Michael J. Brink, CLU, AEP, is a principal of PELAGOS ADVISORS, LLC, a national life insurance advisory firm based in Atlanta. PELAGOS ADVISORS, LLC provides fiduciary level representation for life insurance, particularly as it relates to wealth enhancement and preservation planning for families of multigenerational wealth. For the past 14 years, he has served as Executive Vice President of a national life insurance advisory firm. and prior to that, he was Vice President and Regional Manager of a major southeastern bank trust company.
Michael is a graduate of the University of Tennessee and holds the Charter Life Underwriter (CLU) and Accredited Estate Planner (AEP) designations. He serves on the editorial board of Wealth Management Business magazine and is nationally published with over 20 articles appearing in Worth, CCH’s The Practical Estate Planner, The Journal for Compensation and Benefits Management, and others. In addition, his work regarding the integration of life insurance with philanthropy is used by the American College in their Philanthropic Advisor Certification program. Michael is also consistently ranked as a top speaker and has addressed numerous family office, insurance, banking, and tax seminars throughout the country.
As a Strategic Advisor to FOX, Michael was deeply involved in the development of the first ever survey of the use of life insurance by the ultra affluent, the results of which were featured in Worth magazine in July 2007. Michael also serves as an advisor to the Institute for International Research (IIR) for their annual Family Office Forum and is a member of the Family Wealth Alliance, an organization of multifamily offices and advisors.
In addition to other professional and community involvement, Michael is President of the Atlanta Estate Planning Council, Chairman of the Planned Giving Advisory Board for The Community Foundation of Greater Atlanta, and serves on the Advisory Board for the Cox Family Business Center at Kennesaw State University.
He is a life and qualifying member of the Million Dollar Round Table, Top of the Table, and member of the Association for Advanced Life Underwriting (AALU) and Society for Financial Service Professionals. He is a registered representative of ValMark Securities, Inc., a registered broker/dealer, member of FINRA & SIPC.