The PIU Communicator Library

Disability Insurance Awareness Month - 05/17/2016

There is simply much more to disability insurance than selling policies and earning commissions.  Americans need to be frightfully aware of the real possibility of disablement during one’s career and the devastating potential loss of earnings.  Any scenario that involves total or partial loss of income should be an immediate wake-up call to anyone lacking […]

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Disability Insurance: Premonitions of Trouble Ahead - 05/06/2016

As insurance professionals, we must celebrate our current successes and the general good health of the DI market, but we must also be wary of future turbulence and the hazards the industry may soon face. For the last decade it’s been a buyer’s market which has clearly been beneficial to the consumer.  The world’s personal […]

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The Power of the Personal Disability Income Policy - 03/22/2016

From the desk of W. Harold Petersen – A simple product – an insurance policy has no chrome strips, no moving parts; we can’t wear it, sit on it, eat it or even hang it on the wall to show our friends.  It is a piece of paper usually condemned to a dark and dusty […]

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Graded Benefit DI: The Best Solution - 11/17/2015

Like many Americans and I would guess some of you, I have a tendency to eat more than I should, and I definitely don’t exercise enough.  By Southern California standards, I’m not the poster boy for health and fitness.  But like many of your clients, I work hard and I earn an income that requires […]

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Two Policies, Two Benefits Rolled into One! - 11/03/2015

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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A Communication from the Past -

The following was published by W. Harold Petersen in 1980.  Its message still rings true.  Enjoy. “Inside is a message that is of importance to you. It was written by a person who understands agents and brokers, for he has been one for thirty-three years. The message touches on the aspects of an agent getting sick or […]

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