(NAIFA) is pleased to announce that The Fortis Agency, headquartered in Holmdel, NJ at the beautiful Bellworks Complex has become a 100% NAIFA Agency. Under the new membership program, The Fortis Agency has enrolled all of its advisors as NAIFA members and enrolled them in NAIFA’s grassroots advocacy programs.

Thomas O. Michel, LACP, the Managing Director of Michel Financial Group in Los Angeles is the 2021 President of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA).

NAIFA is proud to announce Terry Headley, LUTCF, FSS, LIC, President of Headley Financial Group in Omaha, NE, is the recipient of the 79th annual John Newton Russell Memorial Award. The award is the highest honor accorded by the insurance industry to a living individual who has rendered outstanding services to the institution of life insurance. The selection committee consists of representatives of the nine leading organizations in the life insurance and financial services industry.

NAIFA 2021 President Thomas O. Michel has announced the appointment of Christopher L. Gandy, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Midwest Legacy Group (OneAmerica) in Lisle, IL, to serve on the 2021 NAIFA Board of Trustees.

The National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA) and EveryIncome have completed an educational partnership agreement, under which EveryIncome will provide content for blog posts, as well as articles for NAIFA’s Advisor Today. NAIFA and EveryIncome will work together with financial professionals to educate consumers on financial literacy and client life event solutions.

Stephen Kagawa, LUTCF, FSS, of Monrovia, Calif., has been recognized as the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors’ 2020 Diversity Champion. Kagawa is CEO and Chairman of the Board of The Pacific Bridge Companies.

Carina Hatfield, LUTCF, LACP, CLCS, of Spring City, PA, is the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA) Young Advisor Team Leader of the Year for 2020.

Thomas O. Michel of Los Angeles will lead the association as President; Cammie K. Scott of Arkansas will continue her service in the role of Immediate Past President.

The National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA) is pleased to announce that State Farm has approved the Life and Annuities Certified Professional (LACP) certification for State Farm agents and is providing incentives for its agents to attain the LACP as evidence of their knowledge of and ethical approach to sales of life and annuity products.

Meet Gerry, the new way to find your future care facility. Using aggregated data from every senior living facility in the country, Gerry matches clients with an assisted living community to ease them through their decision. We are excited to announce Gerry as a new sponsor of the Limited & Extended Care Planning Center (LECP) within NAIFA.