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Case Study Snapshot: Private Pilot Accidental Death Insurance - 04/07/2026
The board of directors of an accounting firm had just purchased $3,000,000 of key person term life insurance on a 63-year-old executive officer to help protect their flourishing company. The key executive had recently begun pilot training courses and had fewer than 100 flight hours logged. The term life policy would not cover him as […]
A Death Benefit for Hard-To-Place Cases - 02/17/2026
Numerous agents and advisors reach out to Petersen International on a regular basis seeking solutions for impaired-risk life insurance that offers more substantial limits than typical guaranteed-issue and final expense policies. Fortunately, we have a growing portfolio of term insurance products that provide high-limit death benefits on impaired-risk cases. The product line is called Failure […]
What 2026 May Hold -
Happy New Year! 2025 was another spectacular year for Petersen International with growth along most insurance lines of the specialty markets. Individual disability and group GSI sectors continued to expand, the life and Failure to Survive markets showed consistent growth and accident and war risk insurance sales skyrocketed last year. Now let’s look ahead to […]
Case Study Snapshot: Cannabis Industry Key Person Solutions - 01/06/2026
A corporate conglomerate of legal cannabis dispensaries and marijuana grow operations was seeking high limits of key person life and disability insurance on their founder and CEO. Their insurance representative was finding it difficult to acquire sufficient business life and DI policies on the client because of his direct relationship to cannabis sales which is […]
Case Study Snapshot: Business Loan Failure to Survive - 12/02/2025
A young dentist was attempting to purchase the thriving dental practice of an aging colleague. The cost of the practice required the young man to take out a business loan from a commercial lender. One of the pivotal closing requirements of the lender was a $1,200,000 life insurance policy on the young dentist with a […]
Divorce Decree Insurance Solutions - 11/11/2026
Despite good initial intentions, approximately 50% of all marriages in this country end in divorce. Falling in love and subsequently falling out of love is unfortunately a reality for millions of Americans every year. And no matter whether the splits in partnership are amicable or otherwise, most divorce proceedings require contractual documentation in the form […]