Resource Brokerage
Effective January 1, 2012, Blair Farwell, RHU, became president and chief executive officer of Resource Brokerage, LLC. He was formerly the firm’s vice president of health brokerage. The announcement is the final stage of a management transition that began more than 12 years ago.
Founder John Rippinger will remain active with the company, with the position of chairman of the board. He will assume the new position as senior executive of the life division of Resource Brokerage. This responsibility returns him to the foundation of his career—the development of life insurance strategies and services for customers of brokers.
Farwell joined Resource Brokerage in 1999 as manager of the group health division and eventual successor to company founder John Rippinger in ownership of the company. He expanded his role with the firm with responsibility for the individual health division.
Farwell is a 1995 graduate of Hope College (Holland, MI) with a B.A. in business administration and communications.
Resource Brokerage and/or Blair Farwell and John Rippinger are members of the Chicago Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (CAIFA), the National Association of Independent Life Brokerage Agencies (NAILBA), the National Association of Health Underwriters (NAHU), the American Association for Long Term Care Insurance, the Chicago Estate Planning Council (CEPC), the Top of the Table level of the Million Dollar Round Table (TOT–MDRT), the Society of Financial Service Professionals (FSP), the Financial Planning Association (FPA), the Association of Health Insurance Advisors (AHIA) and the Broker’s Health Insurance Network (BHINI).
