Michelle Niemec has been promoted to Vice President, Controller at 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 with NGL’s external auditors. She will oversee accounting operations, financial reporting, accounting policy, expense analysis and financial planning functions at NGL.

NGL is pleased to welcome Brian Saperstein to the team as Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer. Saperstein is an accomplished senior leader with more than 20 years of experience in the technology and insurance industries. He joins NGL’s leadership team and will be managing the evolution of IT capability growth, with a focus on strategic alignment.

We are pleased to announce a number of executive promotions recently approved by the NGL Board of Directors.

National Guardian Life Insurance Company (NGL) is pleased to announce AM Best has upgraded its Financial Strength Rating to A (Excellent) from A- (Excellent) rating effective March 24, 2021. The outlook of these ratings has been revised to stable from positive. This rating reflects the excellent ability of NGL to meet its ongoing insurance policy and contract obligations and further attests to its financial strength.

“NGL had a record sales year in our Preneed line of business while still growing income and surplus. We are grateful for the hard work of our sales representatives, marketing partners and employees who helped make that happen,” said Nancy Stoddard, NGL Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Chief Actuary.