Brian Fechtel

Area of Expertise: Life insurance and related products (annuities, disability insurance, long-term care insurance)

Web Site: www.BreadwinnersInsurance.com

Topics Presented in Speeches: “Genuine Financial Analysis of Life Insurance Made Readily Understandable,” "The Life Insurance Industry is Built on Fraudulent Practices"

Email: Brian@BreadwinnersInsurance.com

Biography:

For more than 25 years, Brian Fechtel, working as a consultant and/or an agent, has applied his expertise on life insurance products to help individuals, businesses, and trustees obtain excellent value and make smart insurance-related decisions. Fechtel's fiduciary approach, which involves considering any and all insurers’ products, enables his clients to obtain value and to manage their life insurance policies with confidence based on real financial expertise. He routinely helps many to avoid or to correct the harms they have suffered.

In 2012, the National Underwriter gave Fechtel its award for regulatory advocacy. In 2013, the NAIC made him a co-author of its white paper on the industry’s challenges for the upcoming decade. As an economist from Georgetown and a holder of the right to use the CFA designation, Fechtel has long been an advocate for reform of the life insurance industry's product disclosure practices. His articles have been published in several industries’ trade publications and peer-reviewed journals that include The Journal of Insurance Regulation, the Journal of Financial Planning and the American Council on Consumer Interest’s Conference Annual.