About The Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company
Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance (GWL&A), a subsidiary of Canada's Great-West Lifeco and a member of the Power Financial family, represents the Great-West group's primary US operations. Through its Empower Retirement and Great-West Investments divisions, GWL&A provides retirement and investment management services. Parent Great-West Lifeco sold substantially all of GWL&A's individual life insurance and annuity operations to Protective Life Insurance for $1.2 billion in 2019. The divested business operated under the Great-West Financial brand. Its corporate headquarters is located in Greenwood Village, Colorado.
Change in Company Type
In mid-2019, Protective Life Corporation, a wholly owned US subsidiary of Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc., announced that its principal subsidiary, Protective Life Insurance Company (Protective Life), and Protective Life & Annuity Insurance Company, completed the transaction with Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company (GWL&A) to acquire via reinsurance substantially all of its individual life and annuity business. GWL&A is retaining a block of participating policies, which is now be administered by Protective.
8515 E Orchard Rd
Greenwood Village, CO 80111-5002
Phone: 1 (866) 317-6586
Employer Type: Privately Owned
SVP and CFO: Louis J. Mannello
President and CEO: Robert L. Reynolds
SVP and CIO: Jeffrey W. Knight
Employees (This Location): 3
Employees (All Locations): 2,362
Greenwood Village, CO
Glendale, CA
Denver, CO
Greenwood Village, CO
Davenport, FL
Chicago, IL
Saint Louis, MO
Helena, MT
Greensboro, NC
Portland, OR
Springfield, OR
Harrisburg, PA
Nashville, TN
