Monthly Archives: January 2026

Residual Disability

Not all disabilities manifest themselves equally.  There are many thousands of recognized diseases and countless ways to injure and horribly afflict the human body.  And although modern medicine has been remarkably able to serve mankind and heal our fragile bodies, the disabled community is the single largest minority group in the United States.  Over 20% […]

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Disability Insurance Policies Are NOT Created Equal

As you do your due diligence for your clients and weigh the pros and cons of disability insurance products from various carriers, be mindful that not all income protection plans are created equal.  Policy wordings, definitions and claims viability can vary drastically amongst domestic disability carriers as well as throughout the venerated Lloyd’s of London […]

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What 2026 May Hold

Happy New Year!  2025 was another spectacular year for Petersen International with growth along most insurance lines of the specialty markets.  Individual disability and group GSI sectors continued to expand, the life and Failure to Survive markets showed consistent growth and accident and war risk insurance sales skyrocketed last year.  Now let’s look ahead to […]

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Case Study Snapshot: Cannabis Industry Key Person Solutions

A corporate conglomerate of legal cannabis dispensaries and marijuana grow operations was seeking high limits of key person life and disability insurance on their founder and CEO.  Their insurance representative was finding it difficult to acquire sufficient business life and DI policies on the client because of his direct relationship to cannabis sales which is […]

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