American Equity Investment Life Holding Company was founded by David Noble after he retired from the insurance factory, where he had worked for almost 50 years. His dream was an insurance company that would focus on excellent customer service and offer reliable retirement products.
His motto was, “People. Service. Future.”
Today the company issues annuities, both indexed and fixed-rate, through its subsidiaries American Equity Investment Life Insurance, American Equity Investment Life Insurance Company, American Equity Investment Life Insurance Company of New York, and Eagle Investment Life Insurance Company.
American Equity Investment Life Holding Company trades publicly on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol AEL, is a member of the S&P 600, is a member of the Russell 2000, is #808 in the Fortune 1000, has 418 employees, and had $2.19 billion in revenue in 2014.
Extremely poor customer service. Will not return phone calls. Will not pay death benefits