High-limit disability insurance is the cornerstone of sound financial planning for high-net-worth clientele. Life insurance, estate planning and retirement planning are certainly important, but without sufficient protection of one’s income, the entire strategic game plan fails and families are left financially at risk. Earned income is our most crucial asset as it supports most of life’s daily […]
Petersen International prides itself on its customer service. And that attention to service doesn’t end at the quick turnaround of insurance quotes, flexible underwriting or policy servicing by our helpful and professional staff. We also strive to make the paying of premiums as easy and as comfortable as possible for the agents we work with and their […]
Here is a great lesson to pass on to your clients about the need for disability insurance and a unique take on the product in general. This idea is from the teachings of the great W. Harold Petersen who spent his lengthy career enveloped in the marketing and promotion of income protection and replacement. Learning about […]
The path to a successful career in medicine is an arduous one. After years of hard work and higher education, new doctors usually venture out of medical school on a truly advantageous path, but with mountains of debt and school loans to repay. After graduating medical school, the next long journey begins, working many intense hours on […]
As a premier Coverholder for Lloyd’s of London, Petersen International Underwriters has been allowed the distinction and privilege to be a part of the historic Lloyd’s market for almost 40 years. Lloyd’s is a highly-rated, celebrated and storied organization that organically came to being around 1688 in the London coffeehouse of purveyor Edward Lloyd. His establishment became […]
As residents of a democratic nation built upon economic models of capitalism and free market systems, personal income is our greatest asset. Without a regular paycheck, we wouldn’t be able to live as we are so accustomed. We wouldn’t be able to provide the same food and shelter for our families or education for our children. We wouldn’t […]
The human immunodeficiency virus and its resulting manifestation as AIDS remains an incurable, microscopic scourge that has ravaged many communities throughout the world over the last several decades. HIV/AIDS has historically been a lethal epidemic which arose in the early 1980’s in the U.S. and spread suddenly among certain populations – eventually to all corners […]
The American business world is constantly changing. 2018 was a terrible year for the stock market which has become a rollercoaster of flourishes and subsequent severe corrections. In spite of or perhaps as a result of the economy’s volatility, we are seeing large, old institutional brands folding while newly and foreign-funded conglomerate corporations going on […]
Life is precious, but the human body is fragile. Although Mother Nature has given us a sturdy structure of bone, muscle and tissue with the incredible ability to withstand trauma and heal, we aren’t impervious. No matter how healthy a person may be and no matter how much he or she stays physically fit, every […]
Derrick Pfau has been an associate at Petersen International for four years. He is a specialist in outside disability sales and the sports/athlete market. Before joining Petersen, Derrick served four years in the U.S. Army. He held the rank of specialist and trained as a paralegal in the JAG Corps. He was deployed, stationed in […]