Achim Schwetlick Joins National Life Group As Senior Vice President

Montpelier, VT - (October 12, 2016) Achim Schwetlick, a former partner in the global management consulting firm Boston Consulting Group, has joined National Life Group to head the company's Business Innovation Group, President and CEO Mehran Assadi announced.

As a senior vice president, Schwetlick will be in charge of National Life's life and annuity strategy, product design, product marketing and business development.

"Achim is uniquely qualified to assume this key role that will bring under one organization these critical areas for our company." Assadi said.

Schwetlick was a partner and managing director at The Boston Consulting Group in New York, focusing on clients in the insurance industry.

He initially joined BCG in 1999 in Germany and transferred to New York in 2001. He previously held posts at Goldman Sachs and at McKinsey & Co.

Schwetlick and wife Julie and three children have relocated to Shelburne, Vt.

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Contact: Ross Sneyd, corporate communications, National Life Group, 802.229.3866.

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