The company that eventually became Banner Life, Government Employees Life Insurance Company (GELICO) was chartered in 1949. We were part of Government Employees Group which began with GEICO (yes that car insurance company with the gecko) and was founded by Leo Goodwin, a member of the Texas banking industry.

In 1995, Banner changed its distribution network to independent brokerage agencies and began its professional relationship with the National Association of Independent Life Brokerage Agencies (NAILBA). Today Banner's individual life insurance products are sold through twelve marketing groups with approximately 300 member agencies plus almost sixty other independent brokerage general agencies. Through these agencies, Banner has contracted approximately 70,000 brokers in 48 states and the District of Columbia.

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