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Deals & People May 25, 2011
AUL Appoints Northern California Sales Leader
American United Life Insurance Company (AUL), a OneAmerica company, hired Chris Blair to be regional sales director for retirement
services for Northern California and the Pacific Northwest.
Reported by Rebecca Moore
Blair will lead sales, marketing and service functions throughout Northern California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and Alaska. He will be based in AUL’s San Francisco office.
Most recently, Blair led Principal Retirement & Investment Services’ retirement sales practice, responsible for business development in Northern California. He also served as Principal’s national director of consultant relations. Before his time at Principal, he led retirement plan sales for Union Bank of California, and held sales management positions with Charles Schwab and New York Life.
Blair has a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from the University of New Hampshire and a Master of Business Administration from Clark University.You Might Also Like:
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