Team

America Group Retirement Strategy Centers is a separate entity from LPL Financial, and its associates are separate from Blodgett Wealth Management.

The Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation is a professional certification mark for financial planners conferred by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards (CFP Board)^[1] in the United States, and by 25 other organizations affiliated with Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB),^[2] the international owner of the CFP mark outside of the United States.

To receive authorization to use the designation, the candidate must meet education, examination, experience and ethics requirements, and pay an ongoing certification fee.^[3] The information relates specifically to CFP certification in the United States.^[4]

In the United Kingdom, the CFP licence/designation is available to financial planners through membership of the Chartered Institute of Securities & Investment (CISI).^[5]

RFC

Registered Financial Consultant (RFC) ... The designation is awarded by the International Association of Registered Financial Consultants (IARFC) to those financial advisors who can meet the high standards of education, experience and integrity that are required of all its members.

LUTCF designation

Life Underwriter Training Council Fellow (LUTCF®) Designation Program - often considered the first designation any insurance professional should earn - has delivered value to more than 70,000 professionals since 1984. When you earn the LUTCF® designation, you receive so much more than a recognized designation. You gain fundamental, yet critical prospecting, selling, and practice management skills, along with a thorough working knowledge of life and multi-line products and services.