Craig Philip Mickelson
Financial Representative|CLU®, ChFC®
Personal
Craig and his wife, Jerilynn, live in Clive, Iowa and have two beautiful children, John and Julie. John works as an Investment Banker and resides in West Des Moines, Iowa with his wife and three children Jack, Tucker and Hansen. Julie lives in New York working for a Hedge Fund company.
Craig is a proud Grandparent of three boys, Jack, Tucker and Hansen. He enjoys being a Grandpa to the boys and loves spending as much time as possible with them. Craig also enjoys spending time with his family and extended family, playing golf, traveling, reading and watching sports.
Craig and his wife still attend the Valley Evangelical Church and he has coached numerous teams in youth baseball, soccer and basketball for 10 plus years.
Professional
I'm committed to helping you get closer to your dreams. When you partner with me, you can expect a judgment-free, pressure-free environment with conversations that will be jargon-free. I strive to provide you the best experience possible.
I've been working with Northwestern Mutual for 28 years and while many others in the industry are assuming titles like financial planner, estate planner, or investment analyst, I want to still be known as a life insurance salesman.
I'm in the business of helping people make very important decision about insurance - so to be successful, I need to feel comfortable being an insurance expert and an insurance salesman.
My approach has changed over the years. I want to be knowledgeable in every area of the industry. I make it a practice to utilize associates who are much more qualified than me in areas outside life insurance. It's about making families a priority and working with them during the ebbs and flows of a lifetime of changes. As needs change, I listen very carefully to my clients. I only sell products that actually fit the need.
I have passion for my work, which makes me stand out among others. At the end of the day, I sell life insurance - a product that is designed to help make life easier on people we love when we're gone!
To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
Years of Experience
Representing Northwestern Mutual since 1984.
Education
University of Iowa - Insurance and Finance (Bachelor of Business Administration)
Awards and Recognition
- Million Dollar Round Table Qualifying/Life Member 1989-1996, 1998, 2000-2004
- MDRT is the premier association of financial professionals. MDRT status designation is granted for one year and members must apply every year to continue their affiliation with the MDRT
- National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors Quality Award 2011-2013, 2015
- Award recognizing commitment to excellence in service to clients and industry
- National Quality Award 1987-1995, 1997-2004, 2008-2009
- Award recognizing persistency and performance
- National Sales Achievement Award 1985-1990, 1999
- Award recognizing performance
Lending a hand in my community.
As part of Northwestern Mutual, I'm proud to help accelerate the search for better childhood cancer treatments while supporting families undergoing treatment, and survivors from late effects. Here are some of the organizations we partner with:
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer (ALSF)
ALSF funds cancer research, raises awareness, and supports the families of children with cancer. Since 2012, Northwestern Mutual, its employees, and financial professionals like me have donated more than $20 million to support ALSF and fund over 400,000 research hours.
Beads of Courage
Beads of Courage is an art-in-medicine program that helps kids with cancer tell their unique treatment story through colorful beads that are symbols of their courage.
Here are my areas of expertise
Financial Planning
Insurance Protection Strategies
Life Insurance Strategies
Retirement Planning & Income Strategies
Education Planning & Funding
Disability Planning
Multigenerational Planning
Estate Planning
How Northwestern Mutual helps you live the life you want.
When people feel better about their money, good things happen—they become more confident and feel more secure. For more than 160 years, Northwestern Mutual has helped people achieve the financial flexibility they need to live more and worry less.
Being a mutual company means Northwestern Mutual reports to its clients, not Wall Street. They don't believe in chasing fads or taking undue risk for short-term gains. Instead, they take a long-term approach—both in the way we help people plan to reach their goals, and in the way they do business. This has served their clients (and mine) well through all kinds of economic ups and downs, including wars, recessions, even the recent pandemic.
It's why I'm happy to be part of a company that's in it for the long-haul and prioritizes clients over profit.
