Larry R Christenson
Financial Representative|CLU®, ChFC®, CASL®, MBA
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.
Education
- B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Missouri - Columbia (1969)
- MBA, Finance, University of Santa Clara (1977)
Professional Designations
- CLU® designation, American College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania (1981)
- ChFC® designation, American College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania (1984)
- CASL® designation, American College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania (2011)
Industry Awards
- National Quality Award (NQA) 20 times since 1980 (1980 - 1981, 1983 - 2010)
- Northwestern Foundation Community Services Award, 2002, 2007 and 2011
- MDRT Member, 34 years
- Life Member 2012 - 2015
- Qualifying/Life Member 1984 - 2011
- Qualifying Member 1980 - 1983
- Provisional Member 1979
Years of Experience
Representing Northwestern Mutual since 1978.
Personal
Born and raised in Kansas City, MO. Recently moved to the Forum at Rancho San Antonio after residing on Palo Alto's famed "Christmas Tree Lane" with my spouse, Lyn, for over forty years.
Naval Aviator, Commander (0-5), Naval Reserves-Retired
President-Elect - Palo Alto University Rotary Club
I enjoy travel, photography and fly fishing.
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
Larry Christenson Wins 2011 Community Service Award from the Northwestern Mutual Foundation
Pacific Skyline Council, Boy Scouts of America is receiving a $10,000 grant from the Northwestern Mutual Foundation in recognition of Financial Representative Larry Christenson's outstanding volunteer involvement, as part of the company’s 17th annual national Community Service Award program. Christenson is one of 26 financial representatives being recognized as top volunteers. Larry also received a Community Service Award in 2002 and 2007 for his work with the Pacific Skyline Council. Since the start of the Community Service Award program in 1995, the Northwestern Mutual Foundation has donated more than $3 million on behalf of its representatives to over 300 non-profit organizations across the country.
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.
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.
