Peloton Global Distribution Services® Member and President and CEO of First Summit Financial Recognized by Lincoln Financial Group ®

Irvine, CA. September, 2010 – William Pickering, President and CEO of First Summit Financial, a member of Peloton Global Distribution Services® (Peloton®) (www.PelotonGlobal.com), has received Lincoln Financial Group’s prestigious “American Award.”

This annual award is presented to financial services professionals who are well rounded in their professional career, community service and family life. The “American Award”, one of Lincoln Financial Group’s top honors, was presented to Pickering by Dennis R. Glass, President and CEO of Lincoln Financial. Pickering has over 32 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is a member of numerous prestigious organizations, has Elite-level member status in the Premier Partners program at Lincoln Financial and is a Life Qualifying member of the Million Dollar Round Table.

As an active philanthropist and community leader, Pickering works with numerous food banks, is actively involved with autism prevention and a longtime supporter of the Special Olympics.

This award is an outstanding achievement for Bill Pickering and First Summit Financial. His values and qualities exemplify what Peloton is all about.  We wish him and his firm nothing but continued success and congratulate him on this accomplishment.

About Peloton Global Distribution Services®

Peloton is a premiere consortium of cutting-edge individual organizations that are top performers in their industry. By aligning with Peloton, members have access to the powerful synergy of shared market intelligence, world-class marketing and lead generation capabilities, extensive products, services, technologies, systems and a high level of support to create superior performance in the insurance and financial services industry. Peloton membership allows the individual member entities and the group as a whole to combine strengths in order to reach the highest level of competitive success. Membership includes some of the largest general agencies, specialty companies, and industry suppliers on a global level.

To learn more about Peloton please visit: www.pelotonglobal.com.

To learn more about First Summit Financial please visit: www.firstsummitfinancial.com.

To learn more about Lincoln Financial Group please visit: www.lincolnfinancial.com