Mission Statement

S. Mark Haywood II's Northwestern Mutual practice is a thriving financial organization serving greater-Houston area and the nation at-large. My mission is to help clients become “better today than [they] were yesterday.” My practice accomplishes this through a three-tiered platform to: INSURE against things going wrong, INVEST for when things go right, and INSULATE assets everywhere in-between.

The Northwestern Mutual difference

No. 1

Best life insurance company for consumer experience, 2023. (NerdWallet)1

Top 5

We're one of the Top U.S. Independent Investment Broker-Dealers.2

$8.2B

In dividends expected to be paid in 2025.3

A++

AAA, Aa1, and AA+ - we've earned the highest financial strength ratings awarded to life insurers from all four major rating agencies.4