Next Monday marks the 240th birthday of our nation and the historic signing of the Declaration of Independence. We are a society that has grown from a fledgling colony of farmers and shipbuilders, struggling under the heavy-hand of the British monarchy, into one of the richest and arguably the most powerful sovereign country in the […]
Founded only a few miles from the famed Hollywood sign in Los Angeles, California, Petersen International is deeply rooted in the entertainment industry. For more than 35 years, we have been privileged to write high-limit disability insurance and specialty life coverage on the who’s who of Tinseltown. Several decades ago, Petersen International developed the first […]
This coming Sunday is Father’s Day – a day which we set aside to honor the men in our lives that helped raise us, took us to ball games when we were young and to R-rated movies when we grew older. We salute the men who protected us when we were scared and scolded us […]
Since the first half of the twentieth century, about 7,000 people have attempted to climb the tallest peak in the world, and almost 300 of them have perished doing so. In the high elevations of the Himalayas, death befalls climbers due to a number of different causes including altitude sickness, falls, avalanches and rope accidents. […]