Merle has been in the financial services business since 1989. His primary responsibility is to identify, attract and hire producers for Central Financial Group. He started his career as an insurance agent in Minnesota before moving to Des Moines to work for The Principal Financial Group as a management consultant as well as Director of agent training and management development. He returned to the field in 1999 and worked as a manager for New York Life Insurance Company. In February of 2006 he joined Central Financial Group, one of the largest producer groups in Iowa.  In august of 2007, he was offered and accepted a partnership in the organization.

Merle and his wife, Melanie, live in Clive, IA., with their two children, Jameson and Kylie. In his spare time you can find Merle golfing with his son (or anybody else that will play with him) or staying active in his daughter’s various activities.

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