Welcome to Life Insurance Awareness Month (LIAM). Hopefully you have checked out the great marketing material and informational pieces coming out of Life Happens (lifehappens.org) in coordination with LIAM. This year is the twentieth anniversary of this outstanding initiative to help educate on the many important facets and uses of the various forms of life […]
Attention Golfers! We invite you to join the Golden West Chapter and Honorary Chair, Thomas Petersen, for a fun day of golf, games, food, and prizes at the Petersen International Underwriters ALS Golf Classic at The Oaks Club at Valencia on Monday, September 11. Petersen International Underwriters is proud to return as the Title Sponsor for […]
Entertainers oftentimes have a lot to say. Many utilize their celebrity platforms to express personal feelings on politics and social issues facing the country. Sometimes immense egos shine through. But despite the usual self-aggrandizing and proselytizing by the Hollywood elite, as insurance professionals we must recognize and embrace that grouping of immense wealth and fame […]
Petersen International Underwriters is pleased to remind you that the 19th annual national conference of the International DI Society will commence on October 9, 2023 in Portland, Maine at the Westin Portland Harborview. The association has an incredible line-up of guest speakers and industry experts this year sharing their motivating stories and remarkable insight into […]
Among seasoned DI professionals, there is an old adage that disability insurance does not sell itself. This is true mostly because of a general lack of communication and education between advisor and client. Additional guidance and tutelage will tend to increase communication between you and your clientele, leading to a greater understanding of the value […]
“So I close in saying that I may have had a tough break, but I have an awful lot to live for.” These are the final words from Lou Gehrig’s famous “Luckiest Man Alive” speech he gave following his diagnosis with ALS 84 years ago. I write today with two stories with the same message […]
Once again, we are pleased to announce that Petersen International is the title sponsor of the 2023 ALS Golf Classic which will be held on September 11, 2023 at The Oaks Club in Valencia, California. The Oaks Club is a championship course designed by World Golf Hall of Famer Mark O’Meara. The charity golf tournament, […]
Disability income protection for professional aviators is so important. Whether a pilot flies for a commercial airline, is a corporate or charter pilot, is a crop duster, does firefighting or flight medical services, the reality of disablement exists among every class of aviator. Due to accident or illness, there is always an imminent threat of […]
The most important and fundamental of critical assets to the continuation and financial success of any American business of any size is not in its fiduciary holdings and intellectual properties, nor is it in the more readily tangible equities like manufactured product, real estate, office equipment and machinery. Arguably, a company’s most important assets are […]
Americans are extending working careers and business ownership longer than ever before in this country, making succession planning so vital in maintaining business continuity and balance when an owner decides to finally hang it up and enter a life of retirement. But how do you avoid financial catastrophe during a regime change and the partial […]