Tony (Anthony) Steuer

Anthony Steuer (born 1964) is an American financial author, blogger, insurance consumer advocate and founder of the Insurance Bill of Rights Movement. He is best known for his Questions and Answers on Life Insurance book series. He has written five books since 2010, two of which have received the Excellence in Financial Literacy Education Award.
He is a regular contributor to websites including: The New York Times, reviews.com, bankrate.com, foxbusiness.com, yahoo.com, black enterprise.com, usnews.com, nytimes.com, washingtonpost.com, wisebread.com, forbes.com and mint.com. He also appears regularly on Bottom Line Personal, investopedia.com, A.M Best Review, insurancethoughtleadership.com, thinkadvisor.com, financialfinesse.com, Nolo.com, The Nest, and Love to Know., beyondtype1.org and insulinnation.com.
He is a guest contributor on national radio shows, including The Prudent Money Show and Your Financial Editor, where he provides non-biased advice on life insurance.
He has written and published free financial literacy tools available on his blog and website.
Activism
Steuer is known as a spokesperson and leader in the financial literacy movement. In 2016, Steuer’s son (age 11) was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Faced with a chronic illness that requires constant maintenance, Steuer realized his own son could be denied insurance coverage under the health care plan proposed by President Donald Trump. This led him to author the petition Fair Health Insurance For All, described as a petition to the U.S. Senate to seek a “solution” to health insurance costs. And that “any solution should simplify and seek to reduce costs while maintaining and increasing benefits.”
Steuer also authored The Insurance Bill of Rights, which is designed to empower consumers, and provides a Best Practices Roadmap for members of the insurance industry.
Early life and education
Steuer was born on March 8, 1964, in San Francisco, California. He was raised in San Francisco and later moved to Marin County where attended Redwood High School. He attended California State University Chico where he received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business (Finance). He earned the Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) Designation in the late 1980s and the Certified Personal and Family Finance Educator (CPFFE) from the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences in 2012. Steuer is one of 40 licensed Life and Disability Insurance agents from the California Department of Insurance.
Career
Prior to becoming an author and insurance consumer advocate, Steuer was an assistant vice president with Acordia-Lloyd, a multi-line insurance brokerage firm. He started his own practice in 1995.
Steuer is the author of five books, including two consecutive Excellence in Financial Literacy Education (EIFLE) Awards: Questions and Answers on Life Insurance and The Questions and Answers on Life Insurance Workbook.
Published works
*Insurance Made Easy: A comprehensive roadmap to the coverage you need (2017)
Question and Answers on Life Insurance: The Life Insurance Toolbook, 3rd edition (2010)
*The Questions and Answers on Life Insurance Workbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Simple Answers for Your Complex Questions (2011)
*The Questions and Answers on Disability Insurance Workbook (2012)
*Secrets of the Life Insurance Industry Revealed: Questions and Answers for the Right Coverage (2012)
*The Questions and Answers on Insurance Planner (2014)
Awards and reviews
:*Institute for Financial Literacy's Excellence In Financial Literacy Education (EIFLE) Award
:*Book of the Year Award Finalist
:*Forbes.com ~ Nine Great Investment Books Worth Reading, 2010
Other contributions
*The Retirement Bible by Lynn O’Shaughnessy, Insurance Technical Editor (2001)
*Investing Bible by Lynn O’Shaughnessy, Insurance Technical Editor (2001)
Personal life
Steuer lives with his wife and son in Alameda, CA.

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