NPA History

For fifty years, Northeast Planning Associates, Inc. (NPA) has provided a full range of financial services and products to northern New England. Three NPA specialty companies combine to provide experience and insight to analyze and make recommendations for a wide spectrum of financial services and products.

Northeast Consulting Services provides advanced marketing, fee for service planning, and investment management, Pension Design Services is a pension administration company with over 600 plans under administration. Concepts in Benefits, Inc. specialize in the marketing and administration of group benefit programs.

Northeast Planning Associates offers many benefits to our associates. These include marketing support which includes lead generation, a product network with over twenty-five national companies, CPA affiliations, trail commissions on assets under management, wrap accounts, fee for advisory service, fee for service planning, excellent support staff and comprehensive advanced training.

Our associates hold many of the most respected credentials in the financial service industry including Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC), Certified Financial Practitioner, Master in Financial Services (MSFS), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Juris Doctor (JD), Master of Business Administration (MBA), and Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU).

Edward C. Hiers, ChFC is President of Northeast Planning Associates, Inc. For over twenty-four years Ed has been pursuing his vision of a financial services firm that meets the full spectrum of financial and insurance planning needs in the New England corporate and individual marketplace.