Professional

Nick and his wife Crystal have been interested in personal money management and wealth accumulation since they were young. Nick's path to becoming a Wealth Management Advisor began as a senior in high school. Nick received the opportunity to intern with a local financial advisor at Merrill Lynch. This experience made a lasting impression on him. Later in college, Nick and Crystal wanted to start their future together on the right path. Together they sought advice for creating a financial plan. They established Roth IRA's as part of their long-term investment strategy. Soon thereafter they were interested in obtaining whole life insurance but were told to wait until they were older. Later they would regret taking that advice. Realizing the struggle in finding a single professional able to provide these types of comprehensive services, Nick was inspired to provide financial advisory services that would help clients achieve all of their financial planning goals. 

Since transitioning into his career as a Wealth Management Advisor, Nick provides the Fort Wayne area with outstanding, and personalized service as part of the core mission in which they base their daily operations. The entire Harter team is diligent in pursuing professional education opportunities. After graduating from business school with an MBA, Nick has achieved the following:

  • FINRA Securities Registration – Series 6
  • FINRA Securities Registration – Series 7
  • FINRA Securities Registration – Series 63
  • Indiana Life and Health Insurance License
  • Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU®)
  • Certified Financial Planner (CFP®)

Awards and Recognition

Million Dollar Round Table Qualifying Member 2014

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 2013-2014

Award recognizing commitment to excellence in service to clients and industry

Lending a hand in my community.

Nick has served in various non-profit capacities, including as Commissioner to the Allen County Economic Development Commission, as an Ambassador for the Greater Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce, a Money Matters Panelist for Money Magazine, a Committee Member for the YLNI the Vote Committee, a Purdue-At-Large Board member for the IPFW Alumni Association, an Alumni Advisory Council member for the Doermer School of Business at IPFW, a USA Today Entrepreneur's Panelist, and a Volunteer Lecturer for Junior Achievement.

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.

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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.

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Network of Specialists

Through Northwestern Mutual, I have access to a Network of Specialists. We help each other, share ideas and common values, and leverage each other's talents to help you achieve your personal dream of financial security.

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Janice M Hildabridle

Employee Benefit Specialist

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Mick Grunert

Employee Benefit Specialist

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.

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