Author Archives: Jimmy Petersen

The Month of May

As you may or may not know, May is national Disability Insurance Awareness Month. Hurray! Huzzah! For some of you, the next 30 days will be a whirlwind of everything disability and centered on income protection. Promotions, conferences, symposiums, webinars, group enrollments and individual sales. For many others, the month of May is just like […]

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Even Great Executives Need Disability Insurance Advice

I recall the Los Angeles Times newspaper carrying an article with the headline: “Executive On Leave Since Injury.” The article was of local and national importance because it involved the CEO of a large national company that provides many jobs in several major cities. The firm is a stable older firm that has been pressured […]

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Cruisin’

Although I’m quite susceptible to motion sickness, I love to deep sea fish and I have also enjoyed a number of vacations aboard those gargantuan cruise ships. What’s not to like about taking a cruise – exciting ports-of-call, refreshing ocean breezes, exotic cocktails, a wide range of entertainment for all ages…and what about the food. […]

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Marketing Disability Insurance for Profit

Insurers and producers of disability insurance are pleased to be advised that the year 2015 produced the highest level of profitability in more than 20 years as reported by Milliman, the outstanding consulting actuarial firm, some months ago. This regular survey of disability insurers started over 35 years ago. It gives the industry the best […]

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The Three Tiers of DI

Disability insurance is the greatest resource Americans have in protecting personal income against the very real threat of unforeseen and debilitating illnesses and injuries. Without financial protection of one’s paycheck, a person stands to lose their single most important source of economic freedom. Income provides for one’s family, it pays for food, shelter, transportation, education, […]

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Star Gazing

If you caught last week’s airing of the 89th Academy Awards, you were witness to a historical night culminating in the very uncomfortable, botched delivery of “picture of the year”, not to mention the continuous stream of the now requisite political commentaries and expected “Trump” satire. Despite the sometimes tiresome, self-aggrandizing and frivolous proselytizing by […]

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