Gary Ranftle is the former General Agent for the Center for Wealth Preservation who now serves as an Agent Emeritus.

Gary joined MassMutual in 2004 as a General Agent. He and his partner, Greg Blum, took on the challenge of leading and developing a financial planning organization. Together they started the Center for Wealth Preservation.

Our Mission:

We are motivated by the opportunity to improve lives. Our clients' financial lives, agents, staff, and management team have all been enhanced through their association with Center for Wealth Preservation.

During his time at Center for Wealth Preservation, the Agency was awarded the MassMutual “Chairman’s Trophy,”* which is awarded for Outstanding Performance; in 2006, they also received a Silver in 2010, and in 2012 they received Bronze. The Agency also received the MassMutual “Crystal Achievement Award”* in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. The Agency consistently ranked in the Top 10 MassMutual Agencies for the last 15 years, growing from 26 to over 100 financial professionals. Through his experience with GAMA International, Gary has also been awarded the “GAMA Master Agency Award”** in 2009, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 and has also been the recipient of the “GAMA International Management Award Diamond”** in 2006 – 2015.

Gary has been actively involved in organizing Disability Awareness Night (DAN) for ten years at Citi Field in Queens, NY. This event is in partnership with the New York Mets. Disability Awareness Night provides an opportunity for many consumers and staff members of organizations that serve the special needs population to attend a Major-League ballgame, thanks to tickets donated by Center for Wealth Preservation and its Special Care Planners. The SpecialCare SM Program, developed exclusively by MassMutual, offers access to information, specialists, and financial solutions that can help improve the quality of life for people with special needs, their families, and caregivers. Our goal, and the goal of those we will honor, is to help people with disabilities to live dignified and fulfilling lives.

 

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* Recognized by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) based on sales and growth of the firm. Recipient firms are general agencies of MassMutual.

**2019 Master Agency Award was issued by GAMA International (GAMA) in March 2019 based on the prior calendar year. Must be agency head and a current GAMA member to be considered. To be selected, must meet production requirements for prior calendar year. MassMutual provided monetary support to GAMA International to help fund certain events and programs. MassMutual employees and/or agents are not involved in the nomination and selection process. The award is not an endorsement or indicative of future performance of the adviser. A fee was paid for consideration.