People: American Independence Corp. (AMIC.O)

AMIC.O on Consolidated Issue listed on NASDAQ Global Market

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position
Bennet, Edward 62 2001 Non-Executive Chairman of the Board
Thung, Roy 65 2002 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Herbert, Teresa 47 2005 Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President
Kettig, David 50 2009 Chief Operating Officer, Senior Vice President
Smedsrud, Jeffrey 50 2007 Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer, Senior Vice President
Erickson, Bernon 48 2007 Chief Health Actuary, Senior Vice President
Vandervoort, Adam 34 2006 Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary
Spencer, Henry 69 2005 Vice President - Investments
Simon, Ronald 70 2001 Director
Netter, Edward 76 2002 Director
Picoult, Myron 67 2002 Director
Winter, Martin 55 2002 Director
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Biographies

Name Description
Bennet, Edward Mr. Edward A. Bennett has served as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of American Independence Corp. since June 2001. From 2000 to 2001 he was a Partner of (212) Ventures, a venture capital firm dedicated to investing in infrastructure and wireless internet services and technologies. From 1997 until 2002 he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Bennett Media Collaborative, a new media, internet and technology consulting company. He was President and Chief Executive Officer of Prodigy Ventures, an internet/ technology investment firm, from June 1996 to June 1997, and President and Chief Executive Officer of Prodigy Services Corporation, an internet services company, from April 1995 to June 1996. Prior to that, he was President and Chief Executive Officer at VH-1 Networks from 1989 to 1994, and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Viacom Cable from 1979 to 1989.
Thung, Roy Mr. Roy Thung has served as Chief Executive Officer and President of American Independence Corp. since November 2002. He has been Chief Executive Officer, President and a Director of IHC since January 2000. From July 1999 to December 1999, he was President, Chief Operating Officer and a Director of IHC. From November 1993 to July 1999, he was Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and a Director of IHC. From October 1993 to July 1999, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Geneve. Since July 1999, he has been Executive Vice President of Geneve and since June 2002, a Director of Aristotle.
Herbert, Teresa Ms. Teresa A. Herbert has been Chief Financial Officer of American Independence Corp. since November 2002 and Senior Vice President. Since March 2005 he has served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of IHC. Since March 2001 he is Vice President of Geneve Corporation.
Kettig, David Mr. David T. Kettig is the Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President of American Independence Corp. since April 2009. From June 2007 to April 2009, he was Co-Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President. From November 2002 to June 2007 he was Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President. Since December 1, 2006, he has been President and a director of Independence American Insurance Company (“Independence American”), a wholly owned subsidiary of AMIC. Since April 2009, he has been Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President of IHC and from January 2006 to April 2009, Co-Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President of IHC.
Smedsrud, Jeffrey Mr. Jeffrey C. Smedsrud has been Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer and Senior Vice President of American Independence Corp. since June 2007. Since April 2008, he has been Chief Executive Officer of Independent Producers of America, LLC, a subsidiary of AMIC. Since March 2006, he has been Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer and Senior Vice President of IHC. Since March 2006, he has been Chief Executive Officer and President of IHC Health Solutions, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of IHC. For more than five years prior thereto, he was president and founder of CA Marketing and Management Services, LLC, the corporate predecessor to IHC Health Solutions, Inc. Prior thereto, managing partner of CORE Marketing.
Erickson, Bernon Mr. Bernon Erickson, Jr. is Chief Health Actuary of American Independence Corp. since June 2007 and Senior Vice President. Since April 2007, he is Chief Health Actuary and Senior Vice President of IHC. Since April 2007, he is Chief Executive Officer and President of Actuarial Management Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of IHC. For more than five years prior to April 2007, he was President and founder of Actuarial Management Corporation.
Vandervoort, Adam Mr. Adam C. Vandervoort has been Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of American Independence Corp. since September 2006. Since September 2006, he has been Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of IHC. For more than five years prior to September 2006, he was attorney in private practice. Mr. Vandervoort is licensed to practice law in the states of California, Connecticut and New York.
Spencer, Henry Mr. Spencer has been Vice President — Investments of American Independence Corp. since March 2005. Since March 2005, he has been Vice President – Investments of IHC. For more than five years prior thereto, he was Chief Investment Officer of Head Asset Management, an investment advisory affiliate of Head & Co, merchant bankers in the insurance industry, located in New York, New York. For eleven years prior thereto, he was Senior Vice President — Investments for Guardian Life Insurance Company, located in New York, New York.
Simon, Ronald Mr. Ronald I. Simon is Director of American Independence Corp. He has served as Chairman of the Board from August 1997 until April 1999, Vice Chairman of the Board from April 1999 to February 2001, Acting Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer from February 2001 through May 2001, Chairman of the Compensation Committee since January 2003, and a member of the Audit Committee since January 2005. From May 1997 through April 2000, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Western Water Company, and a Director of the company from September 1999 to September 2001. He was a Director of Collateral Therapeutics Inc., a developer of non-surgical gene therapy procedures for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, from May 1999 through July 2002, when the company was acquired by Schering, AG. From January 2006 through January 2009, he was a Director of Cardium Therapeutics, a company formed to acquire and further develop the procedures originally developed by Collateral Therapeutics. From August 2001 through June 2002, he was Chief Financial Officer of Wingcast, Inc., a joint venture of Ford Motor Company and Qualcomm, Inc. From April 2003 through April 2005, he was Director of BDI Investment Corp., a closely held regulated investment company and from March 2003 through February 2006, he was a Director of WFS Financial, Inc., one of the nation’s largest independent automobile finance companies.
Netter, Edward Mr. Edward Netter is Director of American Independence Corp. since July 2002. He has served as Chairman of the Board and a Director of IHC since December 1990, Chief Executive Officer of IHC from December 1990 until January 2000, Chairman of the Board since February 1978 and a Director since 1977 of Geneve Corporation (“Geneve”); since January 1998. He has been a Director of The Aristotle Corporation (“Aristotle”), a publicly held company with its principal executive offices in Stamford, Connecticut, which is a manufacturer and global distributor of educational, health and agricultural products.
Picoult, Myron Mr. Myron Picoult is Director of American Independence Corp. since 2002. Since April 2004, he has been a self-employed independent insurance consultant. From July 2002 through April 2004, he was an advisor working exclusively for Lazard Freres & Company, an investment bank located in New York, New York, with regard to all facets of the insurance industry. From July 1996 through July 2002, he was a Senior Advisor at Dresdner Klienwort Wasserstein, an investment bank located in New York, New York. From August 1995 to July 1996, he was a Managing Director and Senior Insurance Analyst for First Manhattan Company, an investment firm located in New York, New York and from June 1979 to June 1995, he was a Managing Director and Senior Insurance Analyst for Oppenheimer & Company, Inc., an investment bank located in New York, New York. From February 1971 through May 1979, he was a Limited Partner and Senior Insurance Analyst for Bear, Stearns and Company, an investment bank located in New York, New York.
Winter, Martin Mr. Martin Winter is Director of American Independence Corp. He has served as Chairman of the Audit Committee since December 2002. Since September 2003, he has been a Managing Director of Alvarez & Marsal, a global diversified professional services firm, which assists companies to solve problems and unlock value. From 2002 to 2005, he was Chief Executive Officer of Independent Board Advisory Services, located in New York, New York, which provides clearly defined solutions and objective financial analysis to audit committees and boards of directors of publicly held companies, and was affiliated with Alvarez & Marsal. From 1988 to September 2002, he was a principal (since 1994), Senior Vice President and Director, and Chief Financial Officer and other positions at various times, with MD Sass Investors Services, Inc. and affiliated companies, a privately held investment management firm. For more than five years prior to 2000, Secretary and Treasurer of Corporate Renaissance Group, Inc., a publicly traded business development company.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total
Bennet, Edward --
Thung, Roy 24,900
Herbert, Teresa --
Kettig, David --
Smedsrud, Jeffrey --
Erickson, Bernon --
Vandervoort, Adam --
Spencer, Henry --
Simon, Ronald 182,500
Netter, Edward --
Picoult, Myron --
Winter, Martin --
As Of 30 Dec 2005

Options Compensation

Name Options Value
Bennet, Edward 0 0
Thung, Roy 33,334 123,002
Herbert, Teresa 0 0
Kettig, David 0 0
Smedsrud, Jeffrey 0 0
Erickson, Bernon 0 0
Vandervoort, Adam 0 0
Spencer, Henry 0 0
Simon, Ronald 113,042 3,550
Netter, Edward 0 0
Picoult, Myron 0 0
Winter, Martin 0 0

Insider Trading

Name Shares Traded Price
KETTIG DAVID THOMAS 3 $4.20
KETTIG DAVID THOMAS 97 $4.55
KETTIG DAVID THOMAS 200 $4.10
SIMON RONALD I 8,201 $2.19
SIMON RONALD I 1,799 $2.15
SIMON RONALD I 10,000 $2.25
WINTER MARTIN E 2,000 $3.61
SMEDSRUD JEFFREY C 3,000 $4.58
SMEDSRUD JEFFREY C 2,000 $4.63
WINTER MARTIN E 1,000 $6.99
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