Grant D Gier
Business & Estate Planning Specialist|CLU®, ChFC®, CFP®
About me
Grant Gier resides in Hawthorn Woods, IL where he enjoys spending time with his wife of 29 years, Betsy. They have two adult children, Ashley and Ben.
In his free time Grant Gier enjoys playing tennis, traveling and golfing. He enjoys being on the golf course with friends or clients locally and in Scottsdale, AZ, where he has a second home. As an Eagle Scout, he participates when possible in scouting activities. Originally from Nebraska, Grant is a die-hard Nebraska Huskers fan and attends many of the home games.
Professional
Grant Gier is a financial advisor with Northwestern Mutual, specializing in Business & Estate Planning. He primarily works with successful closely held business owners & executives in transition helping them prepare for financial success and the "what-ifs" in life.
After graduating with honors from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1984 with a BS in Business Administration and Finance, Grant served for two years as the Extension Director of his college fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He joined Northwestern Mutual in 1986 with the Hoopis Financial Group and has attained the professional designations/certification of Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU®), Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC®) and CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ (CFP®).
In addition to working with his own clients, Grant currently serves as an Estate & Business Planning Specialist for Northwestern Mutual in Skokie where he provides training, consulting and case development for other financial representatives assisting their clients with estate, business and executive needs. During his career, Grant has spoken at several industry meetings on business and estate planning topics. He currently serves as a faculty member of Northwestern Mutual’s Advanced Business Planning School. He also has been an instructor for the American College’s HS331 Planning for Business Owners & Professionals class.
Education
- University of Nebraska (Lincoln) Business Administration/Finance (B.S.)
- Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU®) designation
- Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC®) designation
- CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ (CFP®) certificant
Member
- National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA)
- Million Dollar Round Table
- Association for Advanced Life Underwriting (AALU)
- Society of Financial Services Professionals
- Chicago Association of Life Underwriters (CALU) Past President North Branch
- National Eagle Scout Association- Life Member
- Lake Zurich Area Chamber of Commerce
Recognition
- National Quality Award
- National Sales Achievement Award
- Million Dollar Round Table – Life Member
- Rookie of the Year
- Associate of the Year
Learn More About Grant Gier
Northwestern Mutual Recognized Grant Gier with Forum Membership
Northwestern Mutual has honored Barrington Business & Estate Planning Advisor, Grant Gier, with membership in its Forum Group, which recognizes individuals for an outstanding year of helping clients achieve financial security. Gier has received the Forum honor, an annual award that only 5 percent of Northwestern Mutual's more than 7,000 financial representatives achieve, 12 times.
National Practice
In addition to working with his clients, Grant also serves as a resource nationally for other financial representatives working jointly with their clients addressing estate, business and executive benefit planning. During his career, Grant has spoken at several industry meetings on estate and business planning topics. He has served on numerous occasions as a faculty member for the Advanced Business Planning School of Northwestern Mutual. He has also served as an instructor for the American College's HS331 Planning for Business Owners & Professionals class.
Government Relations Delegate
Grant serves as a Government Relations Delegate for the Goris network office. In this role, he meets regularly with elected officials in Washington DC on behalf of Northwestern Mutual, his clients, his community and himself as a constituent to advocate for the life insurance industry. Through his political outreach, Grant is able to discuss the important role our industry plays in helping people achieve financial security.
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)
Grant Gier and Northwestern Mutual are committed to engaging and giving back to national foundations and to local communities. A cause that is close to heart of Northwestern Mutual is the fight against childhood cancer. Through the company's national partnership with Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, we are able to improve the lives of children and families fighting cancer at a national and at a local level. Grant and Betsy Gier along with a few clients attended Lemon: Chicago--an exclusive culinary event benefiting Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation. The event was held at the Art Institute of Chicago and brought together 26 renowned chefs from across the country. Over $300,000 was raised for pediatric cancer research.
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.
Ivanhoe Country Club
Grant and Betsy are members of Ivanhoe Country Club which recently hosted the PGA Tour/Rust-Oleum Championship. As members, Grant and Betsy showed their support with a sponsorship to contribute to the success of an event that supports several local charitable organizations. Grant celebrated the success of the event by sharing a seat in the Big Chair with the President of Rust-Oleum.
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.
