Citizens, Inc. announced the appointment of Jon Stenberg as President of Citizens. Mr. Stenberg, age 58, brings over 30 years of success in building high-performing teams and scaling revenue at multiple life insurance enterprises. He will report to Gerald W. Shields, Citizens' Vice Chairman and CEO.

In this new role, Mr. Stenberg will lead the operations and technology functions and lead Security Plan life insurance business. Mr. Stenberg comes to Citizens as an experienced growth leader in the life insurance industry. He most recently served as a Partner of Blackbird International, consulting several companies in the life insurance industry.

Prior to this, Mr. Stenberg served as Executive Vice President, Individual Life Division of Symetra Life Insurance Company where he was responsible for all aspects of the life insurance division. Prior to Symetra, Mr. Stenberg served as General Manager, Executive Vice President of Ameriprise Financial, where was also responsible for all aspects of the life insurance division. He has also served as Head of Retail Insurance, Senior Vice President, of New York Life, Head of Insurance, Executive Director ?

President of UBS Insurance Agency, Life Insurance Sales VP at Lincoln Financial Group, and Regional Marketing Director at AETNA?s life division. Mr. Stenberg is a Veteran of the U.S. Army and holds an MBA from Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, and a Bachelor of Science degree from Central Michigan University.