Mark Witte

About Mark Witte

Mark Witte is a Des Moines-based Executive Director in Ernst & Young’s Insurance practice. He has over thirty years of experience as it relates to the taxation of life and health insurance and property and casualty companies as well as insurance agents and brokers. Mark is a CPA, CLU, ChFC and FLMI. He is a member of the American Institute of CPAs, Iowa Society of Public Accountants, American Society of Financial Service Professionals (“FSP”), and the Des Moines Chapter FSP. Mark is a lecturer at Ernst & Young’s Insurance Taxation program and a frequent speaker at various insurance industry seminars.

Experience

1. Executive Director

   EY

   Sep 1982 — Present

   Mark provides a wide range of services to clients in areas such as compliance, development of tax planning strategies, product taxation issues, mergers and acquisitions, information reporting concerns, and representation before the Internal Revenue Service.• Mark has worked in assisting both large and small insurance clients in developing and implementing tax provision and compliances processes and policies with a goal to efficiently utilize resources and effectively manage risk.• Mark is a recognized insurance subject matter specialist in the industry. He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and hosts a monthly insurance roundtable forum for insurance tax and financial personnel.

Education

• Drake University

  BS; Master of Business Administration, Business Administration

• Drake University

  MBA, Accounting

  1978 — 1982