Founded in 1998, National Financial Partners is a leading independent distributor of financial services to high net worth individuals and growing entrepreneurial companies. Headquartered in New York, NFP operates a national distribution network with over 1,800 producers in 41 states and Puerto Rico consisting of more than 160 owned firms and more than 210 affiliated third-party distributors specializing in life insurance and wealth transfer, corporate and executive benefits, and fee-based financial planning. A publicly traded company since September 2003 (NYSE: NFP), NFP continues to grow through acquisitions and by helping its existing firms become more successful by combining the benefits of entrepreneurial independence with the resources of a national organization.