Christopher Cowen
Operations Manager
Christopher (Chris) Cowen
Chris started his professional career in the insurance business in 1980 with Metropolitan Life. As an agent, he qualified for the most prestigious honor in the insurance business, Million Dollar Round Table*.
In 1982, he was promoted to Sales Manager and soon thereafter became Agency Manager in Greensboro, N.C. Then in 1986, he joined Jefferson-Pilot Life to manage all agent and sales management training. In 1990, after a corporate restructuring, he was assigned a new position with Jefferson-Pilot Life assisting in the development and management of a new sales division focusing on marketing annuity and life insurance business through financial institutions. In the first 5 years of operation, his team contracted 50 banks and recorded sales that exceeded all other company distribution channels combined. During 17 years in this position he managed every aspect of the business...strategic planning, new business development and implementation, training, relationship management, marketing support, compliance and advanced sales case design.
For the past 10 years, Chris has been Operations Manager at Signature Financial Services Group.
*The Million Dollar Round Table membership is independently produced by The Premier Association of Financial Professionals®. Members must meet a certain level of premium, commission or income during the year and must also adhere to strict ethical standards. Chris Cowen applied for membership and a fee was paid.