2024 Forbes Best In State Top Financial Security Professional

The people on my team are some of the best. Their hard work has led to Forbes recognizing me as one of the country’s top 100 financial security professionals. Without the support of my team, and our amazing clients, this would not have been possible. Thank you!

Forbes Best-in-State Top Financial Security Professionals list (July 2024), Research and ranking provided by SHOOK Research, LLC. Based upon data as of 12/31/2023. Northwestern Mutual (NM) and its advisors do not pay for placement on 3rd party rating or ranking lists.  NM and its advisors do, however, pay marketing fees to these organizations to promote the rating or ranking(s).  Rankings and recognitions are no guarantee of future investment success.

Fall 2024

Focus on Entrepreneurs and Athletes

Brian K Ford, a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ Professional, RICP® CAP® CLU® ChFC® CLTC® and his team have built a national practice across several industries helping physicians, entrepreneurs, and athletes implement healthy habits and rituals with money. 

Specialization in helping entrepreneurs and athletes think through ideas and strategies unique to them:

  • Variable income
  • High earning potential 
  • Post-career transition 
  • Philanthropy 
  • Family considerations

Each of us has a different vision of what it means to be financially secure, and your vision is likely to change throughout your lifetime – when you begin your career, start a family, educate your children and enter retirement.  I can help you create a personalized financial plan that has a firm foundation in your beliefs and addresses your hopes for the future.

But achieving financial security takes more than creating a comprehensive plan; you also have to take action on your plan, and evaluate and adjust it over time.  Together, we’ll create a timeline to help protect you and your family now, and execute the steps necessary to respond to whatever life brings.

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Best life insurance company for consumer experience, 2023. (NerdWallet)1

Top 5

We're one of the Top U.S. Independent Investment Broker-Dealers.2

$8.2B

In dividends expected to be paid in 2025.3

A++

AAA, Aaa, and AA+ - we've earned the highest financial strength ratings awarded to life insurers from all four major rating agencies.4

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