UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 7, 2016

Midwest Holding Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

NEBRASKA        000-10685        20-0362426
(State or other jurisdiction   (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.)
of incorporation)

2900 South 70th Street, Suite 400
Lincoln, Nebraska 68506

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(402) 489-8266
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On December 7, 2016, Firman Leung, age 59, was appointed to the Board of Directors of Midwest Holding Inc. (the “Registrant”). Mr. Leung has over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry as an Investment and Capital Markets Banker in New York, London and Hong Kong. Since 2016 he has been a Managing Principal of Columbus Circle Capital, LLC in New York and the Executive Managing Director of Investment Banking and Capital Markets at American Capital Partners, LLC, also in New York. From 2012 to 2015, Mr. Leung served as Managing Director, Investment Banking and Capital Markets at RCS Capital Corporation in New York, and from 2002 to 2012 served as Managing Director, Capital Raising, at Sandler O’Neil & Partners, L.P. in New York. Mr. Leung has also held senior positions at Morgan Stanley, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Salomon Brothers, Citigroup and Sandler O’Neill & Partners. Mr. Leung received his BS in Economics from The Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania and his MBA degree from The Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College. Mr. Leung has also been a product speaker at the Las Vegas MoneyShow in the main forum: “Building a Durable Income Portfolio.”

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

The Exhibits listed below are furnished as Exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Exhibit No.        Description
99.1 Press Release dated December 7, 2016

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

  MIDWEST HOLDING INC.
 
By: /s/ Mark A. Oliver  
  Name:   Mark A. Oliver
Date: December 8, 2016 Title: Chief Executive Officer