Comprehensive Back Office Support

With a national reputation for exclusive private services for its Member Offices, ValMark’s 100-member staff is composed of one of the most distinguished professional teams in the industry with experience and credentials spanning multiple financial disciplines. The ValMark team functions as a back-office for Member Offices, giving them the advantage of being able to consistently deliver to their clients one of the most comprehensive and innovative arrays of services and expertise available in the industry.

ValMark's Underwriting Division

Includes four former Vice Presidents of Underwriting with a combined total of 70 years of home office experience at major insurance carriers, a licensed physician, a former insurance company Medical Director, and a senior staff of case managers, business processing and policy service specialists.

Product Specialists and Advanced Case Designers

Include attorneys, CPAs, MBAs, CFPs, CLUs, and ChFCs – all of whom are FINRA Registered Principals to provide independent assessment and analysis of recommended product sets. These Senior Product Specialists provide concierge-level service in multiple lines of business, including Investments, Life Insurance, Life Settlements, Long Term Care, Annuities, Disability Insurance, Qualified and Non-Qualified Plans, and Trust-Owned Life Insurance.

Information Technology

A full-service division of information technology specialists.

Management Team

Seven Vice Presidents report to Larry J. Rybka, President and CEO. Four of the seven have been with ValMark since its inception. Rybka is an attorney and CFP, past Board Member of the Association for Advanced Life Underwriting (AALU) and Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) Foundation, author of the insurance portion of the CFP exam, and co-author of the first textbook on Life Settlements (2008).