Description

Dr. Michael A. Mason is a native Californian who grew up in Burbank and Tarzana. At age 14 he left the U.S. for boarding school in Switzerland where he learned conversational French. He spent the next 6 years in Israel and was drafted into the Israeli Defense Forces out of high school. He served three years in the paratroopers and was in the Sinai during the Yom Kippur War in 1973.

Upon being discharged Michael returned to California.
He has been Life insurance licensed in California since 1978. He began his career with American National Insurance Company where he worked for six years. He was promoted to Staff Manager after one year and managed a group of seven to ten agents. During this time he worked with numerous Spanish speaking clients and learned conversational Spanish.

In 1995 he acquired a real estate license and is a Notary Public since 1997.

In 1997, Dr. Mason became an independent specialist in senior estate and retirement planning with a focus on keeping his clients money safe and secure from loss through fixed annuities. He has helped thousands of California seniors keep and grow their funds for retirement.

Michael has been a lifelong student of metaphysics and acquired a non-secular doctorate in metaphysics in 2003. He is the author of two books.

Since 2001 Dr. Mason has lived in Marina Del Rey where he maintains a healthy, active lifestyle. He has two grown sons, one married and living with his Japanese wife in Tokyo and the other living in Denver Colorado.

Finally, Michael is a proud member of the National Ethics Association since 2009. The NEA is devoted to aiding consumers with the increasingly complex task of conducting due diligence on business professionals. This results in greater peace of mind for skeptical consumers and also rewards those worthy of their trust.                                          (SEE FLIP SIDE FOR EDUCATION)

Education

At age fourteen Michael experienced European culture and learned French at a Swiss boarding school near Geneva, then went to Israel where he joined a tenth grade American class on a kibbutz in the Upper Galilee. He did eleventh grade in an Israeli public school in Netanya, then graduated from the American International School near Tel-Aviv. After three years in the Israeli Defence Forces he returned to California. His education continued at college where he studied electronics technology at L.A. trade tech, and creative writing at West L.A. college. He completed the industry specific LUTC (Life Underwriter Training Council) studies while working for American National Insurance Company.

Mason became a minister of metaphysics, then acquired his master's degree and finally completed a non-secular doctorate degree in metaphysics (Msc.D) in 2003.

Dr. Mason continues to stay up to date by constantly studying, reading and educating himself on all the latest regulations and tools to best advise his numerous retired and pre-retirement clients.