NFG Brokerage
Scott Karstens has a diverse work experience spanning over 20 years. Scott started their career as an Agent in Training at American Family Insurance in 2001 and later worked as a Sales Trainer and Insurance Agent. In 2006, they joined UBS as a Financial Advisor before moving on to ING Financial Partners as a Registered Principal in 2009. From 2009 to 2022, they served as the President of Nelson Financial Group, LLC. During this time, the company changed its name to NFG Brokerage in 2011, where Scott also held the role of President. In 2011, they also became the President/CEO of Broker Backoffice, a management system for insurance brokerage agencies. In 2013, they joined NFG Brokerage as President of the Life Division, overseeing various responsibilities. In 2018, they became a Member and Writer for Forbes Finance Council. Scott Karstens is currently serving as the CEO of Quote Bot since 2023.
Scott Karstens attended Harrison High School from 1992 to 1996. Scott then pursued a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Kinesiology and Exercise Science at Western Michigan University, graduating in 2001.
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NFG Brokerage
NFG Brokerage has been in operation for over 54 years. We began in 1958 as American International Marketing and Tax Planning Associates. Among the first insurance companies we began working with were American Western and Alexander Hamilton. Then, in 1982 Tax Planning Associates added Northwestern National Life as a primary carrier for our agents and agencies. Northwestern National Life would later changes it's name to Reliastar which was purchased by ING in 1998. We continued to grow and we changed our name from Tax Planning Associates to Nelson Financial Group in 2005. In 2005 we also added AVIVA as a strategic relationship and new insurance company to meet the product demand or our growing agent and agency partners. As a result of our tremendous growth and growing demand for product and underwriting niches, Nelson Financial Group expanded its product offering by adding more than 12 insurance company relationships in 2010. Since 2010 Nelson Financial Group has continued on a tremendous growth pattern and at the beginning of 2013 we added another 10 insurance companies and we began branding ourselves as NFG Brokerage to better reflect the diversity of our group.