Iowa Insurance Companies to Host Des Moines Insurance Conference

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Agenda and webcast details for the inaugural 2014 Des Moines Insurance Conference are now available. Participating companies include American Equity Investment Life Holding Company AEL, EMC Insurance Group Inc. EMCI, FBL Financial Group, Inc. FFG, Fidelity & Guaranty Life FGL, Principal Financial Group PFG, Symetra Financial Corporation SYA and United Fire Group UFCS. The conference will be held at FBL Financial Group's headquarters in West Des Moines, IA on Thursday, May 29, 2014 with presentations beginning at 7:30 a.m. CT.

The program includes individual company fireside chats with Q&A sessions, as well as special guest speaker Nick Gerhart, Iowa Insurance Commissioner. The event is hosted in partnership with the CFA Society Iowa.

Parties interested in listening to the presentations live may access the webcast on the website of each participating company or by visiting http://tinyurl.com/nzvk6xx. Archived presentations will also be available following each presentation.

The agenda follows. All times are shown in Central Time.

7:30 a.m.			United Fire Group UFCS
			Mike Wilkins, Executive Vice President
			Dianne Lyons, Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
			Dave Conner, Vice President/Claims
			www.unitedfiregroup.com
8:30 a.m.			EMC Insurance Group Inc. EMCI
			Mark Reese, Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
			Scott Jean, Vice President & Chief Actuary
			Mick Lovell, Vice President & Director of Business Development
			Brad Fredericks, Vice President & Chief Investment Officer
			www.emcins.com/ir
9:30 a.m.			American Equity Investment Life Holding Company AEL
			John Matovina, Chief Executive Officer
			Ted Johnson, Chief Financial Officer
			Jeff Lorenzen, Chief Investment Officer
			Ron Grensteiner, President, American Equity Investment Life Insurance Company
			www.american-equity.com
10:30 a.m.			Fidelity & Guaranty Life FGL
			Dennis Vigneau, Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
			Raj Krishnan, Executive Vice President & Chief Investment Officer
			http://home.fglife.com/investors
11:30 a.m.			Guest speaker Nick Gerhart, Iowa Insurance Commissioner (no webcast available)
12:30 p.m.			FBL Financial Group, Inc. FFG
			Jim Brannen, Chief Executive Officer
			Don Seibel, Chief Financial Officer
			Scott Stice, Chief Marketing Officer
			www.fblfinancial.com
1:30 p.m.			Symetra Financial Corporation SYA
			Jim Pirak, Senior Vice President, Corporate Marketing & Investor Relations
			http://investors.symetra.com
2:30 p.m.			Principal Financial Group PFG
			Terry Lillis, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer - Principal Financial Group
			Ned Brumeister, Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer – Principal International
			www.principal.com/investor