Allianz Life Promotes Jason Wellmann to Senior Vice President of Life Insurance Sales

Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America (Allianz) today named Jason Wellmann as the new senior vice president of Life Insurance Sales. In this role, Wellmann will be responsible for leading Allianz life insurance strategy through all distribution channels.

"I'm proud that we were able to find well-qualified, top talent from within our company to fill this important role," said Tom Burns, chief distribution officer. "We are committed to growing our life insurance business and this hiring is an important step in our goal to be a top tier life insurance company. Jason's wealth of experience will be crucial in developing and driving our life insurance sales strategy going forward."

Wellmann joined Allianz earlier this year as vice president of Branch Office Development, working closely with Questar Capital, a division of Allianz Life, and its branch office managers at each Allianz Distribution Group (wholly-owned) Field Marketing Office (FMO) to maximize recruiting and sales development efforts. He also worked closely with each FMO to help maximize its life insurance sales. Prior to joining Allianz, Wellmann spent five years with Securian Financial Group as vice president of Field Recruitment. He grew life distribution by recruiting broker/dealers, independent agents, career agents and Brokerage General Agencies. He has also held other sales leadership roles with Jefferson Pilot and Prudential before joining Securian.

Wellmann attended Minnesota State University in Mankato, Minn. where he majored in Speech Communications and minored in Business Administration. He has his Series 7, 6, 24 and 63 licenses and is involved with many industry organizations, including GAMA, AALU, and NAIFA. About Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America has been keeping its promises since 1896. Today, it carries on that tradition, helping Americans achieve their retirement income goals with a variety of annuities and life insurance products. As a leading provider of fixed index annuities, Allianz Life is part of Allianz SE, a global leader in the financial services industry with nearly 155,000 employees worldwide. Based on its revenue, Allianz SE is the 20th largest company in the world (Fortune Global 500, August 2009).