This company wants to help provide for your future. American Equity Investment Life Insurance (American Equity Life) is one of two primary operating subsidiaries of American Equity Investment Life Holding Company (the other being American Equity Investment Life Insurance Company of New York). One of the leading providers of equity-indexed annuities (fixed annuities with interest tied to an external equity or bond index), the company also offers life insurance products and fixed-rate annuities. Products are sold to customers across the US through independent agencies. Annuities account for the majority of the company's business. American Equity Life targets individuals between the ages of 45 to 75.