Your Success is Our Success
Life never stands still. It evolves, changes direction, and leads to new possibilities. That means your approach to financial security cannot be static, because as your life changes, so do your needs and goals.
Working together, we can help you identify your financial goals and objectives to help you prepare for the future and help protect you if life takes an unexpected turn. Keeping pace with life's changes is important. Let me help you achieve a secure financial future.

Our Mission
First, we look to understand your vision for the future because It says a lot about you. Like you, your vision is unique and so is our approach to helping you shape and attain it.
Simply put, our mission is to help you secure your family's or business's future and protect what's important to you.
Guidance for Business Owners
For Your Business's Key Employees
Part of attracting and retaining the best executive talent involves offering a comprehensive benefits package. Executive Benefit solutions are designed to Recruit, Retain, Reward, and Motivate key employees using innovative funding solutions. Contact - David Higgins to receive customized solutions for your business situation.
Succession Planning
David Higgins helps companies establish Business Continuation and Succession strategies, while also addressing the design, financing, and implementation of executive retirement plans and related benefits. David consults with many types of businesses, from publicly traded companies to small, medium, and large privately held firms.
With a focused expertise on the business owner, David Higgins can provide guidance for any stage of your business:
Resources for Attorneys
David Higgins provides resources to further assist his attorney clients:
- Advanced Planning Library
This website contains materials covering topics such as estate, business, charitable, retirement and insurance planning produced by both attorneys in the Advanced Planning Division of Northwestern Mutual and outside professionals. - Estate Planning
Focus on Physicians and Dentists
David Higgins works extensively with Physicians and Dentists on their financial wellness including Disability Insurance with a Medical Occupation Definition.
Physicians and dentists are aware of the importance of disability income insurance. But research conducted by Harris Interactive in 2008 revealed discrepancies between what medical professionals’ expectations are of the coverage provided by “own occ” DI and what actually is covered.
To learn more about Northwestern Mutual’s exclusive new Medical Occupation Definition for physicians and dentists and how it is designed to help meet your needs, go to the Disability Income Insurance Knowledge Center.
The Northwestern Mutual Difference
We make plans for people, not just money. So no matter your goals, we have access to top rated products and services to help you meet each one.
- Best Life Insurance Company ranked by NerdWallet, April 2019 1
- Highest financial strength ratings of any life insurer from all four major rating agencies2
- Top 10 U.S. Independent Investment Broker-Dealers3
2 A.M. Best Company, A++ (highest), May 2019; Fitch Ratings, AAA (highest), May 2019; Moody's Investors Service, Aaa (highest), September 2018; S&P Global Ratings, AA+ (second highest), June 2019. Third-party ratings are subject to change. Ratings are for The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company and Northwestern Long Term Care Insurance Company.
3 Measured by 2018 total revenues. Ranking for Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC. Sources: Financial Advisor magazine and Investment News, May 2019.