by Ed Hinerman | Apr 24, 2017 | bipolar disorder, business life insurance, buy/sell life insurance, insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval
I’ve talked to and helped enough people over the last 16 years, PTIE, post traumatic insurance experience, to know that when people say they were treated unfairly when applying for life insurance they usually really were. The majority of unfair life insurance...
by Ed Hinerman | Aug 2, 2016 | ADHD, Anxiety, bipolar disorder, CEO life insurance, Depression, executives, insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval
Well before I was known for being someone with bipolar disorder, a reasonably stable, high functioning someone with bipolar disorder, I was the go to guy in the US, most of Canada, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean for those in need of life insurance who...
by Ed Hinerman | Jan 29, 2016 | application process, approval, bipolar disorder, business life insurance, CEO life insurance, decline, impaired risk life insurance, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval
Ah, the sting of being declined or being rated practically to death when you apply for life insurance. Do they really think you are on death’s door or do they just dislike you personally? Perhaps that life insurance company has a quota that limits the amount of...
by Ed Hinerman | Oct 28, 2015 | ADHD, Anxiety, approval, bipolar disorder, business life insurance, CEO life insurance, Depression, insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval, mortality risk, physicians life insurance
Life insurance companies are so burdened with their responsibility to clients to underwrite them fairly and offer the best price possible, and their responsibility to share holders to maximize profits by bringing in new business (competition) and cutting expenses...
by Ed Hinerman | May 20, 2015 | ADHD, Anxiety, approval, Attention Deficit Disorder, bipolar, bipolar disorder, CEO life insurance, Depression, impaired risk life insurance, insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval, mood disorder life insurance, physicians life insurance
It’s been a long time since I addressed the topic of the beating that professionals, from physicians to attorneys to CEO’s take on life insurance if they have ever even been suspected of having a mood disorder. The way life insurance underwriting jumps all...
by Ed Hinerman | May 5, 2015 | bipolar, bipolar disorder, business life insurance, CEO life insurance, decline, Depression, impaired risk life insurance, insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval, life insurance underwriting
So we’re all familiar with the manic and depressive swings that are the hall mark of bipolar disorder. Some are subtle and manifest as people that work like crazy and then need down time to recover. The more severe bipolar manifestations are manic on the out of...
by Ed Hinerman | Aug 13, 2014 | beneficiary, bipolar, bipolar disorder, Depression, life insurance, suicide clause
In the wake of Robin William’s death I believe he would appreciate some honest and open dialogue about mental illness and in particular his nemesis, bipolar disorder. For anyone that might think I’m just trying to milk a key word moment out of tragedy, you...
by Ed Hinerman | Nov 25, 2013 | bipolar, bipolar disorder, decline, Depression, HIV life insurance, insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval, prostate cancer
With all the great things happening on so many fronts I thought it prudent to bring things up to date on mood disorder life insurance and specifically the continued success we are having placing well controlled bipolar disorder. Even with major breakthroughs in life...
by Ed Hinerman | Oct 11, 2013 | Anxiety, bipolar disorder, Depression, insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval, life insurance underwriting
I mentioned a few weeks ago that I had forwarded a post to three life insurance companies, Prudential, Banner Life and American General Life. The gist of the post was that it seemed to me and several of my colleagues that there had been a serious shift in mood...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 23, 2013 | Attention Deficit Disorder, bipolar disorder, Depression, insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval
I am so glad that a life insurance company came clean with me this last week and admitted that, yes, they had in fact changed their stance on underwriting of bipolar disorder life insurance and other mood disorders as well. They admitted that a case that they had...
by Ed Hinerman | Aug 29, 2013 | approval, bipolar, bipolar disorder, insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval
For as long as I’ve been writing about and helping people get a fair shake on life insurance with mood disorders, among those requirements for the best rates has been stability. Mood disorders that aren’t well controlled can ruin careers and marriages....
by Ed Hinerman | Aug 21, 2013 | Anxiety, approval, assumptions, bipolar disorder, CEO life insurance, Depression, insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval, life insurance claim
While I believe it would be characterized as mild, there seems to be quite a bit of evidence pointing to the fact that most life insurance companies have gone through a manic period of underwriting mood disorders. For the past several years depression, anxiety and...
by Ed Hinerman | Nov 6, 2012 | approval, bipolar, bipolar disorder, decline, executives, impaired risk life insurance, insurance, life insurance
I am more amazed every day at the huge misconception there seems to be in our country about the face of bipolar disorder and what it most certainly means when it comes to trying to be approved for life insurance. To give you a sense where most life insurance companies...
by Ed Hinerman | May 30, 2012 | approval, bipolar, bipolar disorder, decline, insurance, life insurance
I just want to go on record as saying I don’t write this kind of post to brag. I share these victories occasionally to help keep the hope alive for so many with bipolar disorder or other mood disorders who have been declined or abused with a high rating for no...
by Ed Hinerman | Feb 23, 2012 | bipolar, bipolar disorder, Depression, insurance, life insurance
The way 99.9% of life insurance companies treat people with bipolar disorder drives me nuts. I’m not talking about an insurance company that fully underwrites an application and finds out something really sketchy in a person’s history. What slays me is...
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