Ameritas Completes Security Life Acquisition

Lincoln, NE (PRWEB) April 15, 2016

Ameritas Life Insurance Corp. (Ameritas), headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska, announced it has completed the acquisition of Security Life Insurance Company of America (Security Life) and Security Health Insurance Company of America, New York, Inc. (Security Health), effective April 1, 2016.

Throughout 2016, the group division of Ameritas Life will transition existing Security Life business, working through Security Life's general agent distribution network. This includes individual and group dental and vision plans.

"We're excited to serve our growing customer base," said Karen Gustin, Ameritas group division executive vice president. "It is our intention to maintain the Security Life small group focus while introducing Ameritas' vast dental, vision, hearing care and LASIK products to this distribution. Security Life's individual dental and vision products will mean even more plan choices in the Ameritas growing individual product portfolio, expanding our ability to offer our members a plan that is the right fit for their needs."

The group division of Ameritas provides dental, vision and hearing care products and services, insuring or administering benefits for more than 6.4 million people nationwide. It has one of the largest dental networks in the country with more than 413,000 access points and vision plans featuring the nation's two largest vision networks.

Its contact center has earned BenchmarkPortal's Center of Excellence certification every year since 2007 and placed in the Top 100 for small contact centers in 2014 and 2015. In New York, dental, vision and hearing care products are offered through Ameritas Life Insurance Corp. of New York.

About Ameritas Life
Ameritas Life Insurance Corp. and its affiliated companies provide a wide range of insurance and financial services to customers throughout the United States, including life insurance; annuities; group dental, vision and hearing care insurance; individual disability income insurance; retirement plans; investments and public finance. Securities and investment advisory services offered through affiliate Ameritas Investment Corp., member FINRA/SIPC. For more information, visit ameritas.com.

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