Author Archives: Jimmy Petersen

Loss of License – Income Protection for Pilots

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 […]

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Protecting the Most Crucial of Assets

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 […]

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Buy/Sell DI – Its Importance and Potential Pitfalls

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 […]

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Needlestick Insurance

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), healthcare workers as well as first responders are at risk of needlestick injuries.  The CDC reports that about 385,000 needlestick injuries occur each year in the United States, and healthcare workers are among those most at risk. Needlestick injuries are most commonly associated with the […]

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A Business Loan Failure to Survive Case Study

Petersen International’s Failure to Survive product provides a simplified-issue death benefit on a term chassis to customers who need coverage quickly or who are not eligible or the right fit for traditional life insurance.  Typical uses of the insurance are for third-party key person situations, to indemnify buy/sell agreements and other business contracts, divorce decrees […]

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Easy Travel Insurance

Healthcare is a requisite purchase for most U.S. residents, as taxpayers are penalized for not having proper medical insurance.  Seeing as coverage follows us as we travel throughout the U.S. and spend time across state boundaries, shouldn’t we expect the same when we travel to Europe, Canada or Mexico?  Shouldn’t we feel secure knowing that […]

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Overlooked Disability Solutions for Everyday Needs

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 […]

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DI Underinsurance Can Be Financially Devastating

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 […]

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