Richard J. Lindsay
Senior Vice President, Life & Annuities Division
Richard Lindsay, senior vice president of Symetra Financial’s insurance subsidiaries, has oversight of the Life & Annuities division. He is responsible for the operations and profitability of the Individual Life, Retirement Services and Income Annuities product lines. He also oversees the company’s Medical department.
Prior to joining Symetra in 2006, Lindsay was an executive vice president at AIG VALIC, the retirement plan subsidiary of AIG. He also served as president of VALIC Financial Advisors (VFA), the company’s affiliated broker/dealer, and oversaw the investment management, product development and investment advisory functions. In 2003 he developed and launched Guided Portfolio Services, the first managed account service delivered by an investment plan provider under the Department of Labor's SunAmerica advisory opinion.
Lindsay joined AIG VALIC in 1998 as vice president of Market Development, rapidly advancing into new roles as senior vice president of Marketing, and senior vice president of Strategy and Planning for VFA where he helped diversify VALIC and VFA into a variety of financial services.
Prior to joining AIG VALIC, Lindsay spent 11 years with CoreStates Financial Corp. — now part of the Wachovia Corp. While at CoreStates he was responsible for creating the bank's proprietary mutual fund family, managing the marketing and administrative functions of the investment advisor, and creating a consumer segment marketing function for the retail bank. During that time he also served as an investment analyst for the banking, insurance and aerospace industries, and received the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation while also attending law school.
Lindsay earned his MBA degree with distinction from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was also a teaching assistant in Management and Organizational Behavior. He was awarded his juris doctor degree cum laude from Temple University, where he focused on trust and securities law. He earned a bachelor or arts degree from Brown University and holds a number of financial services designations.