In December, we announced a partnership with Nationwide to distribute their advisory annuity and VUL solution on the RetireOne platform. It’s an exciting development that allows us to offer up top-tier Nationwide advisory solutions to our advisors, as well as marry their insurance offerings to our risk-off capabilities. In the words of our own Chief...Continue Reading
We had a busy Q4! In addition to our big Nationwide announcement (which we’ll cover in a separate blog post), our CEO and Co-Founder, David Stone, made the rounds in the media. First up was an RIA Intel piece on inflation: “Inflation Poses the Biggest Risk to Retirement Goals – For Now.” The article examines...Continue Reading
Gratitude, Oh MYGA, Squeezing Retirees, Wealthcare Welcome, Nationwide is On Our Side, Year of Security, Q4 Webinars, and Key Leadership Promotions In the fourth quarter of 2022 these advisors began working with us: Robert Cortes, Mario Veneroso, Aaron Vaughn, Fernanda Hailey, Aaron Cramer, Tryssa Pacciulli, Donald Butcher, Grant Collins, Robert Robinson , Jason Shemtob, Brian...Continue Reading
How Can Advisors Prove Their Value? These days, saying “The markets are volatile” feels simultaneously both incredibly obvious and like the world’s driest understatement. Volatility isn’t just something we’re experiencing right now, it’s defining how we live in a variety of ways both large and small. When volatility becomes an ingrained part of your daily...Continue Reading
Benefits of the new partnership include the addition of advisory solutions like the Nationwide Monument Advisor IOVA to RetireOne’s fiduciary marketplace of insurance and annuity solutions and expanded distribution opportunities for Nationwide SAN FRANCISCO – December 15, 2022 –RetireOne®, the leading independent platform for fee-based insurance solutions, and industry leader Nationwide are teaming up to...Continue Reading
Team growth and restructuring to help the outsourced insurance desk meet needs of fast-expanding marketplace SAN FRANCISCO – December 1, 2022 – RetireOne®, the leading independent platform for fee-based insurance solutions, today announced that it has promoted three individuals to senior leadership roles and expanded its Advisor Solutions team. This strategic restructuring comes at a...Continue Reading
Thank You, Very Superstitious, PARIS, 5% Rules, Clients Want More, Avoiding Risk, Q3 Webinars, and Bolstering the Team In the third quarter of 2022 these advisors began working with us: Cheryl Krueger, Aaron Simpson, Garrett Harper, Adam Stanley, Paul Hansen, Zachary Knable, Scott Garrigus, Brian Click, Scott Hitchcock, Steven Boorstein, Andrew Band, James Hanley, Alan...Continue Reading
Can advisors afford to just be portfolio managers? RetireOne President Ed Mercier recently appeared with Mark Colaço of Dimensional Fund Advisors on Robert Huebscher’s Gaining Perspective Podcast to discuss the future of financial advice, and the role insurance might play in it. In the podcast, Ed and Mark talked about each company’s respective survey data,...Continue Reading
Oisin Breen quoted RetireOne CEO and co-founder David Stone in an RIABiz article about Baltimore-based RIA firm Facet Wealth forging a formal vendor relationship with Policygenius.com. In Breen’s view the deal may have come at just the right time for the struggling digital insurance broker. Stone had this to say: “[It’s] a great move …...Continue Reading
Teaching clients to embrace risk We like to think we make rational decisions based on the information available. But in truth, our brains use cognitive biases — psychologists call them “heuristics”— to make decisions more efficiently. And while we try to consider all the information available to us, we tend to employ the information we...Continue Reading
