About Chris
Chris Orestis, CSA, President of Retirement Genius, is a nationally recognized financial, health/LTC, and retirement issues expert and media personality. He has over 25 years' experience in the insurance and long-term care industries and is credited with pioneering the Long-Term Care Life Settlement and Life Settlement Annuities.
Known as a political insider and senior issues advocate, Orestis is a former Washington, D.C. lobbyist with the Health Insurance Association of America (now AHIP), and the American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI), and worked in both the White House and for the Senate Majority Leader on Capitol Hill.
In 2007 he founded Life Care Funding, in 2017 he founded the LifeCare Xchange, and in 2020 he founded Retirement Genius.
Chris Orestis has published numerous papers and is the author of the books Help on the Way and A Survival Guide to Aging-- with a third book Retire Like a Genius in the works -- and is a co-author of the Amazon #1 bestseller, Aging in Place Conversations: The Caregiver's Edition.
In 2019, Chris was named one of the twenty most innovative people in the insurance industry by the National Association of Independent Brokerage Agencies (NAILBA). He sits on the Board of Directors for the NAILBA Charitable Foundation and the Editorial Board for the Society of Senior Care Advisors (CSA).
He has been a prominent speaker for over two-decades across the country about retirement, insurance, long-term care, senior finance and the secrets to aging with financial and physical health and dignity. He is one of the most frequently quoted media industry experts in the United States for senior, financial, and retirement issues and has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, NBC News, Fox News, USA Today, Kiplinger's, Investor's Business Daily, Market Watch, AARP Magazine, PBS, and numerous other media outlets. He is a frequent columnist for Newsmax Finance, The Street, Broker World, ThinkAdvisor, Advisorpedia, and has been a guest expert on over 100 radio programs and TV appearances.
Retirement Genius provides expert guidance and access to financial, health/long-term care, and lifestyle solutions for people to build and live a well-balanced retirement. We bring a holistic approach to the use of alternative funding strategies to help people overcome the unique challenges of aging and declining health, and have collaborated with insurance agents, financial advisors, and long-term care service providers for over two decades.
Credited with creating innovative financial solutions such as the LTC-Life Settlement, Retirement Genius is an active supporter and participant of industry organizations, delivers high value educational content, and is a frequently quoted media expert resource.