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EX-32.2 - EXHIBIT 32.2 - AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTMENT LIFE HOLDING COa2017-12x31_exhibit322.htm
EX-31.2 - EXHIBIT 31.2 - AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTMENT LIFE HOLDING COa2017-12x31_exhibit312.htm
EX-31.1 - EXHIBIT 31.1 - AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTMENT LIFE HOLDING COa2017-12x31_exhibit311.htm
EX-23.1 - EXHIBIT 23.1 - AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTMENT LIFE HOLDING COa2017-12x31_exhibit231.htm
EX-21.2 - EXHIBIT 21.2 - AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTMENT LIFE HOLDING COa2017-12x31_exhibit212.htm
EX-12.1 - EXHIBIT 12.1 - AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTMENT LIFE HOLDING COa2017-12x31_exhibit121.htm
EX-10.27 - EXHIBIT 10.27 - AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTMENT LIFE HOLDING COa2017-12x31_exhibit1027.htm
10-K - 10-K - AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTMENT LIFE HOLDING COa2017-12x31_ael10k.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 Annual Report of American Equity Investment Life Holding Company (the "Company") on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about the date hereof (the "Report"), I, John M. Matovina, Chief Executive Officer and President 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:
February 23, 2018
By:
 
/s/ JOHN M. MATOVINA
 
 
 
 
John M. Matovina, Chief Executive Officer and President
(Principal Executive Officer)