(NAIFA) has launched NAIFAconnect.org, an online community and member portal providing NAIFA members with tools to better connect with peers and offer a more personalized profile to consumers.

NAIFA CEO Kevin Mayeux and President Tom Michel issued the following statement:

NAIFA’s 2021 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Week is a virtual event featuring three days of programming, April 6-8. Presentations and discussions will focus on increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion within the insurance and financial industry and providing needed products, services, and advice to traditionally underserved communities.

Tuesday, March 23, at 11 am eastern

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

Roger Sims CLU^®, LUTCF, has been a loyal NAIFA member since 2001 and currently practices with New York Life in High Point, NC, where he specializes in long-term care and retirement. 

Roger is a second-generation insurance agent, something his father always wanted but not something that he had planned for himself. He first began to consider a career in the industry when his father’s office moved into the building he worked in. There, he was able to observe his father’s line of work and found it “really appealing.”

Joshua Shaver, CFP, ChFC^®, CBEC, RICP, has been a loyal NAIFA member since 2008 and is currently a Senior Partner and Wealth Manager at Diamond Financial Group in Newark, DE, where he specializes in retirement. He graduated magna cum laude from the Lerner College of Business and Economics at the University of Delaware where he was actively involved with the Financial Manager’s Association. Joshua currently holds a series of designations and certificates including his Series 7, Series 66, and Series 24 registrations, as well as his Life, Health, and Ethics Insurance licenses.

Mary Greene is a Black woman who became a financial advisor with Prudential after working for several Fortune 500 firms in other industries. Prudential offered four things she says are necessary for young advisors to make it: Name recognition among prospective clients, a strong training program, solid support from her manager and managing director, and a feeling of confidence that she “could flourish and really bring some great things to the clients because of the needs of the African American community.”