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Kevin M. Smith is an independent financial advisor specializing in managed money processes and retirement security for individuals and businesses as well as a long term care insurance resource expert and speaker.

With over 30 years experience in the financial services field, Kevin is an expert in almost every aspect of financial planning, retirement, consulting and more. His impressive resume is detailed in the section below.

 

EXPERIENCE:

OMNI Resource Group

Financial consultant specializing in business and professional consulting. Often including strategies for buy-sell funding for the purpose of assisting the senior partners transition their practice interests to the next generation associates: retirement plan benchmarking and design to help plans meet the new fiduciary and compliance standards required by the DOL: and; income distribution and wealth accumulation strategies. Also, founder of Operation Veterans Aid, an organization dedicated to assisting veterans and their families in the awareness and completion of the application for the Aid and Attendance Pension through the VA.

 

Thrailkill, Broussard & Smith, P.A., Vice President

Responsible for individual financial planning and education for public and private clients. The firm educated and developed clients through a seminar system from 1995-2002. Named "Best New Group" in 1997 by Successful Money Management Seminars, Inc., the nation's largest producer of financial education materials. (April 1995-January 2003)

 

New England Mutual Life Insurance Company

In 1983, responsible for individual and group sales of insurance and investment products and involved in the sale and service of one the first 40 l(k) plans in the U.S. As sales manager in 1985, responsibilities included recruiting, training, joint work, and managing a team of up to twelve producers. Won New England's Agency Builder Award four consecutive years. The management award recognized outstanding performance in new agent recruiting, agent retention, average agent production, and total unit production growth. During the four years, agent retention was greater than 50%. Returned to personal production in 1990. (February 1983 - March 1995)

 

Mass Mutual Life Insurance Company

Began insurance career with Mass Mutual in November of 1980 in Winter Park, FL and was the number four producer during the two and one half years with the agency.

 

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, 1980, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

 

LICENSE:

Life, Health, Variable Annuity, Series 6, 22, 65, and 7

 

ACHIEVEMENTS / RECOGNITIONS:

Multiple Qualifier of MDRT and Court of the Table Qualifier. Speaker at various industry, service, and charitable organizations including Florida Special Olympics on financial and estate planning issues for families with special needs children and the Florida Methodist Pastors' Conferences assisting those in the ministry with financial and retirement issues, The FICPA annual meeting on Financial Planning on the topic of Long Term Care. Past Chair of Peggy and Phillip Crosby YMCA, Board Member of Warriors on the Green an organization dedicated to the rehab of wounded veterans through the activity of golf, Board Member of Lydia House.

 

PERSONAL:

Married to Beth since 1982 and the father of two children; Bennett, a recent graduate and two-time golf and Academic All-American at Dallas Baptist University and Ellen a junior at UCF. Kevin has been a member of the business community in Central Florida since 1980.