Hackney & Associates
Fred Hackney is a native Floridian, having grown up in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. Fred is one of three adopted children and has a identical twin brother, Eddy. The family lived in Jacksonville Beach until 1973, after graduation Fred moved to Nashville, Tennessee.
After receiving his formal education at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Fred joined the U.S. Air Force where he served for four years in Atlanta, GA at Dobbins AFB. Upon leaving the military, he entered the Financial Services Industry where he worked in Securities for several major firms.
In early 1994, Fred decided he could no longer, in good conscience, keep placing his clients’ invested principal where they would be subject to “loss” and began moving them into “Guaranteed” insurance products. This strategy, although unpopular at the time, proved very prudent following the “Tech Bubble Crash of 2000”, “9/11 Terrorist Attacks”, and the “Financial Crisis of 2007-2009”. Fred’s clients suffered “no market losses” and continue to enjoy the Peace of Mind that they deserve.
The terrorist attacks of 9/11 had an impact on many of Fred’s clients and their families, who lost loved ones on that fateful day. Following those events, he developed the “9/11 Flag Project” and became a Corporate Sponsor for the North Florida Chapter of the PGA of America.