Sarah VanBeck Joins National Life As Chief Accounting Officer, Controller

Montpelier, VT - (August 24, 2017)  Sarah VanBeck has joined as chief accounting officer and controller at National Life.

Carlson has been appointed associate vice president for talent management and will report to Michael Veilleux, interim chief people officer.

VanBeck will lead National Life’s accounting, financial planning and financial reporting areas and will report to Robert Cotton, executive vice president and chief financial officer.

Prior to joining National Life, VanBeck spent more than two decades in a variety of financial leadership roles at AIG in Houston, most recently as senior vice president and controller of AIG’s life and retirement business.

VanBeck holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration, accounting, from the University of Iowa. She has been active in several professional organizations in the insurance industry.

VanBeck, who currently lives in Houston, will split her time between National Life’s campuses in Vermont and Dallas, eventually relocating full-time to Montpelier.

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

National Life Group® is a trade name of National Life Insurance Company, founded in Montpelier, Vt., in 1848, Life Insurance Company of the Southwest, Addison, Texas, chartered in 1955, and their affiliates. Each company of National Life Group is solely responsible for its own financial condition and contractual obligations. Life Insurance Company of the Southwest is not an authorized insurer in New York and does not conduct insurance business in New York.

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