Barnes & Blandford

Plan Now for Your Future with Our Team

When it comes to helping you reach your goals, the best service anticipates your needs. That’s why I have enhanced my practice by becoming part of a team, Barnes & Blandford. Matt Blandford and I have combined our talents and resources to provide more of the exceptional service and support you deserve. 

Financial success doesn't happen by chance. It has much more to do with choice. Transforming aspirations into actuality takes acumen, hard work, discipline and strategic financial planning.

When it comes to your financial goals, each decision you make and action you take will have a significant impact on your future financial circumstances. A good financial blueprint will lay out what you need to do today to achieve your goals tomorrow.

When it’s a matter of planning for the future, realizing the need to take greater control over your financial life is the first step. Choosing someone who has the ability and resources to best address those needs is the next.

As your Wealth Management Advisor, Mitch Barnes will listen, clarify and help prioritize your goals and aspirations before developing a financial strategy designed to help you achieve your vision for the future.

Let Mitch Barnes and his team help you ensure your financial future is all you want it to be.

A Father’s Love

As featured in the Profile page of The Voice-Tribune, Mitch Barnes discusses his personal connection to financial planning for special needs families. The article also explains The DREAM Foundation, an organization that Mitch and his wife created to foster research for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. A current project of the organization is 'Play Together' Playground Project, which redesigns playgrounds in the metro Louisville area so they are accessible by all children. 

Are You the Parent of a Child with Special Needs?

Mitch Barnes, a member of Northwestern Mutual’s Special Steps program, is passionate about assisting families with special needs. Mitch is experienced in special needs planning including navigating third-party benefits and the legal issues involved in planning for a dependent with special needs.

Furthermore, as a parent of a child with special needs, Mitch is also intimately aware of the financial and emotional challenges families face while navigating challenging times and processes.

Mitch Barnes understands the importance of balancing the complex needs and goals of a family – from retirement to education funding along with the needs of a loved one with special needs. Call Mitch to learn more about how Northwestern Mutual’s Special Steps Program can guide you through the process to help secure a future of financial security for every member of your family today.  

Dividend Announcement

Northwestern Mutual recently announced a dividend payout for 2010 of more than 4.7 billion dollars - the second largest in our company history - for clients who own life, annuity, DI and long-term care policies.

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Consistency Counts Scorecard

As in golf, the low score wins the game. Find out how Northwestern Mutual’s performance ranks relative to the competition. In times like these, it’s nice to know that Northwestern Mutual isn’t just strong — it’s consistently strong.

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Consistency Counts

Strength on its own can be impressive. When consistency is added, that’s when it becomes real. At Northwestern Mutual, we’ve been able to deliver real strength for over 150 years. Put our strength to work for you.

Strength that works.

Northwestern Mutual receives "best possible ratings"

The four major ratings agencies, Standard & Poor’s, A.M. Best, Moody’s, and Fitch, have each confirmed the company’s insurance financial strength ratings. We take great pride, especially in these economic times, in providing our clients the consistent financial strength that has been our signature for over 150 years.

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Managing Your Money In A Downturn

Northwestern Mutual was recently featured in The New York Times Wealth Matters column, "Never Mind Your 401(k). How’s Your Insurance?" about the importance of managing risk in the current economic environment, and strategies that the wealthy use to manage not only their money but their overall well-being. Northwestern Mutual Executive Vice President Greg Oberland comments about how people should be rethinking and managing their insurance needs in a downturn. Read the article (PDF).