AmerUs Names New Exec VP

AmerUs Group Co. named Michael D. Boltz, 47, as executive vice president and chief information officer. Boltz will manage the company’s information technology division which supports the holding company, life insurance operations, annuity operations, and investment management.

Boltz holds a bachelor of arts degree in music from Indiana University and received his certification in information technology from the Chubb Institute of Computer Technology. Prior to joining AmerUs Group, Boltz was an executive with Charles Schwab Corporation in San Francisco for 13 years, most recently as vice president, capital markets, asset management products and services technology. Before joining Schwab, Boltz was in management with Merrill Lynch & Company Inc. and Prudential-Bache Securities.

Boltz served on the Securities Industry Association Technology Management Committee from 2001 through 2004 and on the Investment Company Institute Technology Advisory Committee from 2002 through 2004.

AmerUs Group Co., Des Moines, Iowa, markets individual life insurance and annuity products in the United States through its subsidiaries, including AmerUs Life Insurance Company, American Investors Life Insurance Company, Inc., Bankers Life Insurance Company of New York and Indianapolis Life Insurance Company.

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