Financial Insights, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisor with its principal place of business located
in Tacoma, Washington. Financial Insights began conducting business as a registered investment advisor in
1984. Dorothy A. Lewis is Financial Insights’ founder and Alexandria A. Kemp services as Chief Executive
Officer and Chief Compliance Officer.
Financial Insights, Inc. also uses the business name, Financial Insights Wealth Management. As used in this
brochure, the words “Financial Insights”, "we", "our firm", “Advisor” and "us" refer to Financial Insights,
Inc. and the words "you", "your" and "client" refer to you as either a client or prospective client of our
firm.
Description of the Types of Advisory Services We Offer
Financial Insights offers the following advisory services to our clients:
Financial Planning and Retirement Planning Services:
We offer advice in the form of comprehensive financial and retirement planning. Clients engaging us to
provide this service will receive a written report, presenting the client with a detailed financial plan
designed to assist clients to achieve their stated financial goals and objectives.
In general, the financial and/or retirement plan will address any or all of the following areas of concern:
● Business: Assist business owner with exit planning, tax strategies and cash flow analysis.
● Charitable Gifting: Assist client with yearly gifting strategy.
● Death and Disability: Review of cash needs at death, income needs of surviving dependents, estate
planning and disability income analysis.
● Divorce: Identify short-term and long-term effects of dividing property; analyzing pension and
retirement plan issues; evaluating insurance needs and identifying tax issues.
● Education: Review of education IRAs, financial aid, 529 plans, grants and general assistance in
preparing to meet dependent’s continuing educational needs through development of an education
plan.
● Estate: Assistance in assessing and developing long-term strategies, including as appropriate, living
trusts, wills, tax strategies, powers of attorney, asset protection plans, nursing homes, assisted living
environments, elder law, while working closely with the estate planning attorney.
● Insurance: Review of existing policies to ensure proper coverage for life, health, disability, long-
term care, home and auto.
● Investments: Analysis of investment holdings including employer plans, stock options, and
personal investment accounts in relation to stated goals. Client will be given risk areas showing
broad recommendations on asset allocation driven by assessed risk tolerance, liquidity needs and
timeline. We will not provide buy/sell instructions for assets not managed in house.
● Personal: Review of current and future financial/life goals, family records, cash flow, and net worth.
● Retirement: Analysis of current strategies and investment plans to help the client determine
whether they are likely to achieve his or her retirement goals.
● Tax Analysis: Review of income tax to include planning for current and future years. Financial
Insights will illustrate the impact of various investments on a client's current income tax and future
tax liability as we work closely with the client’s tax advisor.
We gather necessary information through in-depth personal interviews. Information gathered includes a
client's current financial status, tax status, future goals, liquidity needs, return objectives and attitudes
towards risk. Related documents supplied by the client are carefully reviewed, including a questionnaire
completed by the client, followed by preparation of a written plan. Should a client choose to implement the
recommendations contained in the plan, Financial Insights suggests that the client work closely with
his/her attorney, accountant, and insurance agent. Implementation of financial planning recommendations
is entirely at the client's discretion.
Financial planning recommendations are not limited to any specific product or service offered by a broker-
dealer or insurance company and our clients are not bound to follow our suggestions.
Wealth Management Services:
We provide Wealth Management Services to clients based on the individual needs of each client. Through
personal discussions in which the client’s goals and objectives are established based on the client’s
particular circumstances, Financial Insights assesses a client’s risk tolerance to guide the development and
management of the client’s portfolio. Financial Insights will manage accounts on a discretionary or non-
discretionary basis. Account supervision is guided by the stated objectives of the client, which are the
following strategies: Very Conservative, Moderately Conservative, Conservative, Moderate, Moderately
Aggressive, Aggressive, and Very Aggressive.
Depending on the investment objectives of the client and the terms of the engagement, Financial Insights
will create a portfolio. The types of securities used to create the client’s portfolio will generally consist of
one or more of the following: individual equities, bonds, CD’s, no-load or load-waived mutual funds or
exchange-traded funds (ETFs)
and other investment products. Financial Insights will allocate the client’s
assets among various investments, taking into consideration the overall management style selected by the
client. Mutual funds, individual equities, municipal, and taxable bonds, and ETFs are selected on the basis
of any or all of the following criteria: the fund's performance history; the industry sector in which the fund
invests; the track record of the fund’s manager; the fund’s investment objectives; the fund’s management
style and philosophy; the fund’s management fee structure and/or tax efficiency. Portfolio weighting
between funds and market sectors will be determined by each client’s individual needs and circumstances.
Financial Insights may also provide advice with regard to certain investment products not maintained at
our primary custodian (see Item 12 of this Brochure), such as assets held in employer sponsored retirement
plans and qualified tuition plans (529’s), or other similar accounts (“Held Away Accounts”). In these
situations, Financial Insights either (i) recommends the allocation of client assets within the various options
available and clients decide whether to implement our recommendation; or (ii) we utilize an Order
Management tool that allows us to rebalance and implement our strategies in the same way we do other
accounts under our management.
Financial Insights caters its advisory services in a manner consistent with the clients’ risk tolerance,
timeline, and liquidity needs. Financial Insights consults with clients on an ongoing basis and requests that
clients notify the firm if there are changes in their financial situation.
Financial Insights may utilize one or more unaffiliated investment managers or investment platforms
(collectively “Independent Managers”) to manage all or a portion of a client’s investment portfolio. In such
instances, the client may be required to authorize and/or enter into an agreement with the Independent
Managers that defines the terms in which the Independent Managers will provide investment management
and related services. Financial Insights assists in the development of the initial policy recommendations
and managing the ongoing client relationship. Financial Insights will perform initial and ongoing oversight
and due diligence over the selected Independent Managers to ensure the Independent Managers’ strategies
and target allocations remain aligned with its clients’ investment objectives and overall best interests.
We also provide pension consulting services to employee benefit plans and their fiduciaries based upon the
needs of the plan and the services requested by the plan sponsor or named fiduciary. In general, these
services may include an existing plan review, formulation of the investment policy statement, asset
allocation advice, vendor selection advice, portfolio management services, investment performance
monitoring/benchmarking services, ongoing consulting, communication, and participant education
services/seminars.
Educational Seminars / Workshops:
We may provide seminars for groups seeking general advice on investments and other areas of personal
finance. These seminars are purely educational in nature and do not involve the sale of any investment
products. Information presented will not be based on any individual’s need, nor does Financial Insights
provide individualized investment advice to attendees during these seminars and workshops.
Tailoring of Advisory Services
We offer individualized investment advice to clients utilizing our Wealth Management Services.
Additionally, we offer general investment advice to clients utilizing our Financial and Retirement Planning
Services.
Our firm does not usually allow clients to impose restrictions on investing in certain securities or types of
securities due to the level of difficulty this would entail in managing their account. Exceptions will be made
on a case-by-case basis.
Participation in Wrap Fee Programs
We do not participate in or recommend Wrap Fee Programs to clients.
ERISA Fiduciary Statement
When we provide investment advice to you regarding whether to rollover your retirement plan account or
individual retirement account, we are fiduciaries within the meaning of Title I of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act and/or the Internal Revenue Code, as applicable, which are laws governing
retirement accounts. The way we make money creates some conflicts with your interests, so we operate
under a special rule that requires us to act in your best interest and not put our interest ahead of yours.
Under this special rule’s provisions, we must:
• Meet a professional standard of care when making investment recommendations (give prudent
advice);
• Never put our financial interests ahead of yours when making recommendations (give loyal
advice);
• Avoid misleading statements about conflicts of interest, fees, and investments;
• Follow policies and procedures designed to ensure that we give advice that is in your best interest;
• Charge no more than is reasonable for our services; and
• Give you basic information about conflicts of interest.
Regulatory Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2022, we actively manage $621,063,446 in assets under management, all on a
discretionary basis.