Participants in the NACo Deferred Compensation Program administered by Nationwide Retirement Solutions share the value from plans made specifically to meet county employees’ needs, including options for lifetime income, across all stages of their public service.
NACo and Nationwide have partnered for 45 years to bring Retirement Solutions and a Deferred Compensation Program focused on retirement outcomes and continues to develop needed solutions such as the Lifetime Income suite with national oversight by county officials.
for their Retirement
Saving for Retirement
Participating in Plans
in their Accounts
Since first launching in 1980, NACo’s Deferred Compensation Program administered by Nationwide Retirement Solutions, has grown to become one of the largest supplemental retirement programs created specifically for county employees.
Tailor solutions to your county employees & their specific needs
Recruit and retain high-caliber personnel with premier benefits
Nationwide provides a program director and retirement specialists that provide customer service and education to benefits/HR managers and plan members
Nationwide's Lifetime Income suite guarantees retirement income even if markets shift*
*Guarantees are subject to the claims-paying ability of the issuing insurance company. Provisions of these options may vary based on plan selection and/or by state regulation. These investment options may not be available in all states.
“Being a member of the program works wonderfully for me. I’m still working & continue to contribute, but it’s also a lure for younger people coming into the workforce.”
Hon. Denise Winfrey, Will County, Il.
“My county has been in partnership with Nationwide for over 20 years. It’s a great service, it’s a great product, and the first day I signed up for the plan.”
John Manson IV, DeKalb County, Ga.
Our team of public sector retirement solutions specialists are here to assist your county employees prepare for and live comfortably in retirement.
Using the form below, contact us today to learn more about the NACo Deferred Compensation Program.
Carlos Greene
Director, Retirement Services
cgreene@naco.org
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Nationwide Retirement Solutions and Nationwide Life Insurance (collectively Nationwide®) makes payments to the National Association of Counties (NACo) for the use of NACo’s:
NACo’s services include:
Partnership
NACo chose to partner with Nationwide and its products and services because they believed Nationwide to be best qualified to provide the retirement education, comprehensive investment choices and superior service for public employees. NACo’s advocacy is based on their ongoing evaluation and review of the products and services offered by Nationwide. NACo members benefit generally from NACo’s ongoing evaluation of the competitiveness of Nationwide’s products and services. Counties and their employees are free to choose Nationwide or any other provider for these products and services.
Nationwide pays a fee to NACo. Nationwide pays a fixed amount to NACo in exchange for its exclusive advocacy of Nationwide’s products and services. Nationwide may also pay NACo in support of promotional items at NACo conferences.
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 NACo member’s experience as a client of NIA. NIA is not a party to the relationship between Nationwide Retirement Solutions (NRS) and NACo. NIA has not engaged NACo to solicit retirement plan participants as clients for Nationwide ProAccount®. Nationwide’s payments made to NACo 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.