The NFL Players Association (NFLPA) has announced to its members the launch of a new disability insurance program created and administered by Petersen International Underwriters, the disability income protection specialists based in Valencia, CA.

The program will provide members of the NFLPA with career-ending, permanent total disability insurance on a guaranteed issue basis, and make protection available to players on and off the field. According to Scott Petersen, Petersen International’s resident expert for the professional athlete disability market, “This new guaranteed issue athlete DI plan has allowed Petersen International to turn a longtime friendship with the NFLPA into the chance to provide their members with the strongest and most necessary of insurance benefits when considering the physically hazardous nature of the occupation.”

Petersen International Underwriters is a coverholder at Lloyd’s and can be reached at 800-345-8816 or by email  at piu@piu.org

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