.bodytext {float: left; } .floatimg-left-hort { float:left; margin-top:10px; margin-right: 10px; width:300px; clear:left;} .floatimg-left-caption-hort { float:left; margin-bottom:10px; width:300px; margin-right:10px; clear:left;} .floatimg-left-vert { float:left; margin-top:10px; margin-right:15px; width:200px;} .floatimg-left-caption-vert { float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-bottom:10px; font-size: 10px; width:200px;} .floatimg-right-hort { float:right; margin-top:10px; margin-left:10px; margin-bottom:10px; width: 300px;} .floatimg-right-caption-hort { float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-bottom:10px; width: 300px; font-size: 10px; } .floatimg-right-vert { float:right; margin-top:10px; margin-left:10px; margin-bottom:10px; width: 200px;} .floatimg-right-caption-vert { float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-bottom:10px; width: 200px; font-size: 10px; } .floatimgright-sidebar { float:right; margin-top:10px; margin-left:10px; margin-bottom:10px; width: 200px; border-top-style: double; border-top-color: black; border-bottom-style: double; border-bottom-color: black;} .floatimgright-sidebar p { line-height: 115%; text-indent: 10px; } .floatimgright-sidebar h4 { font-variant:small-caps; } .pullquote { float:right; margin-top:10px; margin-left:10px; margin-bottom:10px; width: 150px; background: url(http://www.dmbusinessdaily.com/DAILY/editorial/extras/closequote.gif) no-repeat bottom right !important ; line-height: 150%; font-size: 125%; border-top: 1px solid; border-bottom: 1px solid;} .floatvidleft { float:left; margin-bottom:10px; width:325px; margin-right:10px; clear:left;} .floatvidright { float:right; margin-bottom:10px; width:325px; margin-right:10px; clear:left;} FBL Financial Group Inc. has announced that JoAnn Rumelhart, executive vice president of Farm Bureau Life Insurance Co., will retire on July 1 after nearly 30 years with the company.

“Throughout JoAnn’s tenure with FBL Financial Group, she has demonstrated tremendous loyalty and dedication to our companies and has always led by example,” said Jim Noyce, chief executive officer. “JoAnn deserves substantial credit for the success of FBL Financial Group and Farm Bureau Life Insurance Co. She will be greatly missed.”

Richard Kypta, currently senior vice president, general counsel and secretary, will assume the responsibility of management of Farm Bureau Life Insurance Co. effective March 1 in addition to his current responsibilities.

Rumelhart joined FBL in 1978 and held numerous actuarial and operational positions of increasing responsibility before being named to the FBL Financial Group management team in 1992 and to her current position in 2000. She holds a B.S. degree in mathematics from Iowa State University and completed actuarial science graduate work at Drake University. She is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and a member of the American Academy of Actuaries. She is also a registered representative and a registered principal with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

Rumelhart’s has served as secretary/treasurer, vice president and president of the Des Moines Actuaries Club and is currently on the Dean’s Advisory Council for Iowa State University’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the board of directors of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Iowa.

Kypta joined FBL Financial Group in August 2007 after 13 years with AmerUs Group Co. (now Aviva USA), leaving as senior vice president and chief operating officer.