FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – August 8, 2001
Irwin C. Cohen, Principal of Affiliated Financial Specialists in Skokie, will be the guest this month on the cable access show Financial Solutions that airs in numerous northern Cook County and southern Lake County communities in Illinois. The topic of this month’s program is Disability Insurance.
Irwin Cohen is a 22-year veteran of the insurance and financial service Industry and specializes in disability income and long term care insurance. He services 1,500 clients and receives the majority of his business from referrals by CPA’s, financial planners and other financial service professionals who recognize his expertise in disability and long term care insurance.
Cohen gives numerous speeches throughout the year educating consumers and their financial advisors on how to better protect themselves, their families, professional practices and business interests. He has addressed the Chicago Association of Life Underwriters, the International Association of Financial Planners as well as CPA and law firms.
He is a lifetime member of the Million Dollar Round Table and Top of the Table and has a three-time speaker at their annual meeting with over 6,000 attendees from over 30 countries. He has also authored articles in National Underwriter, Life Insurance Selling, Round the Table, and many other publications.
Cohen also serves as Chairman of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors annual meeting (Chicago Chapter).
As one of the few professionals in the country who specializes in disability income protection, Cohen will provide us an overview of the average working family and the role of disability protection is in an overall financial plan. Among the questions covered during the program will be: Who should consider disability insurance? What other sources of money may be available when someone suffers from a disability? And, what is the biggest obstacle most people place on purchasing disability coverage?
The show will air on Comcast cable once a week at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday’s for the entire month of September. The program reaches 105,000 subscribers on channel 35 in Arlington Heights, Bartlett, Des Plaines, Glenview, Golf, Hanover Park, Mt. Prospect, Northbrook, Park Ridge, Prospect Heights, Schaumburg, Skokie, Streamwood and Wheeling. The show will also be broadcast on Channel 19 at the same time to 120,000 subscribers in Buffalo Grove, Elk Grove Village, Hoffman Estates, Lincolnwood, Morton Grove, Niles, Northfield, Palatine, Rolling Meadows and Wilmette.
Financial Solutions is produced and hosted by Patrick Doland, CFP™, a fee only financial planner and investment manager in Northbrook and is intended to help viewers address their questions on investments, retirement planning, education planning, insurance, and estate planning.