About
About Dan Hopwood
President of Retirement Planning Store, Inc. — helping families prepare for a secure future in East Peoria, Illinois.
A Long Career in Protection & Planning
Dan Hopwood has spent decades helping Illinois families protect what they have worked a lifetime to build. That work has covered life insurance, long-term care planning, and retirement income strategies — and, just as often, simply helping people understand policies and paperwork they were never given a clear explanation of.
Retirement Planning Store, Inc. was built around a straightforward idea: families make better decisions when someone takes the time to explain the choices honestly, in plain language, without a sales script.
Dan also created RetirementLeverage.com, a free retirement-income education and calculator resource. You can read more about his background and approach on the RetirementLeverage about page.
Our Philosophy
Education comes before recommendations. Trust is earned through clarity and follow-through. There are no high-pressure sales tactics here, and no one-size-fits-all solutions — because two families with similar account balances can still need very different plans.
Who We Help
- Pre-retirees seeking reliable income strategies for the years ahead
- Retirees concerned about outliving their income
- Families who need a long-term care strategy before care is needed
- Individuals who want an honest second opinion on existing insurance
Why Clients Trust Dan
Education First
You will always understand what you own and why before anything is recommended.
No Pressure
Take the time you need. Good decisions rarely need to be made in one meeting.
Local Commitment
A neighbor serving neighbors throughout East Peoria and central Illinois.
Free Retirement Calculators
Dan also maintains a set of free, educational retirement-income calculators at RetirementLeverage.com. They are planning illustrations only — not investment, tax, or insurance advice.
- Retirement Income Gap CalculatorEstimate the difference between your expected retirement income and expenses.
- Sequence of Returns Risk CalculatorSee how the order of market ups and downs can affect income that must last.
- Roth Conversion Tax CalculatorIllustrate the potential tax cost of moving savings into a Roth account.
- RMD Tax Exposure CalculatorEstimate required minimum distributions and the taxes they may create.
Let's Discuss Your Retirement Goals
A first conversation is simply that — a conversation. Bring your questions and your paperwork.