The PIU Communicator Library
A Quick Look Ahead - 01/07/2025
Happy New Year! Thankfully 2024, an election year full of mudslinging and political polarization, is behind us. But from a business perspective, it was another great year for Petersen International with growth along many insurance lines of the specialty markets. Individual disability and group GSI numbers continued to grow, and the life and accident insurance […]
The World Can Be a Spooky Place - 10/29/2024
The human body is relatively fragile. Although we grow into a sturdy structure of bone, muscle and tissue with the incredible ability to withstand significant trauma and heal, humans aren’t indestructible. No matter how healthy a person may be and no matter how much he or she stays physically fit, everybody is susceptible to injury […]
A New Frontier of Employee Benefits - 10/08/2024
The employee benefits market, although mostly rewarding to its advisors, continues to be a complicated and sometimes muddled playing field. American companies, no matter their size, are at times being forced to provide benefits which they can hardly afford, and compliance and management headaches have surpassed most common levels of reason. Human resources personnel and […]
The High-Limit Disability Niche - 09/17/2024
The disability insurance marketplace may seem relatively obscure to many life and health insurance advisors active in the industry today. However, the true nature and importance of income protection is not lost on successful agents and brokers willing to step out of their proverbial comfort zones and market products that are not only pivotal safeguards […]
Impaired-Risk Solutions Part 1 – Disability - 08/13/2024
Petersen International Underwriters specializes in niche disability, life, accident and health insurance products. And we take pride in the fact that our forte is the hard-to-place personal and business disability market, as we are adept in underwriting flexibility. Our liberal-leaning risk analysis methodologies allow us to excel in getting traditionally substandard clientele properly insured. Longevity […]
Pardon Me, But You Have Holes in Your DI Coverage! - 08/06/2024
We are pleased to announce that on Thursday, August 15th at 2:00 PM EDT, Tom Petersen, Vice President of Petersen International Underwriters will be the guest lecturer of the International DI Society’s August study group. Tom will touch on the history of the venerated Lloyd’s of London insurance market and how American agents and brokers […]