A life insurer is trying to reach out to distributors by expanding its own sales and marketing organization.
West Coast Life Insurance Company, San Francisco, a unit of Protective Life Corp., Birmingham, Ala., has named Greg Zabel to be vice president and national sales manager.
Zabel previously was senior vice president, national account distribution, at American General Life, a unit of American International Group Inc., New York.
Other new executives hired from American General Life include Steve Malter, the divisional vice president for the Eastern Division, and David Weaver, the divisional vice president for the Central Division.