Trusted Captive Insurance Manager
Tim Welles
Business Development
Tim’s 26-year financial services career began in 1989 as the Director of Risk Management for Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity where he oversaw the risk management and insurance programs for the fraternity’s four entities and 130 undergraduate chapters.
Early in his career as a financial services consultant Tim earned his CFP (Certified Financial Planner) designation and held the series 7 and 63 licenses. Tim has practiced as a financial consultant in the areas of employee benefits, investments, life insurance and qualified, and non-qualified retirement plans. In 2000, Tim co-founded, and was a principal, at Benefits Management Group, Inc. Much of Tim’s work during the course of his 25-year career has been with owners of privately-held companies.
Tim served as the Chapter Advisor of the Alpha Sigma Chapter (University of Tennessee) of Pi Kappa Phi for many years and is currently a member of the chapter’s housing corporation board. Tim has been a member of Cedar Springs Presbyterian Church in Knoxville, TN for approximately 20 years.
A native of Buffalo, New York, Tim received his BBA in Finance from the University of Oklahoma.
Tim, his wife of 24 years, and their children reside in Farragut, Tennessee.
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