On Wednesday, February 12, 2025, the Senate of Texas adopted Senate Resolution #76 by Senator Bryan Hughes honoring 100 years of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, Texas Chapter (NAIFA-Texas).
Click here to view the NAIFA-Texas Resolution in the Senate
SR #76 Reading: 0:38:40 (30 minutes, 40 seconds) to 0:42:45 (42 minutes, 45 seconds).
On Wednesday, February 12, 2025, the Texas House of Representatives adopted House Resolution #215 honoring 100 years of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, Texas Chapter (NAIFA-Texas).
Click here to view the NAIFA-Texas Resolution in the House
HR #215 Reading: 1:10:00 (1 hour, 10 minutes, 0 seconds) to 1:12:30 (1 hour, 12 minutes, 30 seconds).
NAIFA 2025 President Doug Massey, LUTCF, FSS, CLU, ChFC, has come a long way since he joined NAIFA, then known as NALU, in 1987. He first attended a local luncheon in San Angelo, Texas, as a guest. It was a nice steakhouse, Massey admits, but he was reluctant and didn’t really see the association’s appeal.
February is Insure Your Love Month, an annual campaign created and coordinated by NAIFA’s Life Happens community. The theme for this year’s commemoration is a simple yet impactful message: Life insurance is love insurance.
The purpose of Insure Your Love Month is to remind Americans that the basic motivation behind the purchase of life insurance is that you love someone and want to protect them financially. Insure Your Love Month is the perfect opportunity for financial professionals to encourage consumers to put their love into action by ensuring their family’s financial future with life insurance.
We have made it especially easy for NAIFA members to share this message with clients and potential clients by offering an extensive library of resources. These are available as part of your NAIFA membership and include:
NAIFA has long supported Insure Your Love Month and other Life Happens campaigns, including Disability Insurance Awareness Month and Life Insurance Awareness Month. Now that Life Happens is part of NAIFA, a new world of benefits has opened to NAIFA members.
NAIFA-Texas is excited to welcome the following new members. We look forward to their involvement and are honored for them to join our great network of financial professionals!
Jim Thompson, a financial advisor, praised the benefits of a Home Equity Conversion Mortgage, which he decided to use after recognizing it as a tool to maintain home ownership and financial liquidity, contrary to common fears of losing one’s home.
He appreciates how the reverse mortgage frees up monthly funds and provides a line of credit for personal use. Thompson also commends Michael Inkman from Fairway Mortgage for his friendly, knowledgeable, and supportive approach to clients, highlighting that responsible financial planning is essential for maximizing benefits from such financial products.
As it relates to leveraging home equity, Jim says, “I use the example when you go down to the grocery store, bring your mortgage statements, and say, ‘Look, I have a paid off house.’
And they say, ‘Well, that’s very nice. Good for you. But we use cash here, so that doesn’t really help.’”
NAIFA-Texas is excited to welcome the following new members. We look forward to their involvement are honored for them to join our great network of financial professionals!
In creating the list, CNBC considered dozens of lenders’ customer service, ease of applications, perks, affordability, and details about their reverse mortgage options. After CNBC tallied its findings, Fairway Mortgage was chosen as the Best Reverse Mortgage Lender for Speedy Closings. Money.com evaluated product offerings, customer reviews, regulatory records, and online presence, and named Fairway the Best Reverse Mortgage Lender for Homebuyers.
This combination of speedy closings and top of market service to homebuyers makes Fairway an excellent choice for a HECM for Purchase loan, allowing those over 62 to increase their purchasing power or retain more cash from the sale of their homes.
Dan Ventura, President of Fairway’s Reverse group, acknowledged the efficiency of the HECM originations at Fairway: “One of Fairway’s Core Values is Speed To Respond, and our Operations teams take pride in their ability to close loans quicker and smoother than anyone else in the industry. In a purchase scenario, timing is of the essence, and we strive to guarantee a fast, and customer-focused experience.”
With that sentiment in mind, and building on its award-winning speed and efficiency in the mortgage industry, Fairway is announcing the launch of its “15-Day Close” initiative for HECM loans. Having already fostered a reputation for closing loans faster than the competition, this new program aims to set even higher standards for customer satisfaction.
Laya Tate, SVP Reverse Underwriting at Fairway, celebrated the launch of the new initiative: “Historically we have closed loans in 17 days or less – now we are gearing up to close loans even faster through being ‘effectively efficient’ throughout the process from origination through closing. By further streamlining processes and maintaining clear communication with clients, Fairway is committed to delivering an unparalleled reverse mortgage experience – in less time.”
If you want to work with an award-winning mortgage team, reach out to Michael Inkman today.
NAIFA-Texas is excited to welcome the following new members. We look forward to their involvement are honored for them to join our great network of financial professionals!
NAIFA Houston held their Annual Awards Dinner on Thursday, November 14, 2024 at The Briar Club to recognize members who have went above and beyond, both professionally and personally.
The evening began with NAIFA Houston President, Lena Allouche offering a warm welcome to guests in attendance and highlighting the Houston Awards Committee, the Houston President's Cabinet members, as well as the Houston Past Presidents in attendance at the dinner. Lena then moved on to thank the Awards Dinner event sponsors that included National Life Group, 1847 Financial, Strategic Financial Group, and Exam One Houston.
NAIFA Houston Past President and NAIFA-Texas Past President, Joey Ussery graciously accepted the role of emcee for the evening and presented the awards. Awards presented throughout the evening included the NAIFA National Quality Award, the NAIFA Houston Rising Star Award, the NAIFA Houston Financial Planner of the Year Award, and the NAIFA Houston Hall of Fame Award.
Following the awards presentations, the 2025 NAIFA Houston Board of Directors were sworn into office.
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