Atlanta Life Insurance Company and MetLife Resources Introduce Retirement Education Program to 1,000 Churches Connected
ATLANTA — Atlanta Life Insurance Company and MetLife, through its MetLife Resources division, announced its agreement with the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition to launch a retirement education program to the 1,000 Churches Connected.
“This is an exceptional opportunity for Atlanta Life,” said Ronald D. Brown, President and CEO, Atlanta Life Financial Group. “We proudly take our place as part of the team that will help to educate and provide assistance to the entire 1,000 Churches Connected family.”
1,000 Churches Connected is an initiative of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition designed to bring the message of economic responsibility to families through churches across the country. The focus of the program is to assist pastors, churches, church employees, and individual congregation members who currently lack or need to supplement their retirement benefit programs.
“MetLife Resources is honored to be chosen by Atlanta Life to partner with them to help educate ministers about retirement issues and the financial solutions available to them,” said Thomas G. Hogan, head of MetLife Resources. “Being a part of the recent 1,000 Churches Connected conference in Atlanta was a great first step. MetLife’s vision is to build financial freedom for everyone, and our representatives look forward to fulfilling this vision through continuing this educational program on a local level with ministers and their congregations.”
“The Atlanta Life Financial Group and MetLife look forward to working with each member of the 1,000 Churches Connected to achieve economic liberty and prosperity,” said Leonard Grimes, Vice President, Group and Reinsurance Sales.
Following the event, MetLife Resources representatives will travel to local churches to continue to educate about retirement issues.
MetLife’s and Atlanta Life’s relationship began in 2002 when MetLife and Atlanta Life’s flagship insurance subsidiary, Atlanta Life Insurance Company, formed a reinsurance alliance to provide group life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment benefits. Atlanta Life is also the investment manager of $150 million of MetLife’s general account assets.
About Rainbow/PUSH Coalition
The Rainbow PUSH Coalition is a progressive organization, which seeks to protect, defend and gain civil rights, even the economic and educational playing fields in all aspects of American life and bring peace to the world. The organization is headquartered at 930 E. 50th St. in Chicago. For more information about the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, please visit the organization’s website, www.rainbowpush.org, or telephone (773) 373-3366.
About MetLife
MetLife Resources, a division of MetLife (Metropolitan Life Insurance Company), provides retirement plans and other financial services to healthcare, education, and not-for-profit organizations. Annuities issued by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, New York, NY 10166. MetLife variable annuities are sold by prospectus only. The prospectus contains information about the product’s features, investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses and the investment objectives, risks and policies of the underlying funding options, which should be considered carefully before investing. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing.
MetLife, a subsidiary of MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) is a leading provider of insurance and other financial services to millions of individual and institutional customers throughout the United States. Through its subsidiaries and affiliates, MetLife, Inc. offers life insurance, annuities, automobile and homeowner’s insurance and retail banking services to individuals, as well as group insurance, reinsurance and retirement and savings products and services to corporations and other institutions. Outside the U.S., the MetLife companies have direct insurance operations in Asia Pacific, Latin America and Europe. For more information, please visit www.metlife.com.
About Atlanta Life
Atlanta Life Insurance Company is an operating unit of Atlanta Life Financial Group. Atlanta Life Insurance Company provides group life products to Fortune 500 companies and funding products to help consumers preplan and prearrange their funerals. Atlanta Life Financial Group, Inc. is a privately owned financial services company that helps consumers, businesses and communities build and protect wealth. Its other business unit, Atlanta Life Investment Advisors, offers portfolio products that help institutions and high net worth individuals build and protect wealth. For more information about Atlanta Life, please visit the company’s Web site at www.atlantalife.com.