<prompt> Human: Curious on whether or not they are a solid company.Does anyone here go through them? Is a Financial Rep worth paying for?Also, he is a high school buddy of mine. I am slightly worried about investing with him since we have a long personal background. I feel that I would rather go with a professional whom I dont share a personal background with.  <response>: Northwestern Mutual is an insurance company. All he is going to do is push whole life insurance and high front end load mutual funds that pay him huge commissions. Avoid at all costs. Seriously, dont even bother meeting with him to hear his thinly disguised sales pitch.Unfortunately, Northwestern Mutuals training program encourages its reps to go after their friendsfamily for sales first. 