About Me
Name: John Olsen
Job Title: President/CEO/Principal
Company Name: Olsen & Marrion, LLC
Biography: John L. Olsen, CLU, ChFC, AEP
President: Olsen Financial Group
President: Olsen & Marrion, LLC
Board Member & current Treasurer: Estate Planning Council of St. Louis
Member: Editorial Advisory Board, "Tax Facts" (National Underwriter Co.)
Member: Society of Financial Service Professionals (Board member of St. Louis chapter)
Past President: St. Louis chapter of National Association of Insurance & Financial Advisors
Co-author (with Michael Kitces), "The Advisor's Guide to Annuities" (National Underwriter Co., 3rd ed., 2012)
Co-author (with Jack Marrion), "Index Annuities: A Suitable Approach" (Olsen & Marrion LLC, 2010)
Author: "Taxation and Suitability of Annuities for the Professional Advisor" (Olsen & Marrion, LLC, scheduled for release in 2013)
Author: "Annuities and Suitability: Reflections on the State of the Debate" (Journal of Financial Service Professionals - 1st Place winner, Kenneth Black, Jr. Journal Author Award, 2006), and of dozens of articles on annuities, life insurance, and estate, retirement, and financial planning
Expert Witness in court and FINRA arbitration cases involving annuities and life insurance
Consultant to other advisors on annuity-related cases