The IMO behind the team
The backbone: Family First Life.
Team Timeless is the team. Family First Life is the IMO behind it. Every number on this page has a source, and you can check every one of them.
Plain English first
What is an IMO, and why should you care?
An IMO (independent marketing organization) is the company that contracts agents with insurance carriers. It decides the shelf of products you can offer, the comp structure you're paid on, and the stage you'll stand on at convention. Team Timeless is the team that trains you and holds you to the standard. FFL is what sits underneath it.
Founded2013Uncasville, CT. Founder Shawn Meaike is still president.
Owned byIntegrityAcquired by Integrity Marketing Group in 2019.
Footprint50 states20+ A-rated carriers on the shelf.
FFL by the numbers
Big numbers. Labeled honestly.
Each figure says where it came from. Company-reported numbers say company-reported.
The story is growth. Roughly 3× in five years.
Annual premium, Family First Life. Each bar is labeled with where the number came from.
The honest comparison
Independent agents are winning. FFL is one of the biggest engines.
U.S. individual life set a record $15.9B in new premium in 2024, and independent distribution took 60% of it, six of every ten dollars (LIMRA). FFL's roughly $775M that year is about 5% of the entire national market flowing through one IMO brand. Integrity called FFL “one of the largest IMOs in the U.S. focused on life and annuity” when it acquired it. That's the claim we'll stand behind, because someone other than us made it.
Convention proof
Who stands on the FFL stage.
A company that puts these names in front of its agents is not a two-man shop with a logo. “Keynote” only where the source used the word.
2027 · Coming up · Jan 27–30, Irving Convention Center, TX
Mark WahlbergActor & entrepreneur2027 keynote
Tim TebowHeisman winner, former NFL QB2027 keynote
Stephen A. SmithESPN broadcaster2027 keynote
Nick SabanLegendary Alabama head coach2027 keynote
2025 · Irving, TX
Deion SandersHall of Famer; Colorado head coachKeynote
Eric Thomas“ET”, motivational speaker & authorKeynote
Mariana AtencioJournalist; former Univision & NBC NewsSpanish keynote
Tim GroverTrainer to Jordan & Kobe; author of RelentlessFeatured speaker
2024 · Irving, TX
Shannon SharpeHall of Famer; broadcasterKeynote
Barbara CorcoranShark Tank; founder, The Corcoran GroupKeynote
Also on the FFL stage
David GogginsRetired Navy SEAL; author of Can't Hurt MeSpeaker
Daymond JohnFUBU founder; Shark Tank · 2023Speaker
Jocko WillinkRetired Navy SEAL; Extreme Ownership · 2023Speaker
Vernice “FlyGirl” ArmourFirst Black female U.S. combat pilot · 2023Speaker
Alex RodriguezMLB star; A-Rod Corp · 2023Special guest
Kevin O'Leary“Mr. Wonderful,” Shark Tank · 2022Special guest
Also spoke in 2023: Dave Anderson, Pastor Matthew Barnett, Coach Michael Burt, Andy Elliott, Brad Lea. We couldn't find a reliable speaker list for 2021 or 2026, so we're not guessing at one.
Sources: FFL corporate update (Sept 2026); Integrity Marketing Group acquisition release (Oct 15, 2019); BBB profile, Family First Life LLC; LIMRA 2024 U.S. individual life sales release (Mar 2025); FFL convention and speaker announcements. Researched October 2026. FFL figures are company-reported unless labeled otherwise.
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