September is Life Insurance Awareness Month. Industry professionals have set aside this time of year to pay homage to the grandiose history and promising future of the life insurance community, sharing testimonials and insights into sales techniques, consumer advocacy, new product development and legislative agendas…
A menacing shadow has been cast over West Africa. The governments of Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone are on a race against time to stop the lethal spread of the Ebola virus which has fostered a flourishing epidemic of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever resulting in the deaths of thousands of people; and there is no end in sight…
It was the great Irish dramatist and author George Bernard Shaw who famously declared that “youth is wasted on the young.” He later expounded upon his derogatory remark about young people of the day that “they’re brainless, and don’t know what they have; they squander every opportunity of being young, on being young…
Fate can be cruel and indiscriminate. A promising young professional is out in the big city for a night of fun and frivolity with some co-workers, naïve of what dangers lurk for him in the shadows…
The summer travel season is winding down. Mom and dad are loading the kiddies into the RV for that almost cliché “end of summer” trek across the country to locales like Yellowstone, Orlando and the Grand Canyon only to return home with seriously drained bank accounts, piles of stinking laundry and some nasty sunburns…
Life and disability insurance sales are commonly hampered by the same problems, over and over again. “My client takes meds for depression…
First of all, most Americans will agree that the idea of buying insurance is not at all exciting, and is in fact a hassle at best. Life, disability and health insurance prospecting reminds people of their own mortality/morbidity which is understandably cringe-worthy…
Progressive minded entrepreneurs have for millennia borrowed capital from others to enact their passions and empower their business ideas… Learn More
For years, Petersen International Underwriters has pioneered the pilot disability insurance market. Our policies have provided “own occupation” total disability insurance to thousands of licensed professional pilots. Own occupation disability policies were appropriate for most pilots, but considering the strict medical qualifications and requirements of the current aviation regulatory bodies throughout the world, the need for true “loss of license” coverage has become evident…
Retirement Planning in the 21st Century…