Benjamin Paul Richard
Financial Representative|CLU®, ChFC®
Professional
Ben Richard has been with the Northwestern Mutual-Lafayette Office since 2006. He graduated from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette with a Bachelor of Arts in Business. Starting as a financial representative, Ben was promoted to management in 2009 when he became a College Unit Director. During this role, he expanded his personal practice while mentoring and recruiting students from the University of Louisiana-Lafayette. In 2013, Ben was promoted again to being the Field Director/Growth Development Director for the Lafayette Office. As a Field Director and mentor, Ben helps to build and grow his integrated personal practice while developing and training financial representatives through their startup years. Ben specializes in helping successful business owners, medical professionals, and retirees achieve financial security.
Awards & Recognition
New Financial Representative Awards (Bronze, Gold, Silver, & Platinum) 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Memberships
Ben is a member of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA). NAIFA is the only organization serving and representing insurance and financial advisors regardless of the products they sell or focus of their practice. NAIFA is focused to protect your business, help you grow your business, and promote ethical business conduct. NAIFA's mission is to advocate for a positive legislative and regulatory environment, enhance business and professional skills, and promote the ethical conduct of its members.
Years of Experience
Representing Northwestern Mutual since 2006.
Designations
Ben has earned his CLU® and ChFC® designations.
- The Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC®) is a professional designation representing completion of a comprehensive course consisting of financial education, examinations and practical experience. Those who earn the designation are understood to be knowledgeable in financial matters and to have the ability to provide sound advice.
- Since 1927, the Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU®) designation has long been recognized as the fundamental and foremost educational credential for life insurance professionals. The designation helps individuals build a successful life insurance practice by providing clients with knowledgeable and ethical advice. For financial representatives, the CLU® designation symbolizes continuing growth and commitment to professionalism.
Lending a hand in my community.
As part of Northwestern Mutual, I'm proud to help accelerate the search for better childhood cancer treatments while supporting families undergoing treatment, and survivors from late effects. Here are some of the organizations we partner with:
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer (ALSF)
ALSF funds cancer research, raises awareness, and supports the families of children with cancer. Since 2012, Northwestern Mutual, its employees, and financial professionals like me have donated more than $20 million to support ALSF and fund over 400,000 research hours.
Beads of Courage
Beads of Courage is an art-in-medicine program that helps kids with cancer tell their unique treatment story through colorful beads that are symbols of their courage.
How Northwestern Mutual helps you live the life you want.
When people feel better about their money, good things happen—they become more confident and feel more secure. For more than 160 years, Northwestern Mutual has helped people achieve the financial flexibility they need to live more and worry less.
Being a mutual company means Northwestern Mutual reports to its clients, not Wall Street. They don't believe in chasing fads or taking undue risk for short-term gains. Instead, they take a long-term approach—both in the way we help people plan to reach their goals, and in the way they do business. This has served their clients (and mine) well through all kinds of economic ups and downs, including wars, recessions, even the recent pandemic.
It's why I'm happy to be part of a company that's in it for the long-haul and prioritizes clients over profit.
