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American National Insurance Co.

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A M E R I C A N   N AT I O N A L   I N S U R A N C E   C O M PA N Y
A M E R I C A N   N AT I O N A L   I N S U R A N C E   C O M PA N Y

American National Insurance Company

Vision: To be a leading provider of fi nancial products 

and services for current and future generations.

Who We Are

•  A diversifi ed insurance and fi nancial services 

company

•  Traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market; ticker symbol 

“ANAT”

•  Founded on March 17, 1905

•  Headquartered in Galveston, TX

•  Additional locations include League City, TX; 

Springfield, MO; and Albany, NY

•  Assigned an ‘A’ rating by A.M. Best Company and 

an ‘A’ rating by Standard & Poor’s

What We Do

•  Offer a broad spectrum of insurance products in all 

50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico

•  Provide service to approximately 6 million 

policyholders

•  Have more than $118 billion of life insurance in 

force

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Mission: We will earn the trust of our 
customers and of our diverse distribution 

partners by always acting with integrity 

and fairness, and by working to exceed 

expectations.

We are committed to teamwork and 

continuous improvement in all that we do.

We will be prudent stewards of our assets, 

conservative navigators of risk, and steadfast 

in our resolve to preserve and enhance our 

reputation for enduring strength and success.

Products and Services
Life 

Annuities

Life Insurance

Description

Annuity

Description

Permanent life insurance that allows for fl exible 

premiums and coverage. Premium payments 

A long-term product to accumulate tax-deferred 

Fixed Deferred 

retirement assets. Accumulation is based on a set 

in excess of current cost of insurance rates and 

Annuity

return for a period of time, subject to a minimum 

Universal Life (UL)

fees accumulate cash value based on a declared 

interest rate, subject to a minimum, for the 

duration of the policy.

Universal life insurance with a potential for 

Indexed UL

higher cash value, related to the performance of 

a market index.

Permanent life insurance with fi xed premiums. 

Whole Life

A savings component accumulates cash value 

that can be withdrawn or borrowed against.

Simplest form of life insurance that provides 

Term Life

pure death benefi t coverage for a limited term at 

a fi xed rate.

Specialized term insurance established to pay 

Credit Life

all or a portion of a borrower’s debt in the event 

of death during the term of the loan.

American National’s life insurance products are issued and underwritten by one 
or  more  of  the  following  companies:  American  National  Insurance  Company, 
American  National  Life  Insurance  Company  of  Texas,  American  National  Life 
Insurance  Company  of  New  York,  and  Standard  Life  and  Accident  Insurance 
Company.    |    American  National  Insurance  Company  is  licensed  in  all  states 
except New York. In New York, business is conducted through American National 
Life Insurance Company of New York and Garden State Life Insurance Company. 
Not all products are available through each company or in all states.  |  Companies 
not licensed in all states and do not offer all of the products that are described. 
Eligibility requirements will apply. Each company has fi nancial responsibility only 
for the products and services it issues.

for the contract duration.

Indexed 

Deferred 

Annuity

A long-term product to accumulate tax-deferred 

retirement assets. Accumulation includes upside 

potential related to the performance of a market 

index.

Immediate 

An annuity that pays a guaranteed income stream in 

Fixed Annuity

exchange for a lump sum of money.

Variable 

Deferred 

Annuity

A long-term product to accumulate tax-deferred 

retirement assets, with gains or losses in value 

based on the performance of sub-accounts 

that invest in underlying mutual funds. Group 

unallocated variable deferred annuities are the basis 

for the pension plans we sell.

Variable products are distributed through ANICO Financial Services, Inc. (ANFS) 
located at One Moody Plaza, Galveston, Texas 77550 and sold through unaffi liated 
broker-dealers. ANFS is a wholly owned subsidiary of American National Insurance 
Company.

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Products and Services
Property & Casualty

Health

Insurance 
Coverage

Description

Health Coverages

Description

Medicare Supplement

Supplemental product that 

Standardized plans

complements Medicare.

Supplemental Health 

Insurance

•  Cancer

•  Dental

•  Critical Illness

•  Short Term Disability

•  Hospital Indemnity/Limited 

Medical

•  Accident/Accidental Death and 

Dismemberment

Employer Stop Loss

Specifi c types of expenses not 

covered by basic health care 

policies.

Reinsurance for self-insured 

employers to cover the cost 

of excess claims beyond a 

predetermined amount.

Provides benefi t payments to the 

lender in the event of a borrower’s 

Credit Disability

total disability due to a covered 

illness or injury during the term of 

coverage.

Health  insurance  products  are  issued  and  underwritten  by  one  or  more  of  the 
following companies: American National Insurance Company, American National 
Life  Insurance  Company  of  Texas,  Garden  State  Life  Insurance  Company  and 
Standard Life and Accident Insurance Company.

• Automobile policies that provide coverages for 

liabilities, bodily injuries and physical damage to 

personal vehicles.  

Personal 

Lines

• Homeowners insurance policies cover the value of 

homes, which can include the structure, personal 

property and contents, as well as loss of use and 

personal liability.

• Umbrella coverage for losses in excess of limits 

specifi ed in other policies.

• Special Farm Package

• Business Owners Policy

• Commercial Automobile  

Commercial 

Lines

• Umbrella coverage for losses in excess of specifi ed 

other policy limits 

• Credit products provide coverage to pay off all or a 

portion of debt related to personal property

Specialty 

Markets

• Renters Insurance

• Guaranteed Asset Protection (GAP)

• Collateral Protection and Mortgage Security   

Insurance coverages

Property and casualty products are issued and underwritten by one or more of the 
following companies: American National Property And Casualty Company (ANPAC), 
ANPAC  Louisiana  Insurance  Company,  American  National  General  Insurance 
Company,  Pacifi c  Property  and  Casualty  Company,  American  National  Lloyd’s 
Insurance Company, American National County Mutual Insurance Company, Farm 
Family Casualty Insurance Company (FFCIC) and United Farm Family Insurance 
Company.    |    ANPAC  and  Farm  Family  Casualty  Insurance  Company  offer  the 
Standard Flood Insurance Policy through the “Write Your Own Program” (WYO), a 
cooperative undertaking between FEMA and participating property and casualty 
insurance companies that allows the companies to write and service the Standard 
Flood Insurance Policy.  National Flood Services is the full service vendor for the 
WYO Flood Program for both ANPAC and FFCIC.  |  Companies not licensed in all 
states and do not offer all of the products that are described. Products may not 
be available in all states and eligibility requirements will apply. Each company has 
fi nancial responsibility only for the products and services it issues. In New York, 
business  is  conducted  through  Farm  Family  Casualty  Insurance  Company  and 
United  Farm  Family  Insurance  Company.    |    Credit-related  Property  &  Casualty 
Insurance  products  are  offered  by  the  Specialty  Markets  Group  of  American 
National and are issued through multiple companies. 

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Corporate and Other

The Corporate & Other segment includes the non-insurance 

Earnings for Corporate & Other are from income earned 

related activities of American National. Additionally, Corporate & 

on assets not allocated to the Company’s other segments and 

Other manages American National’s entire portfolio of invested 

from non-insurance related businesses. All realized investment 

assets. The portfolio includes a diverse mix of assets; however, 

gains and losses, including other than temporary impairments, 

insurance products are generally supported by investment-grade 

are refl ected in this segment. These investments and activities, 

bonds and commercial mortgage loans. We invest in equity 

which generally provide higher potential returns but with 

options only as a hedge to our indexed life and annuity products. 

increased volatility, are possible because of American National’s 

Earned investment income is allocated to insurance segments 

strong capital position.

consistent with the assets supporting the policies.

Allocations as of December 31, 2019 on a combined statutory basis

51.1%

Bonds

17.5%

Affi liate Investments

17.3%

Mortgage Loans

5.7%

Stocks

2.6%

Cash & Equivalents

1.9%

Real Estate

1.7%

Other

1.3%

Policy Loans

0.9%

Derivatives

We will continue to follow our long-
We will continue to follow our long-

established investment management 
established investment management 
established investment management 
established investment management 
established investment management 
established investment management 
established investment management 
established investment management 

philosophies of adjusting allocations 
philosophies of adjusting allocations 
philosophies of adjusting allocations 
philosophies of adjusting allocations 
philosophies of adjusting allocations 
philosophies of adjusting allocations 

in response to products and capital 
in response to products and capital 
in response to products and capital 
in response to products and capital 
in response to products and capital 

market conditions.
market conditions.
market conditions.
market conditions.
market conditions.

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 2019 Annual Overview  |  3

Board Leadership
Board of Directors

ROSS R. MOODY, Chairman
President and Chief Executive Offi  cer
National Western Life Group, Inc. 
Austin, Texas

JAMES E. POZZI
President and Chief Executive Offi  cer
American National Insurance Company 
Galveston, Texas

WILLIAM C. ANSELL, CPA
Partner
Ham, Langston & Brezina, LLP
Houston, Texas

FRANCES A. MOODY-DAHLBERG
Executive Director
The Moody Foundation
Dallas, Texas

ARTHUR O. DUMMER
President
The Donner Company
Salt Lake City, Utah

IRWIN M. HERZ, JR.
Partner
Greer, Herz & Adams, LLP
Galveston, Texas

E. DOUGLAS MCLEOD
Chairman of the Board
Moody Gardens, Inc.
Galveston, Texas

JAMES P. PAYNE
Retired Senior Vice President – Secretary
National Western Life Insurance Company
Austin, Texas

Advisory Directors

E. J. “JERE” PEDERSON
Managing Director
CitareTX Management, LLC
Houston, Texas

JAMES D. YARBROUGH
Mayor
Galveston, Texas

R. EUGENE LUCAS
President and Director
Gal-Tex Hotel Corporation
Galveston, Texas

RUSSELL S. MOODY
Investments
League City, Texas

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President

JAMES E. POZZI
President and Chief Executive Offi  cer

Executive Vice Presidents

DAVID A. BEHRENS
Executive Vice President,
Independent Marketing Group

JOHNNY D. JOHNSON
Executive Vice President,
Corporate Business Process Offi  cer,
Chief Information Offi  cer

JAMES W. PANGBURN
Executive Vice President,
Specialty Markets Sales and Marketing

JOHN F. SIMON
Executive Vice President,
Chief Life and Annuity Actuary

SHANNON L. SMITH
Executive Vice President,
Chief Agencies Offi  cer, Multiple Line

JAMES P. STELLING
Executive Vice President, Health and 
Specialty Markets Operations

HOYT J. STRICKLAND
Executive Vice President,
Career Sales & Service Division

TIMOTHY A. WALSH
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Offi  cer,
Treasurer,  Multiple Line & P&C Operations

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Senior Management
Senior Vice Presidents

DWAIN A. AKINS
Senior Vice President, Corporate Relations, 
Chief Corporate Compliance Offi  cer

MICHELE M. BARTKOWSKI
Senior Vice President, Finance

SCOTT F. BRAST
Senior Vice President, Chief Mortgage Loan 
and Real Estate Investment Offi  cer

BRIAN N. BRIGHT
Senior Vice President,
Computing Services

SCOTT C. CAMPBELL
Senior Vice President,
Chief Client Offi  cer

L. CHAD FERRELL
Senior Vice President,
IMG Marketing Operations

JAMES L. FLINN
Senior Vice President,
Chief Risk Offi  cer and P&C Actuarial

BERNARD S. GERWEL
Senior Vice President,
Chief Innovation Offi  cer

In American National’s earliest days, a small force of agents sold life 

insurance policies door-to-door in Texas. Once the policies were sold, the 

tireless agents returned, often weekly, to collect the premiums in person. 

Some agents were such a regular presence in customers’ lives, they told of 

being invited to stay for dinner with the family.

The company’s first home office building was built in 1912 in Galveston, 

Texas. The 11-story structure was state-of-the-art for its time and boasted 

mail chutes, circulating ice water, electric lights, electric fans and a rooftop 

garden for employees to enjoy during their lunch hour. Outside tenants 

could rent offices in the building for $52.50 per month.

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DEBORAH K. JANSON
Senior Vice President, Corporate Offi  ce 
and Chief Business Planning Offi  cer

S. LIANE LATHAM
Senior Vice President and Actuary

ANNE M. LEMIRE
Senior Vice President,
Chief Securities Investment Offi  cer

BRUCE M. LEPARD
Senior Vice President,
Chief Human Resources Offi  cer

BRAD W. MANNING
Senior Vice President, Life Claims and 
Customer Service Center

M. SCOTT MARQUIS
Senior Vice President,
Life Underwriting

JEFFREY A. MILLS
Senior Vice President,
Chief P&C Claims Offi  cer

MEREDITH M. MITCHELL
Senior Vice President,
Application Development and Support

Always on the lookout for ways to increase efficiency, in 1963 

American National purchased the newest data processing machine 

available to the industry: the IBM 7080. Weighing in at more than 

9 tons, the 7080 required 1,200 square feet of floor space.

In 1971, the company completed construction of its most 

ambitious home office yet: a 20-story high-rise that towered over all other 

structures on Galveston Island. The construction process took three years 

and, at the time of its completion, American National president Glendon E. 

Johnson said, “The tower symbolizes our company’s faith in the future of 

the insurance industry and in the future of America.”

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 2019 Annual Overview  |  7

Senior Management
Senior Vice Presidents

MICHAEL S. NIMMONS
Senior Vice President,
Internal Audit Services

MATTHEW R. OSTIGUY
Senior Vice President,
P&C Product and Pricing

E. BRUCE PAVELKA
Senior Vice President,
Life New Business and Administration

RONALD C. PRICE
Senior Vice President,
Career Life Agencies

PATRICK A. SMITH
Senior Vice President,
Multiple Line Field Operations

WAYNE A. SMITH
Senior Vice President,
Career Sales & Service

CLARENCE E. TIPTON
Senior Vice President,
Chief Health Actuary

DR. JOHN WHITE III
Senior Vice President, Medical Director 
(Life, Health and Group)

On Jan. 16, 1997, American National’s first website went live,

and the company officially entered the digital era. Originally 

envisioned as a simple “welcome mat” laid out to attract browsing 

consumers, the company’s website now allows customers to pay 

bills, file claims, find forms and get insurance quotes.

Looking to 2020 and beyond, we will expand the use of artificial 

intelligence and other technologies to improve both our business 

process and the experiences of our customers, distribution partners 

and employees.

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