Aaron C. Ball

Executive Vice President and Head of the Foundational Business

Aaron Ball is executive vice president and head of New York Life’s Foundational Business, which delivers protection-first holistic advice and guidance to millions of customers through its 12,000 agents and advisors across the United States. In this role, Mr. Ball leads the company’s agency distribution system as well as the retail product solutions, service, purchase experience, underwriting and marketing teams.  

Mr. Ball served as co-head of the Foundational Business from 2023 to 2024. He joined New York Life in 2015 as the leader of the company’s Long-Term Care Solutions business and was appointed to New York Life’s Executive Management Committee in 2020.

Prior to joining New York Life, Mr. Ball served as senior vice president at Genworth Financial from 2003 to 2015, where he led the company’s long-term care in-force business and new product development efforts. He also provided legal and regulatory expertise as general counsel for several of the company’s insurance businesses. From 2000 to 2003, Mr. Ball was vice president and chief compliance officer of AmSouth Investment Services. Before joining AmSouth, he was senior vice president and chief legal officer for M&T Brokerage.

Mr. Ball earned a B.A. from Loyola College in Maryland and a J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law. He is a graduate of the executive leadership program at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business. He serves as a member of the boards for LIMRA and LOMA, the Eluna Network, and LTC Reinsurance PCC. Mr. Ball is also the executive sponsor of ENABLE, one of New York Life’s Employee Resource Groups, which helps raise awareness of and advocates for people with disabilities.

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