Our Management Team

RICHARD W. CAMPANARO

President/CEO

In 1979 after a brilliant career with Metropolitan Life Insurance Company where he left as Regional Vice-President, Mr. Campanaro joined Liberty Life Insurance Company (1979-1985) where he was responsible for four divisions run as individual profit centers.  He developed budgets and directed strategies for each division, including growth through acquisitions, product development and sales strategies.  Dramatically reduced expenses and achieved record breaking earnings for the company. In 1985 Mr. Campanaro formed two legal reserve Life Insurance Companies as joint ventures between Merrill Lynch & Company and Equitable Life Assurance Company (now known as AXA) starting the company and building it to 160 employees doing business in all fifty states.  When Merrill Lynch purchased 100% of the company from the Equitable and the officers, it was one of the fastest growing life insurance companies in the US with premiums in excess of $4.5 billion. Mr. Campanaro was instrumental in merging the three separate nationwide insurance companies with a $40 million budget, over $10 billion in premiums, and home offices in Seattle, New York and Princeton, and moving the combined home offices to a new location in Jacksonville, Florida.  He orchestrated the transition of closing the old home offices, selecting new personnel, establishing procedures, development of a new $10 million computer system, accomplishing the merger ahead of schedule and under budget, with an increase in sales, which resulted in a significant increase in net income. All of the products designed and sold by Tandem Financial Group and its New York subsidiary, Royal Tandem of New York were designed by Tandem personnel and marketed through Merrill Lynch’s distribution network of 450 brokerage offices. After the purchase of Tandem Financial Group and Royal Tandem of N.Y. by Merrill Lynch in 1991, Mr. Campanaro performed various consulting projects until forming Atlast Financial Services in 2001 and Atlast Life Solutions/Global Life Solutions subsequently.

Mr. Campanaro holds a MBA, Washington University, St. Louis, MO. 1966, B.S.B.A., Washington University, St. Louis, MO. 1966 (received both degrees in the same year) New York State University Maritime College, New York, NY Third Assistant Engineers License, New York 1963 Graduate:   Harvard University Management Program, Chartered Life Underwriters’ Degree, Teacher: Chartered Life Underwriters’ Advance Education Program, and holds Series 6, 63 and 24 licenses.

Thomas R Meyer

Managing Member

After ending a distinguished military career as a Master Sergeant, German Air force in Freising, Germany in 1993, Mr. Meyer joined Hypo Bank/Heimstatt in Munich, Germany as a Sales Representative Serviced existing clients and established new accounts. From 1996-1998 as the Regional Vice President, Deutsche Bausparkasse in Munich, Germany distributing bank and insurance products to agents and IMO’s in Southern Germany. From 1998-1999 as General Manager, Anglo- German Insurance Agency (AGIA) Lloyds of London Introducing Lloyds of London private label products to the German market including fixed and variable life, DI and special insurance risks and servicing institutional and government entities, and high net worth individuals. He managed 9 regional managers and conducted sales seminars on a national basis.  From 2000-2001 Mr. Meyer was the Regional Wholesaler for United of Omaha in Omaha NE with responsibilities for bank and broker/dealer distribution, providing wholesale support and sales seminars for fixed/ variable annuities and variable life products. He specialized in estate planning and substandard annuities. From 2001-2004 Mr. Meyer was an Independent Consultant and National Wholesale Director, Omaha NE providing wholesale support and proprietary products to retail BD’s, IMO’s and bank distributions on a national basis. In 2002, he focused mainly on consulting insurance carriers on private label products, delivering and integrating such products to the sales distribution line to increase fee income. Mr. Meyer developed sales ideas and marketing strategies to assure a successful launch, offering management consulting services for the small and midsize businesses in the Midwest. 

From 2004-2005 Mr. Meyer was the President of The Fimacon Group Inc. in Gretna, Louisiana being responsible for several business and management consulting projects in the New Orleans and Mandeville areas. Mr. Meyer Identified, negotiated and acquired the 2nd largest “Olympic Gym” in the U.S, providing needed technology and key personnel. Reorganized operations management and created a result- focused team that was able to weather the financial impacts that “Katrina” had in the Louisiana area. Mr. Meyer designed first guaranteed hedge fund products in cooperation with Swiss Select Funds in Zurich, issued through Barclay Capital PLC and Bear Stearns Global, and recently introduced the private labels to the institutional markets and sold of exclusive distribution rights for the U.S. Currently introducing a new waste management technology from Germany to Private Equity Investors. From 2005 to present date Mr. Meyer is the Director, Axxus Group LLC, Aventura, Florida and is a Managing Member of Global Life Solutions, LLC.

Mr. Meyer holds a Bachelor Degree in Business & Finance -COC in Cologne, Germany and a Technical Degree - Electronics Mech. Master, Berufsbildende Schule, Germany, and is fluent in both German and English.

Gail Raike

Vice President of Administration/Managing Member

As a Managing Member of the company Mrs. Raike brings seventeen years of experience in the inter-workings of several insurance companies.  Gail served as President of an administration board for General American, aiding the company to process business more efficiently and quickly. The board members consisted of eight field representatives by invitation and six Gen Am employees. The Board was allowed to serve for a three year period, as well as work closely with the Agent representative board to insure targets were met with the Agents needs and wants. She has medical experience as her first career was a nurse. She manages the underwriting team for the Atlast Group. She works closely with the underwriters with insurance companies.  Medical Summaries developed by Mrs. Raike, provided a snap shot of the medical history of the clients was accepted by ANICO underwriters to use for a preliminary offer.  The preliminary offers to issue offer has a 92% success rate. Mrs. Raike develops and manages work flow, relationships with insurance carriers, and our lenders.  She works closely with our agents in development of relationships and case design. 

Mr. Campanaro brings over 16 years of experience in the insurance and financial services industries. Prior to joining the management team, he worked with companies such as State Farm and AXA/Equitable. Mr. Campanaro is currently responsible for the company's comprehensive marketing strategy, including external communications, internal communications, corporate affairs, regional marketing, and overall quality. His team is responsible for driving clear, compelling value propositions to all segments of the market; for overall stewardship of the Atlast brand; and for supporting our partners as they execute to achieve the firms objectives

Jerry CAMPANARO

Director, Research and Development

Jerry Claiborne

Vice President Sales and Marketing

Global Life Solutions

 

“Life Settlement Solutions You Can Trust”

 

 Mr. Claiborne has worked with many well known companies during his career such as:  JVC of America, Mitsubishi, Toshiba, AIG and Prudential Financial.  He brings an understanding of the total business partnership to GLS.  Having worked over 6 years in the life settlement broker arena with both Life Settlement Alliance and Life Insurance Settlements this experience has given him a total understanding of the secondary market and how to navigate this ever changing landscape.  “The life settlement broker market is undergoing major changes and GLS will be there every step of the way to help its business partners be successful and compliant with their life settlement transactions.  Mr. Claiborne has over 30 years in sales and marketing holding positions ranging from regional management to firm partnerships.  He has closed over $ 250MM in life settlement transactions in his career.