Jackson® Names New Administrative and Information Officers

Jackson National Life Insurance Company® (Jackson) announced two senior executive level promotions within its operations and information technology units. Jackson promoted Laura Prieskorn, 41, to senior vice president and chief administrative officer, and J. Mark Clark, 49, to senior vice president and chief information officer.

In her new role, Ms. Prieskorn will oversee all departments and functions within Jackson's operational areas, including new business, policyholder services, broker management, claims, and the telephone service center, as well as the company's relationship management and business analytics groups. Previously, she served as vice president of the company's customer service center. During her 21 years with Jackson, Ms. Prieskorn has held positions in virtually every department within operations.

As CIO, Mr. Clark will be responsible for all of the systems and programming departments that support Jackson and its subsidiaries. He joined Jackson in 1996 from Cooperative Technologies, a firm he co-founded. Previously, he was IT applications system manager of actuarial systems at SunAmerica. He has more than 25 years of experience in the financial services and information technology industries.