EX-24 2 ex-24.htm POA - KATE ETINGER

Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY

     WHEREAS, the undersigned officer of American Equity Investment Life Holding
Company, an Iowa corporation, hereby constitutes and appoints Mark A. Schuman and/or
Anant Bhalla, their true and lawful attorney and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, in the name of and on behalf of the undersigned, to do any and all acts and
things that execute any and all reports of stock ownership on Form 3, Form 4 and/or Form
5, and all such related instruments which such attorneys and agents may deem necessary
or advisable to enable American Equity Investment Life Holding Company to comply with
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any rules and regulations and
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in connection
with reports to be filed by certain beneficial owners of securities under Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including specifically, but without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned in their
capacity as an officer of American Equity Investment Life Holding Company to one or
more Forms 3, 4 or 5 to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect
thereto, any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to such Forms and
to any and all instruments and documents filed as part of or in connection with such Forms
or amendments thereto; hereby ratifying and confirming all that such agent and attorney
has done, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 16th day of February,
2023.



/s/ Katherine Etinger
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Katherine Etinger