Professional
Travis Ten Napel served 6 years in the Army National Guard and concluded his service as a Sergeant. While serving in the military, Travis attended the University of Iowa and got his Bachelor Degree in Finance from the Tippie College of Business. Travis started with Northwestern Mutual as an intern in May of 2012. He completed his first year in the top 3% of College Financial Representatives as a College Team Captain leading the #1 intern team at the University of Iowa. He began his full-time contract in July of 2013. During his first full time year he finished 6th overall in the Company receiving the Mike Gish Award. The following year he was awarded the New Financial Representative of the Year for the Agency. Travis is part of the Siouxland District out of Sioux City. He works out of his own office in Sibley and lives in town with his wife and two sons. Travis is active in his community of Sibley as a member of Rotary, Sibley Golf Commission, Chamber of Commerce, Sibley-Ocheyedan Athletic Booster Club, and helping with his church's youth programs. Travis prides his business on timely customer service with the team he brings to table as well as educated decision-making being a Financial Advisor with a degree in Finance and Retirement Income Certified Professional designation. Today, Travis and his team engage in planning work with clients that particularly focus on the go-to strategies that work well in light of the changing Tax Plan.
Years of Experience
Representing Northwestern Mutual since 2012.
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.
