John F. Nichols, CLU, DIA
President

jfn@drgdi.com

John F. Nichols serves as President of Disability Resource Group, Inc.; a retail and brokerage provider of income, business and asset protection products and consulting.

He has designed and implemented disability strategies for 2,000+ person groups to single executive high limit programs. His creativity resulted in the development of a disability HIV product for medical students and residents.

John is actively involved in the following industry organizations: Million Dollar Round Table, Association of Health Insurance Advisors, GAMA International, Society of Financial Service Professionals and National Association of Insurance & Financial Advisors, which he currently serves as a national board trustee.

In 2007, NAIFA Chicago awarded John the Leadership in Life Award. The award recognizes the leadership and values in which a person lives professionally, personally and publicly as an example for others to follow.

John serves as President of Disability Resource Group Foundation and is a member of the Million Dollar Round Table with three Court of the Table and one Top of the Table qualifications. He has spoken at more than 250 insurance company meetings, NAIFA national, state and local meetings and MDRT.

Comments taken from the Leadership in Life Award, presented to John by the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, Chicago Region, 2007:

?He allows you to make your point by helping you with insightful questions that unlock answers and your personal feelings about a problem and its resolution.?

?He has always had a strong passion for our business and a powerful drive to accomplish very lofty goals throughout his career.?

?When he believes in something and commits to it, it?s done, period. He thinks big, outside the box. ... He assumes ?it? is possible, whatever ?it? is.?

?John?s greatest strength is his ability to plan strategically and conceptualize an abstract thought and transform that vision into a working plan.?