The practice of underwriting insurance is a fine mixture of art and science. To be successful, it takes a lot of common sense, even more experience and a well-rounded team of experts. Time and practice are the true keys to the profitable underwriting of life, health and disability insurances. As you can probably imagine, factors […]
As an insurance professional, you make a living serving your clients’ best interests. You assumedly make it your primary duty to financially prepare your clients for the many varied obstacles life may bring. Harnessing your years of experience of recognizing and indemnifying risk, you more than likely prescribe medical insurance, life insurance and most importantly […]
For more than a half-century, Americans have spent their weekends in front of television eagerly watching sports programming traditionally dominated by professional football, baseball, basketball and hockey. But over the last couple of decades, auto racing has become one of the largest markets in the U.S. sports and entertainment industry, stealing a healthy percentage of […]
Speaking at a Democratic Party rally on October 3rd in Flint, Michigan, President Bill Clinton astonishingly and publically criticized President Barak Obama’s brainchild, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), calling it “the craziest thing in the world.” He went on to denounce the current healthcare reform in that it flooded the health insurance market, resulting in […]
A few of weeks ago, I spent the day at a Southern California amusement park. Temperatures soared above 100 degrees as we trudged miserably around the park. I was feeling the early effects of heat stroke when I came to realize, through my sweat-filled eyes, that Americans are crazy for cheap (and not-so-cheap) thrills – […]
Petersen International Underwriters is proud to announce the celebration of its 35th anniversary as a Coverholder for Lloyd’s of London. Over 60 years ago, W. Harold Petersen began a long journey of discovery into the world of disability insurance. Fueled by the personal experience of growing-up with a disabled father, Harold’s affinity to the DI […]
On my fourteenth follow-up, the insurance broker said, "It’s too expensive, the client has decided that the premium on the Failure to Survive quote was too expensive and that they were going to get as much Term Life as possible". He was right. My $100 Million Failure to Survive quote was not competitively priced compared […]
According to World Health Organization estimates, there are over 30,000 human diseases known to modern medicine. Of those classified and analyzed conditions, roughly two-thirds have no known effective treatment. Yet, we have come a long way from the archaic days of visits to the medieval barber for blood-lettings or shock therapies to improve ailments of […]
Petersen International Underwriters is pleased to announce the recent hiring of a prominent figure of the disability insurance industry. As of September 1, 2016, Lori Boggs became the newest Regional Vice President and a member of Petersen’s expanding outside sales team. Ms. Boggs began her career as an underwriter for Unum. She later joined MetLife’s […]
September is Life Insurance Awareness Month (LIAM). Hopefully you have all seen and used the great marketing material and informational pieces coming out of Life Happens in coordination with LIAM. This year’s LIAM spokesperson is the world renowned racecar driver Danica Patrick. Her message to the public is that driving a racecar is risky, but […]