Howell
Counsel @Principal Financial Group
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WORK HISTORY
Counsel @Principal Financial Group
Des Moines, IA, US
Advise and provide legal support for Principal’s life insurance operations.• Advise senior leadership team on all aspects of the life insurance business, which includes the nonqualified deferred compensation recordkeeping business (409A compliance, top hat executive compensation).• Advise on insurance product development and servicing, product legal strategy, risk, legal matters impacting distribution, and investigations and pre-litigation matters. • Support compliance functions, respond to regulatory inquiries, and assess impact of regulatory changes and assist in implementation efforts.• Assist sales operations team in responding to RFPs and negotiating client agreements.• Ensure company’s compliance with a rapidly-changing regulatory landscape by monitoring legislative and judicial developments, analyzing impact to the company, and working with business units to modify products, processes, and procedures to conform to the changes.• Evaluate potential litigation and complaints to craft company response and mitigate risk.
EDUCATION
University of Iowa College of Law
JD
University of Oxford
International Relations & Economics
University of Virginia
Bachelor of Arts, American Government & Economics
ABOUT HOWELL
Experienced corporate counsel with a litigation background and a history of advising…
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