Within the last year, AEG has made strides with its Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) program and continues to focus its efforts on becoming a more sustainable, ethical, and inclusive company.
American Enterprise Group has adopted the agile approach at all levels and continues to make strides in its agile initiatives.
American Enterprise's diversity and inclusion committee hosts a book club, volunteer opportunities, training sessions, and more to make all employees feel heard and seen.
Our mission to create solutions that help customers secure their financial futures is supported by key business drivers and our core values.
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Being customer focused means we know and understand the products and services the customers in our chosen markets and channels will purchase. We develop, distribute, and sell products and services that meet each customer’s individual needs. Being market driven means we concentrate on serving customers in our chosen markets.
Continuous improvement means we relentlessly pursue improvements that benefit our customers, employees, and company. This includes improvements that create higher levels of customer satisfaction and retention, increase efficiencies, and reduce costs. The scope of our continuous improvement includes our processes, systems, skills, knowledge, and the products and services we develop and deliver to our markets and distribution channels. In addition, we have a business continuity plan that helps us respond to emergencies and disasters so that we can continue to meet the needs of our customers.
Integrity means we conduct business in a fair, honest, and ethical manner and keep the promises we make to our customers, agents, employees, business partners, and communities.
A positive work environment is one that enables people to make the most of their abilities and potential, while balancing their work and family life. It is an environment supported by trust, respect, a sense of fairness, and a sincere concern for everyone.
Results are the end state we desire. Being focused on results means we know how to measure them and have strategies to accomplish them. Our efforts bring value to our company when they produce desired results.
Working together means each of us takes ownership for the work that must be done and willingly works with others to ensure that everyone uses his or her unique talents in the achievement of desired results. In working together as a team, we share information freely throughout the company, generate ideas, and translate them into actions to deliver the results our customers expect.
American Enterprise and Callanan Middle School have one of the longest business and school partnerships in Des Moines. For nearly 50 years, we have supported the students with mentoring activities and collecting school supplies.
American Enterprise hosts an event in our Des Moines office for Meals from the Heartland, a non-profit organization that packages meals for malnourished people in Iowa, the United States, and the world.
American Enterprise partners with the Des Moines chapter of Rebuilding Together, which rebuilds homes to make them safer and healthier for local low-income families. Employees help fix critical home repairs and make modifications for accessibility.
As a member of the Des Moines, IA; Omaha, NE; and Ogden, UT, communities, American Enterprise maintains a social responsibility to support local, non-profit community organizations providing our time, talent and resources. As individuals and as an organization, we take pride in strengthening the communities where we live and work. American Enterprise partners with a number of diverse organizations in an effort to align with our mission of enhancing the well-being and financial security of the people we serve. Funding priority is given to organizations that support our mission. Organizations or programs that fall within that focus include: