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Election 2020

Market bubble, or not? Small businesses drive employment, and 2020 has seen a decline of 19.1% in open small businesses. Some will return, surely, but not all.

Mark Schwarzmann

Mark Schwarzmann is a senior financial services executive with broad experience leading and serving complex Fortune 500 companies. He quickly assimilates into organizations, coalesces teams, crafts and sells winning strategies, executes tactical plans, rallies workforces, and swiftly improves corporate performance. His product line experience includes life, disability income, long-term care, credit life and AD&D insurance, annuities, investment products, software, commercial real estate financing, and turbines for power generation and oil & gas applications. Further, his diverse functional role accountability across a variety of international P&L platforms provides a unique global perspective on the underlying mechanics that drive businesses forward. Mark is currently a Principal at Independence Associates, delivering valuable insight and guidance to a broad spectrum of client organizations focusing on go-to-market, product, corporate and balance sheet management strategies. Prior to that, Mark was President of Insurance, Annuities & Product Distribution for Ameriprise Financial and member of the executive leadership team, where he was accountable for developing innovative insurance and annuity product solutions. At Ameriprise he was also Chairman & CEO of the RiverSource Life Insurance Companies and RiverSource Distributors, Inc., responsible for all wholesaling including over 200 wholesalers and $20.0 billion of annual RiverSource cash sales.

Minneapolis, MN

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