Michelle Niemec promoted to Vice President, Controller

Michelle Niemec has been promoted to Vice President, Controller at National Guardian Life Insurance Company (NGL). Niemec joined NGL in 2021 as Assistant Vice President, Accounting Policy and has been instrumental in determining the accounting treatment for the sale of various blocks of business over the last several years, as well as managing the relationship… Read More

Karen Chadwick promoted to Operations Manager, Agent Solutions Team

Congratulations to Karen Chadwick on her recent promotion to Operations Manager of our Agent Solutions Team. In her new role she’ll oversee the daily management of the team and work alongside our Marketing Partners, agents, and funeral homes to ensure our service meets and exceeds expectations. “I am excited to be selected as the next… Read More

Matt McKearn promoted to Regional Vice President, Sales

Matt McKearn has been promoted to Regional Vice President, Sales at National Guardian Life Insurance Company (NGL). McKearn joined NGL in 2015 as the New Business Supervisor and during his tenure with NGL has navigated various roles encompassing underwriting, claims, new business, product development and most recently, Agent Solutions Supervisor, as he advanced his way… Read More

National Guardian Life Insurance Company Names Joseph Celentano as New CEO

National Guardian Life Insurance Company (NGL) Board of Directors announced today, April 2, 2024, that Joseph (Joe) Celentano will join the Madison Wisconsin-based mutual life insurance company as President & CEO effective May 6. Celentano will also serve on the NGL Board of Directors. Celentano is an experienced life insurance industry professional with more than… Read More

New partnership between NGL and Live Oak Bank creates financing solutions for funeral homes

A new partnership has formed between National Guardian Life Insurance Company (NGL) and Live Oak Bank to provide financing solutions that will help current and future NGL customers with acquisitions and expansions. Funeral service professionals interested in growing their current business will be able to utilize the value of their Preneed business to potentially improve… Read More

Melissa Posey Loose joins NGL as Assistant Vice President, Marketing Communications

We are pleased to announce the addition of well-known and respected funeral service professional Melissa Posey Loose as Assistant Vice President, Marketing Communications. Loose will lead the marketing and communications teams in the development of strategic internal and external marketing communications plans to promote NGL’s brand and further enhance NGL’s position as a leader in… Read More

National Guardian Life Insurance Company named Best Places to Work 2023

We are excited to share NGL has been recognized as one of the Best Places to Work 2023 by Madison Magazine. The Best Places to Work award is based on an employee engagement survey administered by Quantum Workplace, a third-party human resources technology provider that measures employee feedback on six key areas: communication and resources,… Read More

NGL is the Medallion Sponsor of 2023 NFDA International Convention & Expo

National Guardian Life Insurance Company (NGL) is thrilled to be the Medallion Sponsor of the 2023 National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) International Convention & Expo held on September 10-13 in Las Vegas. The four-day convention has something for everyone with 30+ sessions, three keynotes, five preconvention seminars, plus many special events and activities. Click here… Read More

Jerie Olson promoted to Vice President, Operations at National Guardian Life Insurance Company

We are excited to announce Jerie Olson has been promoted to Vice President, Operations at National Guardian Life Insurance Company (NGL). Olson started at NGL in 1999 and throughout her tenure at the company has worked with a variety of areas supporting our partners and policyholders.   “During my 24 years at NGL I’ve had… Read More

Kenn Peterson joins NGL as Vice President, Business and Lending Development

We are pleased to welcome Kenn Peterson to the team as Vice President, Business and Lending Development. Peterson is a leader in the Preneed insurance industry with 36 years of experience helping Preneed companies grow their revenue. In this newly created position, he joins NGL’s leadership team and will be developing a consultative business model,… Read More