FBL Financial Group Names New Chairman and Announces New Director.Business Editors WEST DES MOINES West Des Moines (də moin`), city (1990 pop. 31,702), Polk co., S central Iowa, a growing suburb W of Des Moines; inc. 1893 as Valley Junction, renamed 1938. Products manufactured there include cement, metal items, and pumps. , Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 5, 2001 FBL FBL Full Bell Lines (coin grading) FBL Fly by Light FBL FIATA Bill of Lading FBL Functional Baseline FBL Foundation for a Better Life FBL Federal Barge Lines, Inc. Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :FFG FFG Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft (German: Austrian research promotion agency) FFG Flash Flood Guidance FFG Guided Missile Frigate FFG Fall from Grace (band) FFG Fast Frigates FFG Freeware Flight Group ) today announced that Craig A. Lang, newly elected President of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, has been elected Chairman of the Board of FBL Financial Group. Lang succeeds Edward Wiederstein, who held the Chairman position since 1995. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. FBL's Class B Stockholders' Agreement, the President of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation serves as Chairman of the Board of FBL Financial Group. "We are pleased to welcome Craig to the FBL Financial Group Board. Since 1992, he has served us as a Director of our largest subsidiary, Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company," said Bill Oddy, Chief Executive Officer. "During Craig's tenure as Chairman, we anticipate no change in our business strategies of internal growth, alliances and consolidations." Lang, 50, has been a Director of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation since 1992, most recently serving as Vice President. Lang farms in partnership with his father and brother on 1,000 acres near Brooklyn, Iowa Brooklyn is a city in Poweshiek County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,367 at the 2000 census. It is located just off of U.S. Highway 6 and a few miles north of Interstate 80. where they have a 400 head dairy cow operation. Lang is a graduate of Iowa State University Academics ISU is best known for its degree programs in science, engineering, and agriculture. ISU is also home of the world's first electronic digital computing device, the Atanasoff–Berry Computer. . New Class B Director from Utah. Leland J. Hogan, 52, newly elected President of the Utah Farm Bureau Federation, was also named an FBL Class B Director. He succeeds Kenneth R. Ashby. FBL Financial Group (www.fblfinancial.com) is a holding company whose primary operating subsidiaries are Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company and EquiTrust Life Insurance Company. FBL underwrites, markets and distributes life insurance, annuities and mutual funds to individuals and small businesses. In addition, FBL manages all aspects of four Farm Bureau affiliated property-casualty insurance companies for a management fee and provides certain management and other services to National Travelers Life Company. FBL's three-pronged growth strategy includes (1) internal growth within its traditional Farm Bureau distribution network in 15 midwestern and western states, (2) alliances with other companies and (3) consolidations. |
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