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Las Vegas · Serving families since 1985

Plan.
Protect.
Provide.

An education-first approach to financial planning, built on quality, not quantity. For more than four decades, we've worked alongside Las Vegas families as they plan for retirement, protect what matters, and provide for the people they love.

Cornerstone Financial Partners
’85Working with Las Vegas families since 1985
’78Our founder has called Las Vegas home since 1978
28States where our founder is registered for securities business
1:1An educational process built around each client
Our Firm

A cornerstone you can build on.

Our mission, through an educational process, is to help guide our clients to plan, protect, and provide for their financial future.

We've spent decades working with friends and neighbors throughout the greater Las Vegas area as they pursue their financial goals through insurance and investment products. No noise, no pressure. Just clear guidance and strategies aiming to last a lifetime.

We measure our work by the quality of each relationship, not the size of our book. Our goal is for every client to understand their plan.

Education first

We explain every option in plain terms, so the decision is always yours to make with confidence.

Quality, not quantity

A focused practice that gives each client genuine attention, the way we'd want for our own family.

Family at the center

Family comes first. We work with you on leaving a legacy to the people you love and on planning retirement income for a longer life.

What we do

Planning for every stage of the journey.

From your first policy to your final legacy, our services are built around the real risks and milestones of a life well planned.

Retirement

Retirement Planning

Income strategies for a retirement that may last 25 to 30 years.

Income planningLongevity
Life

Life Insurance

Protection matched to your stage of life, with coverage options across term, whole, and universal policies.

TermWholeUniversal
Protection

Income Protection

Retirement income plans that combine insurance and investment vehicles, designed with a longer lifetime in mind.

Retirement incomeMarket timing risk
Growth

Wealth Accumulation

Strategies built around the risks that actually move a portfolio: longevity, sequence of return, and interest rates.

Longevity riskSequence of returnInterest rate
Legacy

Legacy Planning

Pass on more than money. Structure your estate to leave the legacy you intend for the people you love.

Estate strategyWealth transfer
Specialized

Asset & Business Planning

Creditor protection of assets, business planning, and special-needs planning, guidance for more complex situations.

Asset protectionSpecial needs
Our approach

Educational by design.

We believe a confident decision is an informed one. Here's how we work with every client who walks through the door.

We teach before we recommend

You'll understand the why behind every strategy. We use knowledge-based facts to make the transition into retirement clearer.

We plan for real life

Markets rise and fall, we've guided clients through both since 1985. Your plan is custom tailored to your situation and reviewed as it changes.

We stay your partner

Many clients have been with us for decades. We're here for the long term, treating your family's plan the way we'd treat our own.

Our people

Meet the team.

A close-knit team with deep roots in Las Vegas and a genuine commitment to this community.

CK

Chet Koehler

Founder & President

A Las Vegas resident since 1978 and a leader in financial services since 1985, Chet has guided clients through the market's upswings and downturns with custom-tailored planning. He's built lifelong partnerships through creditor protection, business and special-needs planning, and retirement strategy, with a focus on helping clients have financial clarity.

MDRT Top of the Table* Series 24 · 26 Registered Principal Series 6 · 7 · 63 Life & Health Licensed Property & Casualty Licensed

* Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) is an independent membership organization of life insurance and financial service professionals. Membership levels are based on commissions, premiums, or fees generated within a year from investment and insurance products. Members must apply annually and pay a fee. Members must be in good standing of a Professional Association which has met the following criteria: in existence at least two years, have 100 or more members, must be a nonprofit organization, must have a code of ethics and an effective means of dealing with breaches of its code. Members must also adhere to the MDRT Code of Ethics. Membership does not imply a certain level of skill or training.

In their words

Four decades of experience.

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Chet’s understanding of our financial situation along with his carefully considered strategies have resulted in a solid financial plan, that allows us the freedom and lifestyle, we want in our retirement. We truly feel like Chet is our family’s personal CFO and he makes us feel like we count. Who would have thought that such a high degree of financial knowledge, could be combined with such a warm, caring, and supportive person!

Steve and Terri SheridanCurrent client
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I've practiced law for 41 years in Las Vegas, and Chet is as rare of a Financial Representative as a good and honest lawyer. His integrity, knowledge, and work ethic are second to none. I am more than grateful to have found him more than 20 years ago, especially as I head into retirement now. Being confident with your Financial Representative is as important as being confident with your lawyer or doctor, you just sleep better at the end of the day.

Jeffrey R. Albregts, Esq.Nevada Bar No. 66Current client
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Chet Koehler has been our financial representative for 25 years. He is always on top of every investment, researching changes and explaining advantages & disadvantages before asking us to make decisions.We rely on him and trust him completely.

Pat Merselis & Marion LittlepageCurrent client
Testimonial disclosures. The testimonials above were provided by current clients of Chet Koehler. No cash or non-cash compensation was provided in exchange for any testimonial. Some of the clients quoted have a personal friendship with Chet Koehler, as described in their own words, which may lead them to view him favorably. These testimonials may not be representative of the experience of other clients and are no guarantee of future performance or success.

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Giving back

We proudly support our community.

Always give to and help others first, it's one of the values we live by, on and off the clock.

Let's talk

Let's build your plan together.

Connect in person, virtually, or by phone to discuss your goals. Your first introductory meeting is complimentary.

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