Author Archives: Jimmy Petersen

Two Policies, Two Benefits Rolled into One!

We would like to introduce you to the Buy/Sell Plus disability insurance program, an innovation now available in the market only through Petersen International Underwriters.  This standalone product marries key person disability benefits with a traditional disability buy/sell policy.  You now have a source that can provide your corporate clients with the perfect balance of […]

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An Important Question

Those of us in the life/health insurance business should know that disablement is a frightening reality of life.  Sudden injury and prolonged sickness can happen to anyone at any stage of their career.  Yet most white-collar Americans maintain proper disability insurance on less than half of their monthly income.  If you weren’t physically able to […]

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Feeling Protected in a Foreign Land is Paramount

Americans travel the globe for many reasons. Some travel to Karachi to visit family. Many sail the Nile exploring ancient archeological sites. Some of us fly to Sao Paulo for business meetings. Others trek the Himalayas on eco-adventures or vacation in Kenya on safari. Some of us even work in Baghdad guarding the U.S. Embassy. […]

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Financial Solutions for Dentists

Running a successful dental practice is physically demanding and very expensive. Graduate school loans, mortgages, equipment loans, book of business buy-outs and property leases can all negatively affect the bottom line of a dental professional. Most general-practice dentists, dental specialists and oral surgeons are holders of multiple bank notes, letters of credit and/or business loans […]

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Athlete Insurance

The U.S. Constitution, great apple pie and the New York City skyline are just a few iconic elements that make the United States an incredible place to live. Another noteworthy facet of American life is this country’s fanaticism with the game of football. September marks the end of the annual sports drought that some of […]

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What is Failure to Survive Insurance?

Over the last several 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 has gained an immense following of U.S. brokers as of late. The insurance […]

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New Tool for Producers: Agency Branding

Petersen International has always strived to assist the producers with whom we work with bettering their businesses and helping achieve more financial success in the most efficient ways possible. We will do the same for you. We have developed an easy-to-follow program that will design and implement primary corporate branding or co-branding of your agency’s […]

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Catastrophe on the High Seas

Cruise ships of today are like floating cities, comfortably carrying thousands of passengers and crewmembers to exotic locales by way of the planet’s oceans and rivers.  It is estimated that over 22 million people worldwide will travel by cruise line in 2015.  Of those, 12 million are Americans.  Combine that with an annual industry growth […]

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Product News and Enhancements

Here is our summer blockbuster: Petersen International is excited to announce the official launch of the most progressive high-limit DI plan in the history of the American insurance industry.  Working with a top-rated European insurer, we have developed an “own occupation” excess disability policy with a 10 year term of insurance! This is the only […]

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