I’m not referring to haunted houses, Halloween monsters or flesh-eating zombies. I’m talking about disablement, physical and/or mental incapacitation that leads to loss of income. There isn’t much scarier than losing your ability to earn a living. Disability is an unfortunate occurrence and a regular part of life, of many lives in fact, in this […]
Of course, you can imagine how important life insurance is to someone who flies an aircraft for either work, travel or recreation. Although air travel by nature is generally safer than riding in an automobile, planes, helicopters and other motorized and non-motorized aircraft do crash on occasion. Every year American pilots do lose their lives. […]
Last week, Ben Nordman, Managing Partner of North Central DI, was given the W. Harold Petersen Lifetime Achievement Award by the association board and members of the International DI Society at their annual conference which took place this year at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada. The prestigious award was created by the IDIS […]
Here is a great lesson to pass on to your clients about the need for disability insurance and a unique take on the product ideology. This is from the teachings of the great W. Harold Petersen who spent his storied career enveloped in the marketing and promotion of income protection and replacement. Learning about disability […]
An employee benefits specialist found that a large corporate law firm client, with offices throughout the country and several hundred partner attorneys, had immense gaps in their group disability benefits and greatly varying benefit levels amongst the partners. Nearly half of the attorneys had insufficient levels of income protection, which was not acceptable to the […]
As the American cannabis industry continues to mature and evolve, it has become evident that the sector is in desperate need of more support from insurance outlets and requires financial protections that other commercial areas are readily afforded. Many life insurance companies have yet to embrace the cannabis industry and fail to allow any kind […]
If you are a devout life insurance advisor, DI might not regularly be on your radar. A request for disability insurance may fall into your lap on occasion from a concerned prospect who has had someone close to them unexpectedly fall ill and become disabled, but your livelihood is life insurance, and that is what […]
Welcome to Life Insurance Awareness Month (LIAM). Be sure to check out the great marketing material and informational pieces developed by Life Happens (lifehappens.org) in coordination with LIAM. This initiative helps to educate consumers and the general public with unbiased information on the many important facets and uses of the various forms of life insurance. […]
Petersen International Underwriters is pleased to remind you that the 21st annual national conference of the International DI Society will commence on October 6, 2025, in Reno, Nevada at the Grand Sierra Resort. The association has a wonderful line-up of guest speakers and industry experts this year sharing their motivating stories and remarkable insight into […]
According to a 2024 study by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median age of the American workforce is about 42-years old, yet most disability insurance sales (and the sale of many elective insurances for that matter) are made to employed persons over the age of 45. From these numbers we can tell that […]