You really should give DI a chance in 2025. The disability insurance marketplace is where we find fresher and greater opportunities than in many other industry sectors. Recent increases in industry-wide competition, a general stabilizing of the greater marketplace as well as advances in underwriting automation, digital marketing and online sales have allowed for a […]
Many checks, balances and hurdles are required when someone attempts to secure a capital advance from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). One such obligation of lenders is life insurance, indemnifying the death of a borrower during a loan term. SBA lenders typically won’t close on corporate loans without collateralized backing in the form of […]
Russia and Ukraine are still at war. Ground assaults and shelling of military targets continue to disrupt and destroy Ukraine’s infrastructure. Offensives by Ukrainian and Russian forces occur from time to time, and unfortunately, the number of casualties on both sides of the conflict is significant. Further south, aerial bombings, rocket and missile attacks and […]
Happy New Year! Thankfully 2024, an election year full of mudslinging and political polarization, is behind us. But from a business perspective, it was another great year for Petersen International with growth along many insurance lines of the specialty markets. Individual disability and group GSI numbers continued to grow, and the life and accident insurance […]