Jimmy Petersen | Petersen International Underwriters

Overlooked Disability Solutions for Everyday Needs

Jimmy Petersen | May 15, 2023

Here are some lesser known, nevertheless fantastic financial protection solutions that allow clients valuable insurances without the potentially dangerous need of assigning personal disability benefits. The following available Petersen International products assist in keeping personal income protection intact while addressing other personal or business-specific financial needs with alternative disability program options. Loan Indemnifications Banks and […]

DI Underinsurance Can Be Financially Devastating

Jimmy Petersen | May 8, 2023

Many millions of Americans work for a living, earning regular paychecks that provide for the necessities of life (food, shelter, clothing, transportation, insurance premiums, education, etc.) for themselves and their families, but most lack sufficient income protection. It’s inherently understandable to disbelieve in one’s own morbidity and physical demise, yet statistics show that a healthy […]

Disability Insurance Awareness Month 2023

Jimmy Petersen | May 2, 2023

May certainly is a wonderful time of year. DI Awareness Month is special because we recognize its fundamental importance to the working American. Too many of us have seen the financial struggles of uninsured families when an income earner loses his/her physical ability to make a decent living. We have heard the numerous stories and […]

Businesses Get Disabled Too!

Jimmy Petersen | April 25, 2023

It is funny how people look at their insurance and how they value certain things over other things. Take the case of a business with multiple partners. The partners will diligently work toward building the business. Sometimes this means not taking much of a paycheck and “investing” back into the company to help it grow. […]

Travel Medical Plans Enhancement

Jimmy Petersen | April 18, 2023

Travel medical insurance is financially important and should be a necessity to anyone (tourist, business traveler, student, family visitor, foreign aid worker, overseas contractor, etc.) traveling or residing outside their home country. Petersen International offers two easy-to-follow travel medical plans that help fill the many benefit gaps hidden throughout U.S. healthcare policies; one for outbound […]

Save the Date! Petersen International Underwriters ALS Golf Classic

Jimmy Petersen | April 10, 2023

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. Proceeds from the tournament benefit the ALS Association Golden West Chapter. We are at this time looking for players and sponsors. If […]

Kidnap & Ransom

Jimmy Petersen | April 3, 2023

Last month, a horrific incident occurred in Matamoros, Mexico, making U.S. national headlines as four South Carolina residents were kidnapped and held against their will by suspected drug cartel associates in the border town south of Texas. Two of the four Americans survived and were eventually freed and returned to the States, but two were […]

“Buy/Sell PLUS” Disability Program

Jimmy Petersen | March 27, 2023

Buy/sell disability insurance is an integral part of any proper business succession plan, providing monthly or lump sum proceeds to a business owner with the explicit intent to purchase corporate shares from a permanently disabled partner; essentially allowing a healthy owner or owners to buy-out a disabled partner’s interest in the company. A problem that […]

Professional Athletes Have a Lot to Lose

Jimmy Petersen | March 20, 2023

Like the easily recognizable names in Hollywood, professional athletes have become some of the most famous faces in the world and important representatives of the many-multi-billion dollar sports entertainment industry. Their performances and physical prowess have brought them not only fame, but astronomical incomes. Pro athlete contracts have reached meteoric heights in recent years, comparable […]

Spring Break Travel Concerns

Jimmy Petersen | March 13, 2023

U.S. public and private school Spring Break holidays are right around the corner and millions of Americans of all ages will be traveling as families, as individuals and as part of student groups throughout the country and beyond. Many are embarking upon these journeys without a firm grasp of the hazards that might lie ahead. […]