Disability Insurance Services

Weekly Articles Archive DI Dan

2010 | 2009 | 2008

December 2009

December 28, 2009: Disability Can Help Employers & Employees Through Tough Times by Fred Cook (California Broker, June 2009)

December 21, 2009: Selling Using Disability Buy-Out to Create Value Where No Value Existed by Michael Hagedorn, CLU, CFP (California Broker, Jan. 2009)

December 14, 2009: Selling Individual Disability With the Proper Contractual Wording And Options by Art Fries (California Broker, April 2009)

December 07, 2009: Delivering A Disability Policy by Larry Schneider (Life Insurance Selling, Oct 2009)

November 2009

November 30, 2009: Your Not-So-Subtle DI Wakeup Call by Larry Schneider (Life Insurance Selling, Nov 2009)

November 23, 2009: Selling Individual Disability to Groups: Understand the basics and educate the decision-maker and the employee by Connie Golleher (Advisor Today, Nov 2009)

November 20, 2009: Double Protection: This realLIFEstory proves the value of disability income insurance by Lucretia DiSanto Jones (Advisor Today, Aug 2004)

November 09, 2009: Adding Disability to Your Business by Brad Wier (Advisor Today, Feb 2004)

November 02, 2009: How to sell DI in a down market by Rick Cordaro (Life Insurance Selling, May 2009)

October 2009

October 26, 2009: Why Insure Income?  by Larry Schneider (Life Insurance Selling, June 2009)

October 19, 2009: Filling in the gaps  by Lynn Dumais (Life Insurance Selling, July 2009)

October 12, 2009: Disability Insurance: Completing the Application by Larry Schneider (Life Insurance Selling, August 2009)

October 05, 2009: Constructing a Disability Insurance Plan by Larry Schneider (Life Insurance Selling, July 2009)

September 2009

September 28, 2009: Good News! : You can sell an effective DI policy by asking your client the right questions and listening to his responses.  by Philip S. Zima, LUTCF, RFC (Advisor Today)

September 21, 2009: Selling DI at Workplace: Help your business clients understand that they need to cover everyone equally and that DI coverage is as important as life insurance by Helen Thompson (Advisor Today, January 2007)

September 14, 2009: A Time to Think Differently: Reaching the new DI insurance buyer requires that you explore new strategies by John Roberts (Advisor Today, March 2007)

September 08, 2009: A Case Study in Disability Income: Don't  Assume Business Owners Won't Make Buying Decision in a Tough Economy by Bob Herum, CLU, ChFC, FHU, REBC, MSFS, DIA, LTCP (National Underwriter Life & Health, May 2009) & Your Client is Under-Insured: It's Your Job to Make Sure They Know It by Andra Crava, CLU, RHU and Scott Leavitt (Life Insurance Selling, May 2009)

August 2009

August 31, 2009: Preparing for the Unexpected: For financial security, disability insurance tops the list by Russ Banham (The Wall Street Journal, May 2009)

August 24, 2009: Selling DI Insurance Today by Paul Sherman (Advisor Today, July 2009)

August 17, 2009: A DI Action Plan by Allan Checkoway, RHU (Advisor Today, May 2007)

August 10, 2009: How to Defuse DI 'Land Mines' by Larry Schneider  (Insurance News Net, August 2009)

August 04, 2009: Speak No DI, Hear No DI, See No DI by Richard Weikart, CLU,ChFC  (Advisor Today, May 2002)

July 2009

July 28, 2009: DI Sales Ideas You Can Use Today by Bob Herum, CLU, ChFC, FHU, REBC, MSFS, DIA, LTCP (Advisor Today, July 2009)

July 21, 2009: Communicating the Value of Disability Financial Planning by Robert G. Taylor, CLU, CEBS (Life Insurance Selling, Jan. 2009)

July 13, 2009: Take the Case of… A Look at Unusual DI Challenges by Mark Petersen (Health Insurance Underwriter, April 2009)

July 06, 2009: New Tool Makes Discussing Disability Insurance Easier by Robert G. Taylor, CLU, CEBS (Broker World, June 2009)

June 2009

June 29, 2009: Disability Insurance: When The Economy Goes Down, The Need Goes Up by Karen Riedel (Benefits Selling, May 2009)

June 22, 2009: Explaining the Importance of Disability Insurance to Small Business by David Gittelman (Agents Sales Journal, October 2008)

June 16, 2009: Moving Target: A More Mobile Work Force and A Drop in Employer-Provided Benefits Could Enhance the Market for Individual Disability-Income Insurance by Thomas K. Penn-David (Best's Review, Feb 2003)

June 08, 2009: Avoiding a Financial Fate Worse Than Death: The Case for Disability Financial Planning by W. Harold Petersen, RHU, DFP (California Broker, Jan 2009)

June 01, 2009: DI Insurance Keeps Couple Afloat by Julie Britt (Advisor Today, May 2009)

May 2009

May 26, 2009: Multi-Life Disability Insurance Offers Value to Employers and Employees Alike by Michael Hagedorn, CLU, CFP (California Broker, May 2009)

May 18, 2009: An Uncertain Economy Doesn't Equal Poor Sales Performance by Linda Finkle (Perspectives by NAILBA, March & April 2009)

May 11, 2009: The DI Discussion by Edward C. Auble, CLU, ChFC, MSFS, FLMI, LUTCF, CASL (Advisor Today, April 2009)

May 04, 2009: Education Is The Key To A Successful DI Enrollment by National Underwriter Life & Health Staff Writer (November 2008)

April 2009

April 20, 2009: Disability Insurance Experts Ponder Recession Impact by Allison Bell (National Underwriter Life & Health, March 2009)

April 13, 2009: As Storm Howls, DI Industry Is Slow and Steady Allison Bell (National Underwriter Life & Health, March 2009)

April 06, 2009: Social Security Clogged with Disability Claims by Matt Sedensky (Associated Press, April 2009)

March 2009

March 23, 2009: Business Reducing Term DI Backs Loans When Firms Change Hands by Allison Bell (National Underwriter Life & Health, February 2009)

March 16, 2009: Exceptional DI Planning: Disability Coverage is Key for High Net-Worth Clients by Edward A. Tafaro (Insurance News Net, March 2009)

March 02, 2009: Disability Income Insurance: Penetrating the Small-Employer Market by American Council of Life Insurers (2002)

February 2009

February 23, 2009: Many Baby Boomers Incorrectly Believe they Are Protected Against Risk of Disability by America's Health Insurance Plans (May 2008)

February 17, 2009: Four Out Of Five Disability Income Insurance Claimants Are Satisfied With Their Policy by Medical News Today (June 2008)

February 09, 2009: Choosing an Individual DI Carrier by Brion Collins, CFP (Life Insurance Selling, April 2009) 

February 02, 2009: DI and CI: A Match Made in Heaven by Kenneth Smith (Life Insurance Selling, February 2007)

January 2009

January 26, 2009: Increase Your DI Sales - All You Have to Do Is Ask by Gary A. Schwarze, LUTCF (Life Insurance Selling, April 2004) 

January 02, 2009: No DI Equals Total Disaster by David Gittelman (Insurance News Net, January 2009)