Why Choose Centerre?
25 Years of Experience in the Life Insurance Industry
The two managing partners, David Hoff and Julius Anderson, have owned and operated a brokerage general agency, First Heartland Corporation, since 1984. Over the past 25 years, David and Julius have expanded their brokerage operation to include relationships with over 30 life insurance carriers, and currently work with over 800 agents from across country.
16 Years Experience of Running a Retail Broker Dealer
David and Julius began their own retail broker dealer, First Heartland Capital, Inc., in 1993. In the 16 years since then, they operated First Heartland Capital as a full-service introducing broker dealer, which currently clears through Pershing and has grown to include over 320 registered representatives.
We Understand Both the Life and Securities Businesses
Given our history in both the life insurance and the securities world, we can provide a breadth of knowledge and experience unparalleled in the market. Our 25 years of running a brokerage operation means that we really do understand the brokerage market. We know how hard you have worked to develop your brokerage business because we have done it ourselves.
Our knowledge and experience in running a broker dealer, coupled with our understanding of the brokerage market place, makes us the perfect people to operate a "wholesale broker dealer."
A Firm to Meet Your Needs
We know that as wholesalers you have a different set of needs than the average retail rep. By creating a broker dealer specifically for wholesalers, we can cut costs by tailoring services to the brokerage business model, while focusing on adding processes and systems that benefit you, the wholesaler.