Thomas G. Lipscomb III
Financial Representative
About Tom
Tom Lipscomb has been a Financial Representative with Northwestern Mutual since 1985. Eleven times he has been among the top twenty producers for the company out of over 7,000 representatives as a result of his focus on helping successful clients understand “what’s possible” in the areas of estate planning and tax-favored wealth accumulation planning.
Tom has earned the Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU®) designation, and has a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from the University of Kansas in Saxophone Performance.
Tom is a seventeen year qualifier for the Million Dollar Round Table’s Top of the Table designation.
Personal
Tom and his wife, Kari, have two children, Anna (age 17) and Thomas (age 14). They live in Overland Park, Kansas. Tom plays saxophone on his church music worship team and is on the board of several local ministries. His hobbies include kids’ activities, bicycling, traveling, and music.
Professional Background
CLU® Chartered Life Underwriter
Tom Lipscomb has earned the Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU®) designation.
The CLU® designation is the undisputed professional credential for persons involved in the protection, accumulation, preservation and distribution of the economic values of human life. For Financial Representatives such as Tom and others involved in providing life insurance products, the CLU® designation is the common bond for continuing growth and commitment to professionalism.
Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT)
Tom is a member of the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT).
Founded in 1927, MDRT provides its members with resources to improve their technical knowledge, sales and client service while maintaining a culture of high ethical standards.
MDRT's Mission
To be a valued, member-driven international network of leading insurance and investment financial services professionals who serve their clients by exemplary performance and the highest standards of ethics, knowledge, service and productivity.
Mission Statement
As a Northwestern Mutual Financial Representative, Tom looks first to understand your vision for the future. It says a lot about you. And like you, your vision is unique. So is Tom's approach to helping you shape it and attain it.
Tom is committed to providing clients with innovative, relevant solutions for their personal and business needs. He develops enduring relationships with clients based on integrity and excellent service.
Awards and Recognition
Tom has received the National Quality Award (NQA) every year since 1988.
Created in 1944, the NQA recognizes agents whose persistency records indicate competence and dedication to the insurance industry and their clients. Agents who win this award have tangible evidence signifying that the products they sell will meet the client's needs.
Education
- Bachelor of Business Administration in Music Performance from the University of Kansas
- Masters Degree in Music Performance from the University of Kansas
Here are my areas of expertise
Financial Planning
Insurance Protection Strategies
Life Insurance Strategies
Retirement Planning & Income Strategies
Education Planning & Funding
Disability Planning
Multigenerational Planning
Estate Planning
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.
