Brian Anderson

Born in Santa Cruz, CA, Brian lived in the Tri-Valley most of his life. He had moved away for college, but decided to return to the Bay Area to pursue a career in insurance and financial planning. He was a self-made man – put himself through college while working as a car mechanic. After graduation, he only had $1000 to spend to make something of himself. He decided to take an insurance class and became a Licensed Life Agent before training for Life Underwriting Council Fellowship. He was a Registered Representative with Ameritas; member of the National Association of Insurance & Financial Services; and General Agent (General Agency Owner) for Kansas City Life. Brian was licensed in both Life and Securities, and held certificates in Retirement Planning, Investments, Advanced Business Planning, Business Continuation and Strategies, and Estate Planning. He specialized in Wealth Accumulation and Preservation, Wealth Transfer, Business Succession Planning, Asset Protection, Estate Analysis and Tax Planning, and Retirement Strategies, just to name a few. In 2015, he considered retiring, instead, he found a new drive and created a goal of opening his own insurance and financial planning agency. His drive to further grow his business became more and more apparent having married someone with the same goal. The idealistic vision that he had, and Joanne’s realistic views gave birth to BNJA. Among his many professional accomplishments with more than 24 years in the business was receiving the MDRT Top of The Table Qualifier early on in his career. He received various awards and recognition, namely, President’s Club, Leader’s Court, Top Agent, and Agency awards.

Growing up as an athlete himself, Brian was a huge supporter of all the Bay Area sports teams, and a fanatic of his beloved 49ers (Go Niners!). He was also  fitness-minded and enjoyed working out at the gym, and an outdoorsy guy who enjoyed backpacking, fishing, and camping. He and his wife took time to travel frequently. He found a new way to enjoy life, and that was spending time roughhousing with his son, Boedhy. He was a family man who wanted nothing more than being with his fur-daughter, Brooksie, his hero, Boedhy, and “angel” wife, Joanne.