by Ed Hinerman | Feb 17, 2007 | insurance, life insurance
Go figure the logic. Virtually every one of us has a story of a friend or relative who has died far too prematurely. Sometimes it’s due to an accident. Sometimes a disease comes from nowhere and ends a life that should have gone on far longer. Yet, the majority...
by Ed Hinerman | Feb 17, 2007 | business life insurance, Independent agent, insurance, insurance quotes, life insurance, return of premium term insurance, term insurance, universal life, whole life
If you’re an adult with any kind of responsibilities in this world, you should be carrying a life insurance policy. That old saying that “there are two things that are certain in life, death and taxes” has a lot of truth to it. The big difference is...
by Ed Hinerman | Feb 16, 2007 | business life insurance, Independent agent, insurance, key man insurance, life insurance, private pilots, return of premium term insurance
This is a country made of small businesses and generally speaking, all of those that have employees have managers. As long as I am sailing with generalities, I think it’s safe to say that a good manager is a very valuable asset. Which leads me to another...
by Ed Hinerman | Feb 16, 2007 | Independent agent, insurance, insurance quotes, life insurance, term insurance, universal life
You see it on advertising all the time, but is it true. Whether you are getting life insurance quotes from an independent agent or a captive home town agent, you need to know that it is absolutely true that you can save 70% and often much more than that. There are two...
by Ed Hinerman | Feb 15, 2007 | business life insurance, buy/sell life insurance, insurance, life insurance, term insurance
Needless to say, these kinds of events can definitely present you with some challenges. Partnerships are tricky enough. Without the right business life insurance or buy/sell life insurance policy in place, the partnership can remain tricky long after the deceased...
by Ed Hinerman | Feb 14, 2007 | insurance, insurance quotes, life insurance, term insurance
It happens hundreds of times a day. A family owned business goes belly up because the owner, who is usually the CEO and the only person that knows how to run the business, dies without adequate life insurance. The result is a family suddenly missing an income and...
by Ed Hinerman | Feb 11, 2007 | children's life insurance, guaranteed issue life insurance, insurance, Juvenile life insurance, life insurance, term insurance, universal life
My experience is that there is actually a mindset, especially with parents, that if they carry life insurance on their child they could somehow increase that child’s chance of an early death. Let me assure you that there is no statistical link between a...
by Ed Hinerman | Feb 11, 2007 | insurance, life insurance, return of premium term insurance, term insurance
I try never to assume that everyone knows all of the benefits of life insurance. One that is huge beyond measure for your heirs is that the life insurance benefit that you leave behind is not income taxable. Unlike hitting the lottery, the government has graciously...
by Ed Hinerman | Feb 9, 2007 | children's life insurance, guaranteed issue life insurance, insurance, insurance quotes, Juvenile life insurance, life insurance, private pilots, term insurance, universal life, whole life
Advocate is defined in the dictionary as “one that supports or promotes the interests of another”. There are several “advocacy” groups that promote life insurance to their members or to the group of people that they would suggest they are...
by Ed Hinerman | Feb 8, 2007 | insurance quotes, life insurance, term insurance
While many of the largest life insurance “internet marts” use misleading advertising to get you in the door, Selectquote is certainly the most consistent and pervasive. Allow me to paint one of their ads for you often seen on MSNBC. The picture is of a...
by Ed Hinerman | Feb 7, 2007 | insurance, life insurance, return of premium term insurance, term insurance, universal life
How many times have I heard that? The conversation goes something like this. “Mr Smith, based on your health information it looks like we should be able to get a $1,000,000, 20 year term policy for $1200 a year, about $100 per month.” Mr Smith counters...
by Ed Hinerman | Feb 6, 2007 | insurance, life insurance, term insurance, universal life
Term life insurance is the most practical, appropriate and affordable life insurance for 90% or more of the average person’s life insurance needs. The obvious feature that people buy term life insurance for is the death benefit. They want to know that their...
by Ed Hinerman | Feb 4, 2007 | insurance, insurance quotes, life insurance, term insurance, universal life
Can he or she tell you honestly that all the provisions of your term insurance or universal policy are guaranteed? That there are no surprises or changes down the road? That you can count on these guarantees and hold them accountable for making sure that you are kept...
by Ed Hinerman | Feb 3, 2007 | insurance, life insurance, term insurance
I am always taken aback by life insurance clients who, faced with the truth that they don’t qualify for as good a rate as they want, opt to just not buy insurance at all. I had a client a few years back. A mid 30’s professional, married with 2 young...
by Ed Hinerman | Feb 3, 2007 | estate taxes, insurance, life insurance, term insurance, universal life, whole life
Let’s start with definitions of whole life, term insurance and universal life. Whole Life, as a product, is now very rare . These days it is actually more of a generic term referring to permanent, usually universal life insurance. The definitions! Whole life...
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