Founded in 1908, North Star Resource Group is an independently owned and operated financial consulting firm that provides a variety of business and life insurance policies. It specializes in the fields of employee benefits, disability income protection, deferred annuities, mutual funds, bonds, brokerage accounts, stocks, executive bonus arrangements and workers compensation. The firm additionally offers long-term care, group medical, and variable and whole life insurance plans. It provides asset management, retirement planning, income protection, risk assessment, estate analysis, documentation, investment allocation and marketing services. The firm has partnerships with Medicare, American Century, The Standard, Manulife Financial and Brinker Capital. Headquartered in Minneapolis, North Star Resource Group maintains one of its locations in Portland, Ore.