Brian Kunkel
Senior Vice President of Marketing Strategy and Field Services at Connect Wealth Solutions, an AmeriLife company.
Brian is the Senior Vice President of Marketing Strategy and Field Services at Connect Wealth Solutions, where he leads a team that assists several AmeriLife-owned IMOs in developing and executing marketing strategy, and supports their financial professionals with marketing and business development approaches, product analysis, advanced markets, and practice management. Brian has more than 30 years of experience in the industry and is a Retirement Income Certified Professional® (RICP®), Chartered Mutual Fund CounselorSM (CMFC®), and Chartered Retirement Plans SpecialistSM (CRPS®).
Recent Articles
The Emotional Side of Planning: Helping Families Overcome Financial Avoidance
June 2026
Financial procrastination is one of the biggest “silent killers” to a family’s long-term security. Most people know they should update their insurance, put a will in place, or map out their retirement income, but they often wait instead. It’s not because they don’t care; it’s often because these decisions feel heavy, complicated, or emotionally uncomfortable. …
The AI Advantage in Lead Generation
September 2026
For years, the insurance industry has prioritized low upfront cost per lead (CPL) as the primary measure of marketing success. The assumption was simple: cheaper leads mean more leads, and more leads mean more sales. But this quantity-over-quality mindset obscures a far more damaging reality playing out in the books of business of licensed insurance …
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