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10-Q - 10-Q - AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTMENT LIFE HOLDING COael_10q033111.htm
EX-32.2 - EXHIBIT 32.2 - AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTMENT LIFE HOLDING COael_exhibit322033111.htm
EX-31.1 - EXHIBIT 31.1 - AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTMENT LIFE HOLDING COael_exhibit311033111.htm
EX-12.1 - EXHIBIT 12.1 - AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTMENT LIFE HOLDING COael_exhibit121033111.htm
EX-31.2 - EXHIBIT 31.2 - AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTMENT LIFE HOLDING COael_exhibit312033111.htm
 

Exhibit 32.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report of American Equity Investment Life Holding Company (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2011 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Wendy C. Waugaman, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
 
1.
The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;
 
 
 
 
 
 
and
 
 
 
 
 
 
2.
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company
 
 
Date: May 6, 2011
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Wendy C. Waugaman
 
 
 
Wendy C. Waugaman, President and Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
(Principal Executive Officer)