Life insurance, long term care insurance, and annuities… we make it easy.
As a leading, national BGA, we partner with financial and insurance advisors to provide robust back-office support, access to dozens of highly-rated carriers, advanced planning support, and high-end underwriting specialists.
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Client-First Core Values
Our number one core value is that we make recommendations that we believe are in the best interest of the client. Sometimes insurance isn't the answer... and that's ok.
Coast to Coast
Our main headquarters is conveniently located in the heart of the country - St. Louis, MO. Through industry-leading technology, we are able to provide service to any state in the country.
The BUI Difference
Strength
With decades of experience in the brokerage industry, we have deep relationships at the carrier level, along with the skills and knowledge to place even your most challenging transactions.
Skills
Whether it's a simple term transaction or a complex estate and business planning transaction, the BUI team has the depth to give you confidence your clients' best interests are being served.
Responsive
All of the experience and expertise in the world means quite little if the service experience is poor. Our team works diligently to provide proactive communication and to return all phone calls and emails each day.
Commitment
We are fully committed to continuously improving and focusing on new and more efficient ways to help advisors bring value to their clients.
Meet Our Leadership Team
Michael Tessler
Cindy Strutman
Brant Steck, CFP®
Chris Hooper, CLU, FALU, FLMI
Brian Seigel, J.D., AEP®
Mickey Vogt
Debbie Tate
Benefits of a BUI Partnership
As a consistent top-producing agency with LIBRA Partners, a national life insurance marketing organization, BUI has relationships and resources that translate into exceptional underwriting, service, and advanced planning support. LIBRA Partners is among the top tier in production with nearly every major life insurance company in today’s market. Through this nationwide consortium, BUI enjoys extraordinary relationships with premier life, long-term care and annuity providers and their broad array of products and services.
Client First
Advisors have peace of mind in knowing clients’ best interests are being placed at the forefront of every interaction.
Underwriting Expertise
Advisors have access to BUI’s classically-trained, in-house underwriters who represent the best opportunity to place cases at a favorable rate.
Robust Back-Office Support
Advisors who call during normal business hours speak to a live person and have dedicated, tenured point people for Case Design, Case Management, Licensing, Marketing and In-Force Policy Service.
Advanced Planning
Working with BUI’s advanced planning team translates into exceptionally sophisticated resources in estate planning and business succession planning.
Proactive Planning
Turn-key evaluations make it easy to address insurance in a simple, process-driven and proactive fashion.
Technology
User-friendly support tools make it easy for advisors to maximize time interacting with clients and minimize costly, time-consuming overhead.
Objectivity
Products are researched through dozens of carriers to ensure the best possible options are provided. BUI is not owned or controlled by an insurance carrier.
Differentiation
Partnering with BUI has proven to enhance client relationships, lead to new client introductions and increase revenue.