NFP Hires Head of Advisory & Investment Services

Kristen Whisnant, AIF®, Joins NFP Advisor Services Group

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Nov 10, 2010, 04:15 ET

NEW YORK, Nov. 10, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- National Financial Partners Corp. (NYSE: NFP), a leading provider of benefits, insurance and wealth management services, today announced that Kristen Whisnant has joined NFP Securities, Inc. as senior vice president, Advisory & Investment Services. Ms. Whisnant will report directly to James L. Poer, president of NFP Advisor Services Group and NFP Securities, Inc. Ms. Whisnant was formerly vice president of advisory and brokerage consulting for LPL Financial Corporation (LPL Financial), where she was responsible for developing investment product and platform-specific sales strategies for advisory, brokerage, high net worth and retirement plan sales growth. She joined LPL Financial in September 2005.

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"Kristen has the experience, drive and vision needed to successfully lead Advisory and Investment Services to further enhance services to our independent financial advisors, RIAs and their clients. Kristen brings an exceptional track record of results and we are pleased to welcome her," said Mr. Poer.

Ms. Whisnant will be responsible for leading the vision, strategy, talent management, packaging and sales of all fee-based and packaged product solutions for Advisory and Investment Services.

"NFP provides a high-touch service experience for multi-disciplined firms and has strong scale and turnkey technology," said Ms. Whisnant. "I look forward to contributing to the growth of the organization."

Prior to joining LPL Financial, Ms. Whisnant was recurring revenue product manager for Sun Trust Banks, Inc., where she managed the advisory and fee-based brokerage product lines distributed through SunTrust Securities, LLC. Previously, she was national accounts project manager for Banc of America & Affiliated Entities.

Ms. Whisnant has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She holds her FINRA Series 7, 66 and 24 licenses and an Accredited Investment Fiduciary (AIF®) Designation.

About NFP

National Financial Partners Corp. (NYSE: NFP), and its benefits, insurance and wealth management businesses provide diversified advisory and brokerage services to companies and high net worth individuals, partnering with them to preserve their assets and prosper over the long term. NFP advisors provide innovative and comprehensive solutions, backed by NFP's national scale and resources. NFP operates in three business segments. The Corporate Client Group provides corporate and executive benefits, retirement plans and property and casualty insurance. The Individual Client Group includes retail and wholesale life insurance brokerage and wealth management advisory services. The Advisor Services Group serves independent financial advisors by offering broker-dealer and asset management products and services. In 2010 NFP was ranked as the ninth Top Global Insurance Broker by Best's Review; as the number one Executive Benefits Provider of Deferred Compensation Plans Administered by PlanSponsor; operated a top ten Independent Broker Dealer as ranked by Financial Planning and Financial Advisor; had four advisors ranked in Barron's Top 100 Independent Advisors and is a leading independent life insurance distributor according to many top-tier carriers. For more information, visit www.nfp.com.

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