MONTPELIER, Vt.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 28, 2026--
National Life Group recently announced the appointment of Matt Frazee as Chief Financial Officer of the organization.
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Frazee joined National Life Group in 2011 as Vice President and Controller. He moved into the Operations organization in 2016 and was promoted to Senior Vice President in 2017. In 2018, he joined the Distribution organization and was most recently named Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer in January 2024. Throughout his tenure, Matt has demonstrated strong business acumen and a leadership approach that brings a broad, enterprise-wide perspective.
“It has been a pleasure to watch Matt grow and succeed in various positions at National Life,” said Chair, CEO, and President, Mehran Assadi. “He brings the financial acumen and discipline required for this role as well as a commitment to serve our customers, colleagues and communities. He is well positioned to help take our organization to the next level.”
Prior to joining National Life Group, Frazee spent 11 years with Deloitte where he delivered consulting and accounting services to companies in the insurance industry. A licensed CPA, Frazee received his B.S. in Accounting from Northwestern College.
About National Life Group
National Life Group has been keeping promises since 1848, providing access to flexible, secure life insurance and annuities for families, businesses, educators, and first responders nationwide. With an independent, entrepreneurial spirit, our values are to “Do good, Be good, Make good” for our customers, agents, employees, and the communities we serve. Learn more at NationalLife.com.
National Life Group® is a trade name of National Life Insurance Company (NLIC), Montpelier, VT founded in 1848, Life Insurance Company of the Southwest (LSW), Addison, TX chartered in 1955, and its affiliates. Each company is solely responsible for its own financial condition and contractual obligations. LSW is not an authorized insurer in New York and does not conduct insurance business in New York. NLIC, the flagship of National Life Group was founded in 1848, and all references to 1848 are attributable to NLIC.
Products are issued by National Life Insurance Company and Life Insurance Company of the Southwest.
Matt Frazee, Chief Financial Officer of National Life Group
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A college dropout was ordered held without bond Tuesday for murder charges in the killings of two University of South Florida students, just days after a SWAT team descended on his parents’ house to arrest him.
Hillsborough County Judge Logan Murphy also ordered 26-year-old Hisham Abugharbieh to have no contact with any witnesses or the victims' relatives during a brief hearing in a Tampa courtroom.
Abugharbieh faces two counts of first-degree murder with a weapon as well as other charges, according to state court records. Abugharbieh could get the death penalty if convicted, although prosecutors haven’t yet indicated whether they would seek capital punishment.
Abugharbieh was not in the courtroom during Tuesday morning's hearing. Public defender Jennifer Spradley said Monday that her office would not comment.
Zamil Limon and Nahida Bristy, both 27-year-old doctoral students from Bangladesh, were considering getting married, a relative said, before they disappeared April 16. Limon was last seen at the off-campus complex where he shared an apartment with Abugharbieh and another roommate.
Detectives used cellphone location and license plate reader data to track Abugharbieh’s car and Limon’s phone to the bridge where Limon’s body was found Friday morning. Limon had numerous stab wounds and appeared to be bound, according to a report filed by prosecutors.
Deputies continued searching for Bristy. On Sunday, the sheriff’s office announced a body had been found in a waterway near the bridge. The body had not been identified, the sheriff’s office said.
When detectives questioned Abugharbieh and the other roommate several days after the couple went missing, investigators noticed Abugharbieh's pinky finger was bandaged, but he denied any involvement with Limon’s disappearance, according to the prosecution's pretrial detention report.
When an apartment manager gave them access to the apartment, and to Limon's locked bedroom, the third roommate told detectives Abugharbieh had used a cart overnight on April 16 to move cardboard boxes from his room to the trash compactor. That's where detectives found Limon’s wallet and campus ID badge, credit card, eyeglasses and clothes that appeared to have blood on them.
Returning with a search warrant, detectives found blood residue leading from the kitchen to Abugharbieh’s bedroom, and more blood that soaked his bedroom carpet. In Limon’s bedroom, they found Bristy’s campus ID and credit cards.
Days before they went missing, Abugharbieh had asked ChatGPT what would happen if a human body was put in a garbage bag and thrown in a dumpster, according to a report filed by prosecutors over the weekend. ChatGPT responded that Abugharbieh’s question sounded dangerous, according to the report.
Detectives with the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office join an investigation inside the Lake Forest subdivision of Tampa, Fla., on Friday, April 24, 2026, where authorities said a man was taken into custody after barricading himself inside a home, in connection to the search for two missing University of South Florida graduate students. (Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
Deputies with the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office join an investigation inside the Lake Forest subdivision of Tampa, Fla., on Friday, April 24, 2026, where authorities said a man was taken into custody after barricading himself inside a home, in connection to the search for two missing University of South Florida graduate students. (Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
Detectives with the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office join an investigation inside the Lake Forest subdivision of Tampa, Fla., on Friday, April 24, 2026, where authorities said a man was taken into custody after barricading himself inside a home, in connection to the search for two missing University of South Florida graduate students. (Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
Members of the media document detectives and deputies with the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office as they investigate inside the Lake Forest subdivision of Tampa, Fla., on Friday, April 24, 2026, where authorities said a man was taken into custody after barricading himself inside a home, in connection to the search for two missing University of South Florida graduate students. (Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
