John E. Aschenbrenner is president - Insurance and Financial Services with oversight of the company's Life and Health Insurance Segment.
Aschenbrenner has more than 32 years experience in the financial services industry - including nearly 20 years in strategic business development, financial oversight and executive management at the Principal Financial Group. He joined the company in 1972 and through the years held a variety of executive level positions in the organization's pension, individual retail, and group life and health businesses. Named to his current position in 2003, Aschenbrenner is responsible for overall management of the company's life and health insurance businesses generating approximately $275 million of annual operating earnings and includes Individual, Group, Medical and Supplemental Benefits divisions as well as distribution channels supporting each.
Aschenbrenner received his bachelor's degree from the University of Iowa and his master's degree from the University of Iowa. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Aschenbrenner currently serves on the Board of Visitors of the Henry B. Tippie College of Business - University of Iowa, Board of Directors Chair, United Way of Central Iowa and Board Member of America's Health Insurance Plans. He is the past chairman of the board of directors of the Iowa College Foundation and LIMRA International. He is also a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, a member of the American Academy of Actuaries, a member of the Actuaries Club of Des Moines, member of National Coalition on Health Care, LIMRA Leadership Institute Fellow (LLIF), and a Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU). |