Funeral Directors Life recently promoted Mark Owen to senior sales vice president, a new position. He will take on many day-to-day responsibilities to help the sales team be successful, including managing and training other sales leaders. Owen has more than 40 years of professional sales experience, with 38 years in sales management and 23 years in prearranged funeral planning. Since joining FDLIC in 2001, he has been responsible for developing and implementing fruitful strategies for more than 600 funeral home clients.

“I’m eager to develop new relationships, serve our funeral home clients and help funeral homes grow their business and improve their profitability,” said Owen.

FDLIC also promoted Myra Dykes to market center manager for Texas. She holds degrees from West Texas A&M University and Amarillo College and has 10 years of experience in the funeral profession. Dykes joined FDLIC as a select producer in 2015 and has worked as an active sales manager for the past five years. Before the funeral profession, she worked within the administrative, executive and sales departments of several companies.

“After nine years as a preneed professional, I’m most looking forward to learning another aspect of the funeral profession,” Dykes said. “I am most excited to work with those on the front lines of funeral service and help funeral home owners any way I can.”

Finally, FDLIC hired Andy Turner as market center manager in Indiana. Turner previously worked as a consultant for Ohlson Group, spent 10 years with T&T Annuity Marketing and then founded Turner Financial in 2020. In the past 20 years, he has been involved with training or recruiting more than 4,000 agents. He holds a degree in business management from Indiana University East and a life insurance license certification. Turner also serves as board chair for Meals on Wheels in Greenfield, Indiana, where he enjoys collaborating, assessing and participating in local events to build relationships with the organization and its community.

“After being with FDLIC for a month, I can tell you that joining this wonderful company was the right decision,” Turner said. “Everything I’ve read and heard about its culture, people, offerings and more is true. I’m very thankful for this opportunity to represent FDLIC and help funeral homes in the Indiana territory serve families as best as they can.” funeraldirectorslife.com