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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001039828-23-000131
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		5
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230907
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230907
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20230907

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTMENT LIFE HOLDING CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001039828
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	LIFE INSURANCE [6311]
		IRS NUMBER:				421447959
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			IA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-274388
		FILM NUMBER:		231242477

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6000 WESTOWN PARKWAY
		CITY:			WEST DEMOINES
		STATE:			IA
		ZIP:			50266
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5152210002

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6000 WESTOWN PARKWAY
		CITY:			WEST DES MOINES
		STATE:			IA
		ZIP:			50266
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i82c55911471c479c95de57c714affb98_83"></div><div style="min-height:36pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 7, 2023</font></div><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Registration No. 333- </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:95.694%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;border-top:2pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">UNITED STATES</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"><br></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Washington, DC 20549</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">FORM S-8</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:16pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">American Equity Investment Life Holding Company</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"><br></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:86.805%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:60.820%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:36.980%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Iowa</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">42-1447959</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(I.R.S. 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New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">March 20, 2023</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">, </font><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001039828/000103982823000049/ael-20230403.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">April 5, 2023</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">, </font><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a 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Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001039828/000110465923077802/tm2320561d1_8k.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">July 5, 2023</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">, and </font><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001039828/000103982823000122/ael-20230809.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">August 9, 2023</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#59; and</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:14.5pt">The Description of the Registrant&#8217;s Securities, filed as </font><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1039828/000103982822000102/forms-3sellingstockholder.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Exhibit 4.11 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year</a><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1039828/000103982822000102/forms-3sellingstockholder.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"> </a><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1039828/000103982822000102/forms-3sellingstockholder.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">ended December 31, 2021</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We deem incorporated in this Registration Statement (from the date of the filing of such reports and documents) all other reports and documents the Registrant subsequently files pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), (other than Current Reports furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such items) on or after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold.  We also deem any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document that also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </font></div><div id="i82c55911471c479c95de57c714affb98_181"></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 4. Description of Securities.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Not applicable.</font></div><div style="height:54pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></div></div><div id="i82c55911471c479c95de57c714affb98_106"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:36pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.&#160;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Mark Schuman, American Equity Vice President and Associate General Counsel - Securities and Corporate Governance, and Assistant Secretary will pass upon the validity of the issuance of the shares of the Registrant&#8217;s Common Stock, par value $1 per share, offered hereby. Mr. Schuman owns shares of the Registrant&#8217;s Common Stock (beneficially and as a participant in various employee benefit plans), holds shares of restricted stock units, and is eligible to participate in the 2023 Plan.</font></div><div id="i82c55911471c479c95de57c714affb98_161"></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.&#160;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Section 490.202 of the Iowa Business Corporation Act (the &#34;IBCA&#34;) provides that a corporation's articles of incorporation may contain a provision eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages for any action taken, or failure to take action, as a director, provided that the provision does not eliminate or limit the liability of a director for&#58; (1) the amount of a financial benefit received by a director to which the director is not entitled&#59; (2) an intentional infliction of harm on the corporation or its shareholders&#59; (3) an unlawful distribution made to shareholders&#59; or (4) an intentional violation of criminal law. Further, Section 490.851 of the IBCA provides that a corporation may indemnify its directors party to a proceeding against liability incurred in the proceeding by reason of such person serving in the capacity of director, subject to specified standards being met and subject to certain exclusions. In addition, Section 490.852 of the IBCA provides mandatory indemnification of reasonable expenses incurred by a director who is wholly successful in defending any action in which the director was a party because the director is or was a director of the corporation. A director who is a party to a proceeding because the person is a director may also apply for court-ordered indemnification and advance of expenses under Section 490.854 of the IBCA.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Section 490.853 of the IBCA provides that a corporation may, before final disposition of a proceeding, advance funds to pay for or reimburse the reasonable expenses incurred by a director who is a party to a proceeding because he is a director if the director meets certain conditions.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Under Section 490.856 of the IBCA, a corporation may indemnify and advance expenses to an officer of the corporation who is a party to a proceeding because he is an officer to the same extent as a director. In addition, if the person is an officer but not a director, further indemnification may be provided by the corporation's articles of incorporation, the bylaws, a resolution of the board of directors or contract, subject to certain exclusions. Such indemnification is also available to an officer who is also a director if the basis on which the officer is made a party to a proceeding is an act or omission solely as an officer.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Our amended articles of incorporation provide that our directors will not be liable to us or our shareholders for money damages for any action taken, or any failure to take any action, as a director, except liability for&#58; (1) the amount of a financial benefit received by a director to which the director is not entitled&#59; (2) intentional infliction of harm on us or our shareholders&#59; (3) an unlawful distribution made to our shareholders&#59; and (4) an intentional violation of criminal law. Our amended articles of incorporation also provide that each of our current and former directors who was or is made a party to, or is involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such person was or is a director of the company or was or is serving at our request as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise shall be indemnified and held harmless by us to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, except liability for&#58; (1) a financial benefit received by a director to which the director is not entitled&#59; (2) an intentional infliction of harm on us or our shareholders&#59; (3) an unlawful distribution made to our shareholders&#59; and (4) an intentional violation of criminal law. In addition to such indemnification, any such director and any officer are entitled to have any expenses reasonably incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition paid directly by us to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Our bylaws also provide indemnification to our directors on the same terms as the indemnification provided in our amended articles of incorporation. Our bylaws also provide for advances of expenses to our directors and officers on the same terms as provided in our amended articles of incorporation. The indemnification provisions of our bylaws are not exclusive of any other right which any person seeking indemnification may have or acquire under any statute, our amended articles of incorporation or any agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">As permitted by and in accordance with Section 490.857 of the IBCA, we maintain insurance coverage for our officers and directors as well as insurance coverage to reimburse us for potential costs for indemnification of directors and officers.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Plan provides that, in addition to such other rights of indemnification as they may have as directors or as members of a committee of our Board of Directors, we shall indemnify our directors against reasonable expenses, including attorneys&#8217; fees, actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense of any action, suit or proceeding, or in connection with any appeal therein, to which they or any of them may be a party by reason of any action taken or failure to act under or in connection with the Plan or any </font></div><div style="height:54pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:36pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">award granted thereunder, and against all amounts reasonably paid by them in settlement thereof or in satisfaction of a judgment in any such action, suit or proceeding, provided certain conditions are met. This right of indemnification is not exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which such individuals may be entitled pursuant to our amended articles of incorporation or bylaws, as a matter of law, or otherwise, or any power we may have to indemnify them or hold them harmless.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">On July 4, 2023, the Company, entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the &#8220;Merger Agreement&#8221;) with Brookfield Reinsurance Ltd. and other parties, and disclosed the Merger Agreement on a Current Report on a Form 8-K filed on July 5, 2023.  The Merger Agreement provides, among other things, that from and after effective date of the merger (the &#8220;Effective Date&#8221;), the Company will indemnify each director or officer of the Company then serving (or having earlier served) in such capacity with respect to all claims, liabilities, and expenses in connection with any action based on or arising out of, in whole or in part, service as a director or officer of the Company or an of its subsidiaries, or acts or omissions in such capacity or taken at the request of the Company or its subsidiary at, or at any time prior to, the Effective Date.  In addition, the Merger Agreement provides that, from the Effective Date, the Company will advance reasonable and documented expenses of any such indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, subject to an undertaking to repay such advances if it shall be finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that such person is not entitled to indemnity.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div id="i82c55911471c479c95de57c714affb98_156"></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.&#160;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Not applicable.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:54pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></div></div><div id="i82c55911471c479c95de57c714affb98_126"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:36pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="-sec-extract:summary"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 8. Exhibits</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:9.316%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:88.484%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Exhibit No.</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Description</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4.1</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ee;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1039828/000104596999000551/0001045969-99-000551.txt" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ee;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Articles of Incorporation, including Articles of Amendment (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form 10 filed on July 22, 1999 (File No. 000-25985))</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font id="i5e8e5477637240de9e801bdb084df4b7_2-0-1-1-38229"></font><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4.2</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ee;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1039828/000091205700037273/ex-3_1.txt" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ee;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2000, filed on August 14, 2000 (File No. 000-25985))</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4.3</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ee;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1039828/000104746903033633/a2120484zex-3_2.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ee;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on October 20, 2003 (File No. 333-108794))</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4.4</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ee;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1039828/000104746908000328/a2182067zex-3_3.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ee;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on January 15, 2008 (File No. 333-148681))</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4.5</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ee;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1039828/000103982811000043/ael_exhibit35x063011.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ee;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2011, filed on August 5, 2011 (File No. 001-31911))</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4.6</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ee;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1039828/000110465919065922/a19-23462_1ex3d2.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ee;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on November 20, 2019 (File No. 001-31911))</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4.7</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1039828/000110465920073790/a20-22715_1ex3d7.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.7 to Form 8-A12B filed on June 16, 2020 (File No. 001-31911))</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4.8</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ee;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1039828/000103982822000096/ex32fourthamendedandrestat.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ee;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Form 8-K filed on November 23, 2022)</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4.9</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1039828/000104746903036882/a2121688zex-4_11.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Form of Certificate for common stock,  par value $1 per share (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.11 to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 3 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-108794), filed on November 12, 2003)</a></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">5.1</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="if922d289d609404cae72137900a304d6_33"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:right"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Exhibit 5.1</font></div></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">September 7, 2023</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">American Equity Investment Life Holding Company</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">6000 Westown Parkway</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">West Des Moines, IA 50266</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">RE&#58;  Registration Statement on Form S-8</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Ladies and Gentlemen&#58;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:24.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">I am the Vice President and Associate General Counsel &#8211; Securities and Corporate Governance, and Assistant Secretary of American Equity Investment Life Holding Company (the &#8220;Company&#8221;).  I have acted in such capacity in connection with the registration statement on Form S-8 (the &#8220;S-8&#8221;) the Company will file on the date hereof with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;&#96;33 Act&#8221;).  The S-8 relates to the registration of 3,000,000 (three million) shares of the Company&#8217;s Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share (the &#8220;Shares&#8221;), available for future issuance under the American Equity Investment Life Holding Company 2023 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#8220;2023 Plan&#8221;).  I am admitted to practice law as &#8220;house counsel&#8221; in the State of Iowa to provide legal services to the Company.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:24.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">I am furnishing the opinion below in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K of the General Rules and Regulations of the SEC promulgated under the &#96;33 Act in connection with the filing of the S-8.  </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:24.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">In furnishing this opinion, I have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to my satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records and other instruments as I have deemed necessary for the purposes of this opinion, including (i) corporate and organizational documents of the Company, (ii) minutes and records of the corporate proceedings of the Company with respect to the issuance of the Shares, (iii) certificates of officers of the Company and of public officials, and (iv) the S-8 and the exhibits thereto.  For purposes of this opinion, I have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to me as originals, the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to me as copies and the authenticity of the originals of all documents submitted to me as copies. I have also assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of the signatures of persons signing all documents in connection with which this opinion is rendered, the authority of such persons signing on behalf of the parties thereto and the due authorization, execution and delivery</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:13.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%"> </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">of all documents by the parties thereto.  As to relevant facts I have not independently established or verified, I have relied upon statements and representations of the officers and other representatives of the Company.  I have also assumed that (i) an appropriate account statement evidencing the Shares credited to the recipient&#8217;s account maintained with the Company&#8217;s transfer agent has been issued by the Company&#8217;s transfer agent&#59; (ii) the issuance of the Shares will be duly recorded in the books and records of the Company&#59; (iii) each award agreement and the issuance of any Shares will be consistent with the Plan and will be duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto&#59; and (iv) the Company will deliver to each recipient a prospectus satisfying the applicable requirements thereof.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:right"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Exhibit 5.1</font></div></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:24.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">My opinion herein is subject to the qualification that I express no opinion as to the applicability of, compliance with, or effect of the laws of any jurisdiction other than those laws of the State of Iowa that, in my experience, are normally applicable to transactions of the type contemplated by the S-8 with respect to the offer and sale of the Shares, including the Iowa Business Corporation Act (the &#8220;IBCA&#8221;), and the reported judicial decisions interpreting those laws.  I do not find it necessary for the purposes of the opinion, and accordingly do not cover herein, the application of the securities or &#8220;blue sky&#8221; laws of the various states to the sale of the Shares.  The opinion is limited to the specific issues addressed herein, and no opinion may be inferred or implied beyond that expressly stated herein. This opinion speaks only as of the date hereof and I neither have nor assume any obligation to revise or supplement this opinion after the date of effectiveness of the S-8 should the IBCA or other relevant laws be changed by legislative action, judicial decision, or otherwise after the date hereof.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:24.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the further limitations and qualifications set forth above, I am of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate action on the part of the Company and, are, when the Shares are issued to the 2023 Plan participants in accordance with the terms and conditions of the 2023 Plan and the applicable award agreement for consideration in an amount at least equal to the par value of such Shares, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.  </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:24.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">I consent to the filing of this opinion with the SEC as an exhibit to the S-8.  In giving this consent, I do not thereby admit that I am in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the &#96;33 Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:324.35pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Sincerely,</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:324.35pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">&#47;s&#47; Mark A. Schuman                     </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div></body></html>
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i6b35fa1694ec4de092a427f8f3571235_33"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Exhibit 23.2</font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We consent to the use of our report dated March 1, 2021, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedules I to IV of American Equity Investment Life Holding Company, incorporated herein by reference.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#47;s&#47; KPMG LLP</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Des Moines, Iowa </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">September 7, 2023</font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div></body></html>
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