Jason Konopik

Experience

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  AmerUs Group

  Jul 1997 - Mar 2005

  Senior Vice President, Chief Product Officer

  -Lead individual life insurance and annuity product development-Worked directly in transitioning company from primarily career distribution to one of the most dominant independent agent and agency distribution carriers-AmerUs Group was the number 1 seller of fixed indexed life insurance and top 5 seller of fixed indexed annuities during tenure

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  AMZ Financial Insurance Services, LLC

  Mar 2005 - Feb 2018

  Chief Financial Officer / Chief Product Officer

  -Partner / Owner / CFO-Lead product development efforts with carrier partners leading to more than a dozen proprietary / national products, including a filed patent-AMZ grew into the largest independent distributor of fixed indexed life insurance products-Lead negotiations with and acquisition of Partners Advantage Insurance Services

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  KONOPIK CONSULTING, LLC

  Jul 2008 - now

  Owner
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  Partners Advantage Insurance Services, LLC

  Feb 2018 - Dec 2018

  President

  -Partner / Owner / President-Lead integration of AMZ Financial Insurance Services, LLC and Partners Advantage Insurance Services, LLC-Lead discussions, negotiations, diligence, and execution of sale of company to Arthur J. Gallagher

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  Gallagher

  Jan 2019 - Jul 2024

  -Strategic opportunity assessment and execution-M&A prospect engagement and assessment-Carrier strategic relationship manager-Cross-Selling opportunity assessment -Area President of Partners Advantage Insurance Services, a Gallagher Company-Member of Gallagher's Executive Life and Benefits executive leadership team

  • Executive Vice President

    Jan 2022 - Jul 2024

  • Area President

    Jan 2019 - Dec 2021