The NAIFA Governance Committee is accepting nominations for members who wish to be considered as candidates for the 2022 NAIFA Board of Trustees and Secretary.

NAIFA and Real Wealth® Marketing have entered a marketing partnership to promote professional cooperation between the two organizations. Under the partnership, Real Wealth® Marketing will offer NAIFA members free and discounted memberships that include access to educational webinars on technology, relationship building, and marketing solutions.

Congratulations to Prudential Financial, a NAIFA Corporate Partner, on being named a 2021 Civic 50 honoree by Points of Light, the world’s largest organization dedicated to volunteer service, which mobilizes millions of people to take action that is changing the world. The Civic 50 honorees are "public and private companies with U.S. operations and revenues of at least $1 billion selected based on the investment, integration, institutionalization, and impact of their U.S. community engagement program."

NAIFA is pleased to announce that Primary Financial in Edison, NJ, has become a NAIFA 100% Agency. Under the membership program, Primary Financial has enrolled all of its advisors as NAIFA members and enrolled them in NAIFA’s grassroots advocacy programs.

Eyewitness News 9 from WSOC-TV, a station in Charlotte, NC, recently broadcast a special report, “Talking About Race and Money.” The Personal Finances segment of the broadcast (beginning at the 13:10 mark) features Delvin Joyce, CLU, ChFC, Managing Director with Prudential Financial and Chair of NAIFA’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Council (loyal member since 2010).

Registration is open for NAIFA’s Performance + Purpose (P+P) conference, NAIFA’s signature professional development event, August 17-19. This year’s P+P will remain in an all-virtual format with the expectation of returning to an in-person conference in 2022 in Phoenix.

Roger Clemens with NAIFA-Houston Leadership: (left-right): Kyle Lindner (2019 President),  Brian Monk (President-Elect). Roger Clemens, Betsy Assad (President), Rick Demko (2020 President).

The strategic partnership between NAIFA and Insperity kicked off on Thursday, June 17, when NAIFA-Houston members were invited to Constellation Field for batting practice with seven-time Cy Young award winner Roger Clemens.

During an informal reception and meet and greet, Roger "Rocket" Clemens welcomed attendees and shared his personal story of success before engaging in a casual Q&A.  Then everyone was invited down to the field to pick up a bat and Roger took the pitcher’s mound.  Several attendees took the opportunity to bring their gloves and play the outfield!

NAIFA and Customers Bank have completed an educational partnership agreement to advance thought leadership and consumer education and promote professional cooperation between the two associations. Under the partnership, Customers Bank will provide content for NAIFA blog posts as well as articles for NAIFA’s Advisor Today. NAIFA and Customers Bank will work together to give broader access for financial professionals and consumers to Customers Bank content in areas where the organizations’ interests overlap. 

“NAIFA is excited to partner with Customers Bank to allow our members access to another great resource that they can extend to their clientele,” stated Suzanne Carawan, VP, Marketing & Communications. “NAIFA is always working to provide members with new ways to provide better service to their clients and build more innovative and lucrative practices. Partnering with Customers Bank and raising awareness of their offerings to our members provides additional opportunities to innovate their practice.”

NAIFA is sad to learn that former national association President Morland “Mac” McManigal passed away May 22 in Green Valley, CA.

McManigal ran his StateFarm Insurance business for nearly 40 years and was known for recruiting exception agents into the industry and mentoring them to great levels of success. He was a highly sought-after speaker and gave more than 800 motivational presentations at insurance industry and other events.

NAIFA’s Life and Annuity Certified Professional (LACP) certification recognizes the need for insurance and financial professionals to further differentiate themselves in the marketplace. The LACP is a fully accredited certification that shows consumers and colleagues an agent or advisor has solid experience and understanding of life insurance and annuity products. It’s a mark of professionalism held by many leading insurance and financial advisors. Every LACP recipient agrees to adhere to NAIFA’s Code of Ethics, which includes the requirement that they put their clients’ interests first. The LACP is one of only nine accredited certifications recognized by FINRA.