International Association of Fire Fighters – Financial Corporation
Nationwide Retirement Solutions (Nationwide) makes payments to the International Association of Fire Fighters – Financial Corporation (IAFF-FC) for the use of IAFF-FC's:
- Logo
- Exclusive right to use to use logo on marketing material for specific Nationwide products and services, including retirement plan administration
- Services that IAFF-FC performs generally for all its members related to Nationwide's products and services
IAFF-FC's services include:
- Dedicated staff to oversee and support the relationship
- Opportunities to promote the relationship at multiple state and national IAFF conferences
- Advertising promoting the Nationwide/IAFF-FC relationship on the IAFF-FC website and in IAFF magazines and materials
- Introductions and access to IAFF leaders and members across the country to promote the benefits of Nationwide's products and services
Partnership
IAFF-FC chose to partner with Nationwide because it believes Nationwide to be best qualified to provide the retirement education, comprehensive investment choices and superior service to its members. IAFF members are free to choose Nationwide or any other provider of retirement products and services.
Nationwide pays a fixed amount to IAFF-FC in exchange for its advocacy of Nationwide's products and services in the deferred compensation program.
This Trademark, Licensing and Services Agreement does not extend to Nationwide Investment Advisors, LLC (NIA) or its provision of advice, or a reflection of any IAFF-FC member's experience as a client of NIA. NIA is not a party to the relationship between Nationwide Retirement Solutions (NRS) and IAFF-FC. NIA has not engaged IAFF-FC to solicit retirement plan participants as clients for Nationwide ProAccount®. Nationwide’s payments made to IAFF-FC are not affected by whether an entity’s member chooses to include the Nationwide ProAccount option in its deferred compensation plan or whether a plan participant elects the service.