Mark Holweger, President and CEO of Legal & General America, is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the business, ensuring service excellence, continued distribution expansion and achievement of Legal & General America’s digital transformation strategy. Mark joined Legal & General in 2011 and moved to the US business in 2018. He is a director on the boards of Banner Life Insurance Company and William Penn Life Insurance Company of New York.

Mark is an Economics Graduate and Chartered Insurer with nearly three decades of experience in the insurance industry and has a strong background with intermediary distribution platforms. Mark previously served as Managing Director, Partnerships for Legal & General Insurance in the UK. That distribution included Life Intermediaries, General Insurance Brokers, Banks, Building Societies and Affinities. He also served as Director of Broker and Intermediary for Legal & General’s General Insurance business. Prior to joining L&G, Mark was co-founder of Coverwise.com, a P&C online international broker which now has more than one million customers. He has also held senior director roles at RSA Insurance Group in the UK, South America, Asia/Middle East, and Eastern Europe, at AXA Insurance UK and at Aviva.

Mark is a Board Member of LIDMA (Life Insurance Direct Marketing Association), LL Global and is on the Forum 500 Board of Governors for ACLI (American Council of Life Insurers).

Mark and his wife Rachel live in Bethesda, MD.