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Registered investment advisers, the advisors registered through them, the capital they report, the private vehicles they run and the people who own them, as a graph with a filing date behind every number. RAUM is what the adviser filed, a move is two registration dates, and a class is a rule you can read.

Former SEC-registered adviser

Protective Investment Advisors Inc.

Former SEC-registered adviserBirmingham, AlabamaCRD 107542SEC 801-45890IAPD
Latest filing May 14, 2020
First filing on the tape Mar 30, 2012 · 11 filings
RAUM
$1.0B
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
100%
of RAUM
Private clients
0.0%
$0 individuals and HNW
Advisors
0
registered through the firm on IAPD
RAUM per advisor
n/a
derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count
Employees
22
16 advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
0
beyond the principal office
Private funds
0
reported on Schedule D
History
11 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$1.0B as of May 14, 2020
Mar 30, 2012$833M then
HNW client RAUM: no history
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)0 as of May 14, 2020
Mar 30, 20120 then
Employees (5.A)22 as of May 14, 2020
Apr 1, 201320 then
Private funds: no history
RAUM +5.3% over the last fiscal year+1.8% a year over threeIARs 0 to 0
Practice profile
derived from the filing of May 14, 2020; every figure names its basis
RAUM per advisor
unknownderivedRAUM over IAPD advisors; not a book size
Clients per advisor
unknownderivedindividual and HNW clients (5.D) over advisors
Average HNW client
unknownderivedHNW RAUM over HNW clients
Average account
$1.0BderivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
Discretionary
100%derivedof RAUM
Institutional
100%derivedpensions, charities, corporations, government, insurance, banks, other advisers
Employees per advisor
unknownderivedItem 5.A over advisors
Advisors per office
unknownderived1 offices incl. principal (1.F.5)
RAUM growth, one year
+5.3%derivedbetween the last two annual amendments
Advisor growth, one year
unknownderivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
Client growth, one year
unknownderived
Compensation
percentage of assetsreportedItem 5.E
Advisory activities
portfolio management for businesses and institutionsreportedItem 5.G
Ownership
no PE, bank or public-company owner found on Schedule Aderived
Advisor book size
not public; not estimatedreported
Also answered yes on Form ADV
  • buys or sells securities as principal to or from clients (8.A.2)
  • has discretionary authority over which securities are bought or sold (8.C.1)
  • receives research or other products from a broker-dealer, soft dollars (8.E)
Where the RAUM sits
Form ADV Item 5.D, latest filing
  • Insurance companies$1.0B100%
Individual clients
0reported
HNW clients
0reported
Pension plan clients
0reported
Charitable clients
0reported
Accounts
1reported
Financial planning clients
n/areported
Wrap fee programs
noreported
Custody of client assets
noreported
Compensation
% of AUMreported
Class basis
absent from the latest SEC rosterderived
Advisors registered through the firm
0 on IAPD today, longest tenure first
No representative is registered through this CRD on IAPD.
Advisor movement
Left, latest
none on the tape
    Joined, latest
    none on the tape
      Every departureEvery arrival
      Private funds
      No private fund reported.
      Owners and control persons
      Schedule A and B, latest filing
      • Pierson Lance Black · Director And Treasurercontrol
        since 01/2010 · owns less than 5%
      • Manley Steve Callaway · Secretarycontrol
        since 03/2007 · owns less than 5%
      • Emil Scott Creutzmann · Chief Compliance Officercontrol
        since 04/2019 · owns less than 5%
      • Edward Philip Passafiume · President And Directorcontrol
        since 12/2018 · owns less than 5%
      Entity owners
      • Protective Life Corporation · Sole Shareholder
        direct · owns 75% or more · public reporting company
      • Dai-Ichi Life Holdings, Inc. (F.K.A. The Dai-Ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited) · Sole Shareholder Of Protective Life Corporation
        indirect · owns 75% or more of Protective Life Corporation
      Related persons
      Schedule D 7.A
      Offices
      Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
      No branch office listed.
      What changed
      consecutive filings, newest first
      • Discretionary RAUM · $951M to $1.0B
        Mar 28, 2019 to May 14, 2020
      • RAUM · $951M to $1.0B
        Mar 28, 2019 to May 14, 2020
      • Advisory employees · 15 to 16
        Mar 30, 2018 to Mar 28, 2019
      • Discretionary RAUM · $947M to $951M
        Mar 30, 2018 to Mar 28, 2019
      • RAUM · $947M to $951M
        Mar 30, 2018 to Mar 28, 2019
      • Advisory employees · 12 to 15
        Mar 30, 2017 to Mar 30, 2018
      • Charity clients · unset to 0.0
        Mar 30, 2017 to Mar 30, 2018
      • Corporate clients · unset to 0.0
        Mar 30, 2017 to Mar 30, 2018
      • HNW clients · unset to 0.0
        Mar 30, 2017 to Mar 30, 2018
      • Individual clients · unset to 0.0
        Mar 30, 2017 to Mar 30, 2018
      • Pension plan clients · unset to 0.0
        Mar 30, 2017 to Mar 30, 2018
      • Pooled vehicle clients · unset to 0.0
        Mar 30, 2017 to Mar 30, 2018
      • Employees · 20 to 22
        Mar 30, 2017 to Mar 30, 2018
      • Other offices · unset to 0.0
        Mar 30, 2017 to Mar 30, 2018
      • Discretionary RAUM · $948M to $947M
        Mar 30, 2017 to Mar 30, 2018
      • RAUM · $948M to $947M
        Mar 30, 2017 to Mar 30, 2018
      • Advisory employees · 14 to 12
        Mar 29, 2016 to Mar 30, 2017
      • Employees · 21 to 20
        Mar 29, 2016 to Mar 30, 2017
      • Discretionary RAUM · $912M to $948M
        Mar 29, 2016 to Mar 30, 2017
      • RAUM · $912M to $948M
        Mar 29, 2016 to Mar 30, 2017
      • Discretionary RAUM · $905M to $912M
        Mar 30, 2015 to Mar 29, 2016
      • RAUM · $905M to $912M
        Mar 30, 2015 to Mar 29, 2016
      • Employees · 20 to 21
        Mar 2, 2015 to Mar 30, 2015
      • Advisory employees · 13 to 14
        Mar 2, 2015 to Mar 30, 2015
      • Discretionary RAUM · $845M to $905M
        Mar 2, 2015 to Mar 30, 2015
      • RAUM · $845M to $905M
        Mar 2, 2015 to Mar 30, 2015
      • Discretionary RAUM · $871M to $845M
        Apr 1, 2013 to Mar 27, 2014
      • RAUM · $871M to $845M
        Apr 1, 2013 to Mar 27, 2014
      • Advisory employees · unset to 13.0
        Mar 30, 2012 to Apr 1, 2013
      • Employees · unset to 20.0
        Mar 30, 2012 to Apr 1, 2013
      • Discretionary RAUM · $833M to $871M
        Mar 30, 2012 to Apr 1, 2013
      • RAUM · $833M to $871M
        Mar 30, 2012 to Apr 1, 2013
      Signals
      3 dated events
      • Sitter Carl Thigpen (Former President And Former Director) no longer on Schedule A of Protective Investment Advisors Inc. (listed 2019-03-28, absent 2020-05-14)
        May 14, 2020 · Control person left · inference
      • Emil Scott Creutzmann (Chief Compliance Officer) appeared on Schedule A of Protective Investment Advisors Inc.
        May 14, 2020 · Control person joined · fact
      • Edward Philip Passafiume (President And Director) appeared on Schedule A of Protective Investment Advisors Inc.
        Mar 28, 2019 · Control person joined · fact
      Across DFX
      shared identifiers only, never a name match
      No identifier-backed link to the venture, private equity, family office or sponsor graphs.
      Provenance
      Form ADV
      SEC filing data 2011 to 2024 and the monthly roster 2025 onreportedadviserinfo.sec.gov
      Advisors
      IAPD individual compilation feed, dailyreportedadviserinfo.sec.gov
      Class
      Former SEC-registered adviserderiveda rule over Items 5.D and 7.A
      RAUM per advisor
      n/aderivedfirm RAUM over the IAPD count; not a book size
      Loaded
      Sep 14, 2026