Eric J. Shilka

Eric J. Shilka brings more than 36 years of client-focused marketing, sales, and business development experience, with in-depth knowledge of life settlements, commercial lines insurance, and life and annuity products.

As Director of Marketing at Sea Point Capital, Eric leads the firm's communications, brand, and investor relations — developing relationships with prospective investors and their advisors, building client education resources, and strengthening partnerships across the alternative investment industry.

Prior to Sea Point, Eric served as a Senior Portfolio Manager at Verde Capital Advisors, a life settlement fund. He also spent eight years at AIG as an Insurance Broker and Managing General Agent, where he developed a deep working knowledge of life insurance and annuity plan options. Combined with his extensive commercial lines and life and annuity brokerage experience, this gives him a comprehensive view of the insurance marketplace. Since 2011, his focus has centered on life insurance, life settlements, annuities, and insurance-linked products.

Eric began his career as a Marketing Representative at IBM in 1990 and went on to hold senior sales, account management, district sales management, and business development roles across enterprise organizations — including as an Enterprise Law Firm Consultant at Thomson Reuters in Southern California. Across his career, he has built a reputation for translating complex products and strategies into clear client value and lasting relationships, earning 15 President's Club awards for excellence in sales and management.