GONZALO GARCIA,
CLU
Gonzalo Garcia is Managing Partner of AgencyONE Insurance Marketing Group in Rockville, MD. With over 35 years of experience, Gonzalo has built his reputation in the field of Advanced Markets stewarding innovative and complex life insurance transactions from inception to completion.
Gonzalo works collaboratively with insurance advisors and wealth managers to serve the risk management needs and financial goals of their clients.
Gonzalo is an active member of Finseca (formerly AALU), having served as Co-Chair on the Brokerage and Independent Distribution Task Force and a member of the AALU Diversity Committee. In 2019 he served as a member of Nominating Committee for the election of a new Board as a result of the merger between AALU and the General Agents Management Association (GAMA). He was a member of the Education and Program Committee for the 2020 AALU Annual Meeting. He is also an active member of The Forum 400, serving on the Membership Committee, The Program Committee, and the Industry Partner Committee; The National Association of Independent Brokerage Agencies (NAILBA) and The Society of Financial Service Professionals (SFSP). He served on the Brokerage General Agency Advisory Councils for Prudential Life Insurance Company, AIG\American General Life and Mutual of Omaha. Finally, Gonzalo is a member of the Board of Directors of LIBRA Insurance Partners, which resulted from the Merger of LifeMark Partners and BRAMCO, two Independent Marketing Organizations.
Gonzalo has held senior positions with the original Potomac Group, BISYS/Crump, and Credit Suisse’s Life Finance Group. He is a regular speaker at industry conferences including The Forum400, The Association of Home Office Underwriters (AHOU) and The Life Insurance Management Research Association (LIMRA).
Gonzalo holds the designation of Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) from the American College, received a BA from Rice University, and an MBA from St. John’s University (formerly the College of Insurance) in New York, NY.