J. Forrester DeBuys, III, CLU®, ChFC®, AEP
Founder
Forrest DeBuys joined New York Life as an agent in January, 1993. From these early days, he has always been client-focused and goal oriented. By spending time asking about peoples' families, about their goals and objectives, and by monitoring their progress over the years, Forrest has developed a loyal clientele. From basic insurance planning to complex estate and/or business succession planning, Forrest has helped his clients to minimize taxes, plan for the distribution of assets, and to ensure that family businesses are successfully handed off to the next generation. As his clients' needs have evolved, he now also spends time and energy helping his clients plan for their retirement income; managing the health, longevity, investment, and tax risks that we all face as we get older.
In all of these aspects of his work, Forrest employs a strong ethical standard and a high degree of ingenuity; he likes to think outside of the box! When considering recommendations, his perspective is thus..."Knowing what I know, what would I do were I in your shoes?"
In his profession, Forrest has been active and influential since the early years. A Life Member of the Million Dollar Round Table*, a 2015 member of New York Life's Chairman’s Council, a past board member of the local chapter of NAIFA, and President of The Estate Planning Council of Birmingham; Forrest has always been a leader in the industry.
A Hampden-Sydney graduate of 1988, Forrest married his "kind-of-high-school-crush" in 1993. He and Katherine have three great children: Forrester, Madeline, and Isabelle. When he's not working, Forrest loves hunting, golf, snow skiing, spy novels, and Alabama football.
