Insurance, Investments, Ideas

Since 1857, Northwestern Mutual has consistently focused on one ambition: to do the right thing for the people who put their trust in us. We exist to help our clients manage financial risk and achieve financial security through our insurance and investment products. Products and services offered through carefully selected subsidiaries and affiliates, offer a network of solutions to address your needs for financial security and protection, capital accumulation, asset distribution and estate preservation.

"At the heart of everything we do is our mission to provide financial protection for people, and help them achieve financial security. Our work is about humanity at its most emotional level."
    —Chief Executive Officer, Edward J. Zore


        The Northwestern Mutual Financial Network offers a personalized approach to providing customized financial solutions tailored to each client's individual needs. Financial representatives provide needs-based analysis and financial solutions to help ensure a client's needs are met at every life stage. Financial representatives work closely with clients to develop customized solutions that meet long-term financial goals and objectives. They offer exclusive access to insurance products from a top-rated company, Northwestern Mutual, as well as disability income insurance, and an array of quality financial products and services available through Network Partners.
The foremost goal of the Network is to help make each client's vision a reality. We are committed to helping our financial representatives achieve their visions, as well. As a financial representative, your potential is as unlimited as your energy, commitment and drive. Your hard work determines your rewards.
  By establishing enduring relationships with clients, you develop your skills in fact finding and referral prospecting. These skills are at the core of helping your clients achieve their goals and your mission. With your commitment, the assistance of our Network specialists and the support of your local network office, your vision can become reality.

    Local Network Office
    We know that building your own business is difficult without help. As a financial representative, you will be in business for yourself, but not by yourself.  Your local network office will provide you with support in your training and development, so you don't have to do it alone. With Northwestern Mutual's 150 years of history, we understand the skills and knowledge needed to succeed. You'll have assistance in developing your business and marketing plans, extensive training and coaching from certified trainers. You'll also have access to the specialists who have the expertise to work with you and your clients in a variety of areas.

    Mutual Selection Process
    Our recruitment and selection philosophy centers on the idea of mutual discovery. Our Mutual process gives you the chance to explore the financial representative career and see how it fits with your personal, professional and financial goals. Your local office will take you through an interview process to assist you in making an appropriate, informed decision about a career as a financial representative. Because our products and services are available exclusively through our financial representatives, it's vital that we choose our representatives with care. Likewise, you want to be sure this career is right for you. Regardless of the outcome, we expect the process to be rewarding, educational and an opportunity for you to narrow your career search.
Financial representatives with the Northwestern Mutual Financial Network have the unique opportunity to create their own destiny and determine the impact they have on the lives of their clients, families and in their communities. Successful financial representatives experience tremendous pride and satisfaction in building a practice from the ground up. Their success is not a factor of luck or chance; it's the result of a productive work ethic, strong relationship skills and a level of professionalism second to none.

    Your Clientele
        As a financial representative, you will draw your clients from one or more of the following markets: Personal Needs Analysis Market, Small Business Market or Estate Planning Market. Your goal is to discover each client's needs and goals and help map a path to meet them. You will:
* Build your business to the level of success to which you aspire.
* Achieve financial independence with a rewarding career that can offer flexibility for family, friends and leisure-time activities.
   Your Expertise
        You can build areas of expertise to provide customized recommendations that can help your clients make financial decisions they can feel good about. You can work with your clients in a variety of areas bringing in the Network's knowledgeable group of financial advisors and specialists to assist you, and you can work as a team with a member of your local Network Office.

    Your Potential
        As a financial representative, every solution you implement helps secure the financial futures of your clients, their families or businesses. As you continue to build strong, long-term relationships with your clients, your practice will continue to grow. As your practice grows, you can expand your influence in your community. With satisfied clients comes more business, and more rewards as those clients share with their associates and friends the value of your relationship.

        The Northwestern Mutual Financial Network offers a personalized approach to providing customized financial strategies tailored to each client's individual needs.
 Serving clients' personal and business needs, our financial representatives have exclusive access to a variety of world-class solutions and services from life insurance, disability income insurance and education funding alternatives, to retirement solutions, estate analysis and business needs analysis expertise.

    Rely on the Network
        Just as your clients trust and rely on you to provide expert guidance, you can trust and rely on The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates to provide sound products for your clients.
Northwestern Mutual has always received the highest ratings from the four major rating agencies:
Moody's - Aaa, 12/2007; Standard & Poor's - AAA, 11/2007; Fitch Ratings - AAA, 7/2007; and A.M. Best Company - A++, 5/2007.
In 1888, the Northwestern Mutual executive committee wrote that the mission of the company was "to rank first in benefits to policy owners rather than first in size . . . valuing quality above quantity."

This mission of doing what's right for our clients is the thread that weaves together our organization.  Along with Northwestern Mutual, you'll have access to products and services from:
  Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC
  Northwestern Long Term Care Insurance Company
  Strategic Employee Benefit Services
  Russell Investment Group
  Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Group

    Network Specialists and Advisors
     As you strive to understand your clients' goals and assess their needs, you can draw upon the technical know-how of trusted, local financial advisors and specialists. Together, you'll create customized solutions and offer your clients the guidance they need to make informed choices.