Harry P. Hoopis entered the Life insurance business with Northwestern Mutual Life in 1968 as a college agent in the company’s highly successful college internship program while studying accounting at University of Rhode Island.
Upon graduation, Harry took a full-time contract with Northern Western Mutual Life and began his career in selling. In 1974, he moved to Milwaukee and took a position as Assistant Superintendent of Manpower Development. Harry was appointed General Agent in 1977 at the age of thirty.
In the 19 years since his appointment as General Agent, his Northfield, Illinois agency has experienced phenomenal growth with sales rising during this period from 50 million to over 1.60 billion in face amount in 1995. His field force has increased from 34 agents in 1977 to 175 agents currently under contract. His associates have put 10 billion of new insurance in force, bringing the total in force business of the agency to over 12 billion. The 1995 Total first year commissions on Life, DI, Group, and Equity Products were nearly $7,000,000.
In addition to its rapid growth, the agency also has diversified and today offers clients service in fee-based financial planning, group insurance, person consulting, and securities. Harry also is co-owner of Coordinated Sports Management Group which represents over 100 pro-athletes.
Harry is a charter “Master Agency Builder” and has won it every year since its inception. He has received the 1988 Yates Memorial Award presented by the Los Angeles General Agents and Managers Association, and is in the 1995 edition of Who’s Who, in the world. Harry is a frequent speaker at company and industry meetings and has made presentations to over 100 groups in the last 5 years around the world. He is past President of Northwestern Mutual Life’s General Agents Association and the Chicago General Agents and Managers Association, and begins serving as President of the General Agents and Managers Association’s 9,000 member organization in April of 1996.
Harry resides in Lake Forest, Illinois with his wife Bea. His daughter Krina is teaching English in Costa Rica and his son Peter is a freshman at the University of Denver.