National Life Group appoints new General Agent to Texas Agency

Montpelier, VT- (July 30, 2024) National Life Group has appointed Joseph Sparacio as its General Agent of the Texas Agency, headquartered in Addison, starting August 1.

Sparacio comes to National Life as a seasoned leader with over three decades in the financial services industry. He began his career with Prudential Financial in 1989, eventually serving as the Managing Director of Prudential’s Uniondale office. In 2005, he joined MassMutual in Woodbury, New York, until joining the home office of MassMutual and getting appointed Agency Vice President of the Western Region Agency Focus Team. In 2013 he was named Senior Regional Vice President, then Head of National Sales and Recognition. He has been Head of MMFA Field Management since 2019.

“I am thrilled to lead the charge for National Life in the state of Texas and to have the agency located in the same building as National Life’s Addison campus,” Sparacio said. “To be so closely associated with the National Life culture and energy will have a huge impact on the growth of the agency moving forward. Between the remarkable growth the company has experienced and the outstanding market opportunity in Texas, I look forward to impacting communities across the state by providing financial guidance and career opportunities.”

Sparacio earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hofstra University in 1989 and has remained an active alumnus. Embodying the National Life Group servant leader spirit, he established “The Joseph Sparacio Endowed Scholarship” in 2003 to assist students majoring in speech communications. In 2009 he was selected to serve on the university’s Board of Trustees.

Sparacio is also very involved both as a major donor as well as an active volunteer for a number of charities, including the Breast Treatment Task Force and The American Cancer Society, which selected him as a 2007 Honoree at the Coaches Against Cancer Basketball Gala. He served on the board of directors for the Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor and the Big Brothers Big Sisters organization of Long Island where he was the 2008 honoree at their Annual Presidential Gala. He was also asked to be the 2010 honoree for the Cystic Fibrosis Breath of Life Gala.

“We are excited to welcome Joe Sparacio to National Life Group. I am thrilled that he will be joining us, enhancing our culture and strengthening our Texas presence,” National Life Group Field Executive Vice President for Affiliated Distribution Rebecca Dunne said. “I have known and been a colleague of Joe’s for many years and know him to be a successful and strong leader.”

Sparacio is an accomplished motivational speaker who participates in industry engagements both in the United States and abroad. In 2006, he was selected to be a member of the GAMA Foundation Board of Trustees. He is a member of the President’s Circle and was a Charter Member of the Advisory Board of the new Center for Ethics in Financial Services at the American College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, where he was elected to the Alumni Hall of Fame in 2007, and currently serves on the President’s Advisory Council. He and his wife Robin have four children.

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National Life Group® is a trade name of National Life Insurance Company, founded in Montpelier, Vt., in 1848, Life Insurance Company of the Southwest, Addison, Texas, chartered in 1955, and their affiliates.  Each company of National Life Group is solely responsible for its own financial condition and contractual obligations.  Life Insurance Company of the Southwest is not an authorized insurer in New York and does not conduct insurance business in New York.