, MetLife and Prudential. 

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