With a passion for marketing, design, and architecture, I constantly seek out new ideas, concepts, and designs. Designers shape our world and create the beauty that we all crave and admire. When the day is done, I will often unwind by reviewing architecture and interior design on one of my favorite apps – Zillow. Zillow […]
Petersen International is deeply rooted in the entertainment industry. We were founded just several miles from the famous and conspicuous Hollywood sign, and for almost 40 years, we have been privileged to write high-limit disability insurance and specialty life programs for the who’s who of show business. Several decades ago, W. Harold Petersen developed the […]
Pardon the sophomoric pun, but the demand for insurance in the cannabis industry has been growing like a weed. The California recreational pot market is now legal statewide this year and both medicinal and recreational dispensaries are open for business. California is the most recent state in the Union to ratify the legalization of the […]
Most Americans will agree that having health insurance is imperative to cover medical bills in case we get sick or are injured and have to go to the hospital or a doctor’s office. The federal government now monetarily penalizes taxpayers for not having proper coverage, as healthcare has become a requisite purchase in the United […]
As residents of a democratic nation built upon economic models of capitalism and free market systems, personal income is our greatest asset. Without a regular paycheck, we wouldn’t be able to live as we are accustomed; we wouldn’t be able to provide the same food and shelter for our families or education for our children. […]
Over the last few decades, the Surplus Lines specialty market has been successful in developing some of the life and health insurance industry’s most brilliant and forward-thinking products for American businesses. Failure to Survive (FTS) insurance is one such incredible evolution that is recently proving to be an incredible tool for U.S. life agents and […]
Most of you disability insurance purveyors out there are independents or general agents who specialize in individual benefit (IDI) marketing. That’s your comfort zone. That’s what you know best. But to help stir-up sales and enlarge your insurance business footprint, Petersen International poses the following novel approach to conducting your business differently this Disability Insurance […]
Welcome to Disability Insurance Awareness Month. We are one week into the month of May, and already we see signs of why this time of year is so special and important to many in the life and health insurance industry. Roadshows, mini conferences and agent meetings are abound this month, helping to sing the praises […]
The following are questions posed to Thomas Petersen (Vice President of Petersen International Underwriters) by Broker World Magazine in anticipation of Disability Insurance Awareness Month which begins today. Broker World: What special initiatives is your company undertaking to take advantage of Disability Insurance Awareness Month? What do you do to build on your DIAM momentum […]
As important as life insurance is to professional aviators, disability income protection is absolutely imperative. Whether a pilot flies for a commercial outfit, is self-employed as a crop duster or does heavy-lift work in a helicopter, the reality of disablement exists among every class of aviator. Due to accident or illness, there is always an […]