Financial Services
Planning, strategy, and guidance designed to help you move forward with clarity—built around your goals, timeline, and comfort level.
Here to help you manage your finances so you can pursue your ultimate goals.
We focus on clear planning, disciplined risk management, and strategies designed to help protect what you’ve built.
Retirement Planning
William S. Van Ess, CFP®, CLU, ChFC, AEP, a Certified Financial Fiduciary, has dedicated his career to helping retirees protect against the Seven Known Retirement Threats:
- #1 Market Risk
- #2 No Guaranteed Growth
- #3 No Guaranteed Income
- #4 No Extra Income for Long Term Care
- #5 No Spouse Replacement Income
- #6 No Spouse Extra Income for Long Term Care
- #7 No Guaranteed Liquidity at full value when markets are down
Professional Fiduciary Money Management
For more informationMoney management using a special algorithm and stop loss benefit to pursue growth with a 20-year history of very little losses. Example performance:
- 2008: Markets -44% · Clients +4.79%
- 2023: Clients +45.58%
- Regulatory: AMS is registered with the SEC.
Estate Planning
Estate planning and creating a legacy are on the top of most retirees’ minds. Estate planning is the art of making sure your loved ones still talk to each other after you pass on. Leaving an unplanned estate can destroy the strongest of family units. Make sure you take the time to build this important element into your comprehensive retirement plan.
Insurance Services
Some retirees underestimate the impact a big market loss may have on the future of their income. Luckily, insurance can be used to protect more than just your physical assets. It can also be used to help protect your future. Our firm specializes in helping individuals safeguard their retirement nest eggs by offering a variety of insurance products and financial planning strategies.
A strategy based on your goals:
Planning for retirement can be less challenging when you do it with an experienced team. Our advisors will help you build a financial strategy based on your goals.
- Vision
- Assessment
- Strategy
- Action
- Ongoing Relationship
We offer services in these three areas:
A clear, personalized approach to growing your assets, preserving your financial future, and creating a lasting legacy.
Prepare for retirement by putting your hard-earned assets to work.
Personalized strategies designed to help build, organize, and strengthen your financial foundation.
- 403(b) / 457 Non-Profit Plans
- 403(b) / TSA Plans
- Annuities
- Asset Protection
- Charitable Giving
- College Funding
- Deferred Income Annuities
- Estate Planning
- Estate Planning Strategies
- Extended Care Solutions
- Family Legacy Planning
Protect the assets that can help support the retirement you imagine.
Thoughtful income and retirement planning focused on helping you protect what you have worked hard to build.
- Fixed Index Hybrid Annuities
- Fixed Indexed Annuities
- Guaranteed Income
- Immediate Annuities
- Income Planning
- Investment Planning
- IRA & 401(k) Planning
- IRA, 401(k) & 403(b) Rollovers
- IRA Legacy Planning
- Legacy Planning
Provide for the people and causes that matter most to you.
Retirement, wealth, and legacy strategies created to help support your family, lifestyle, and long-term vision.
- Lifetime Income Planning
- Personalized Retirement Strategies
- Portfolio Management
- Probate Planning
- Retirement Income Planning
- Retirement Income Strategies
- Safe Money Options
- Social Security Planning
- Tax-Efficient Strategies
- Wealth Management
- Wealth Planning
Explore resources built to help you make confident decisions
Jump into services, insurance options, and education content—written for real people, not textbooks.
Financial Services
Planning and guidance designed around your goals and timeline.
Insurance Services
Tools to help protect income, assets, and long-term plans.
Educational Blogs
Short, clear articles to help you understand the “why” behind decisions.
Educational Videos
Watch quick explainers that break down key topics and strategies.
Your life will change. And your plan must change with it.
At our regular plan reviews we check for progress, realign to new information, and address any information that is out of date. Our support team is here for you to get you the answers you need when you need them. Regular plan reviews are just another part of doing it the right way.
- Progress check: confirm you’re on track with savings, income, and risk.
- Realign: adjust your plan when life, goals, or markets change.
- Update: keep beneficiaries, coverage, and strategy current.
