Ohlson Group Celebrates 5 Years As A "Different ExperienceobCrLf

With roots dating back to 1975 as Ohlson & Associates, the revitalized Ohlson Group, Inc., Indianapolis, celebrates its fifth anniversary this month. Founder and CEO, Raymond J. Ohlson CLU, attained his insurance license while still a student at Ball State University in the early 1970s. By the end of his first year, he had already attained his seat at the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT), of which he is now a Life Member and shortly after graduation, founded Ohlson & Associates, a full-service insurance agency with a unique vision. “Even in the early days,” Ohlson recalls. “I wanted to offer our clients something more, something different, and the fundamental tenets of our current business were born.”

Ohlson is referring to what he calls “S.C.I.P.” – an acronym for Service, Credibility, Integrity, and Profitability – the keystones of his approach to helping independent financial advisors and insurance agents market their products and services. “Over the past five years,” Ohlson explains, “we have emphasized for all of our more than two thousand contracted agents that they subscribe to the SCIP principles. In order to compete effectively in our industry, they must offer consistent personal service, coupled with recognizable credibility and provable integrity. When they do that, they will enjoy profitability in their business!”

Ohlson speaks from vast experience in the industry. He sold Ohlson & Associates in the early 90′s to become the president of one of America’s fastest growing life insurance companies along with marketing responsibilities for its Luxembourg and Bermuda operations. After 12 years, he left to re-open his own company as the Ohlson Group, Inc. in February 2002, “so that I could focus on helping those ‘front line’ people in our industry do better, particularly in the pre- and post-retirement planning market.” What Ohlson has seen over the past decade or so is an industry that no longer develops new talent as it had in the past.