by Ed Hinerman | Mar 22, 2012 | insurance, life insurance, over 50 life insurance, senior life insurance
I turned 59 the other day and boy am I glad I already have my life insurance in force. I’ve heard that life insurance over 60 really takes a huge jump. But wait, I heard the same thing about over 50 life insurance and that wasn’t exactly true. The absolute...
by Ed Hinerman | Jan 11, 2012 | cash value, guarantee, indixed universal life, Infinite banking, insurance, life insurance
A few days ago another agent took offense to my obviously uneducated view that indexed universal life is a poor excuse for a life insurance product, especially in the context of infinite banking. He commented on a post by starting with “I’m sure your completely...
by Ed Hinerman | Nov 28, 2011 | Dave Ramsey, death benefit, insurance, life insurance
I often have the budget discussion with people who fall into the less than perfect health category, impaired risk life insurance in the industry. They don’t get the bang for the buck that someone young and healthy, or for that matter over 50 and healthy. My...
by Ed Hinerman | Nov 4, 2011 | Active Duty Military Life Insurance, insurance, life insurance
We have hundreds of thousands of military families that have their future at risk even as our government tries to disengage from one war and figure out an exit strategy from another. The government offers active duty military what is called SGLI, Service...
by Ed Hinerman | Jun 15, 2011 | bait and switch, final expense life insurance, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance
After being beat up yesterday by a final expense life insurance agent that didn’t like my opinion of final expense insurance companies, I’m feeling the need to vent. Folks, this is all about life insurance customer service, where the customer comes first...
by Ed Hinerman | Dec 22, 2010 | insurance, life insurance
It absolutely boggles my mind that there are people who can handily afford life insurance but either just don’t buy into the fact that some people die unexpectedly or that their family would be in a hurt without their income. Using my own situation as an...
by Ed Hinerman | Aug 24, 2010 | insurance, life insurance, term insurance, universal life, whole life
I know over the past few years thanks in part to Dave Ramsey and also in part to a reality check in the economy, I’ve had to take a new look at my budget several times. The days of paying more than we need to really are over. The same thought process...
by Ed Hinerman | Jul 13, 2010 | insurance, life insurance, term insurance, universal life, whole life
A few years back I passed on some interesting statistics from a LIMRA study about all of the uninsured and under insured Americans. I offered my thought that the reason these people didn’t buy life insurance was that they couldn’t find someone they trusted...
by Ed Hinerman | Mar 9, 2010 | insurance, life insurance
“My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.”–Abraham Lincoln Well, Abe was certainly easier to please than me. When it comes to protecting your family future with life insurance, with the very rare...
by Ed Hinerman | Mar 9, 2010 | insurance, life insurance, whole life
Yesterday I offered a post about term insurance versus whole life. There was on piece of the puzzle I left out, a particularly disturbing one since, first and foremost a life insurance agent should be all about making sure there is enough death benefit to take care of...
by Ed Hinerman | Mar 8, 2010 | insurance, life insurance, term insurance, whole life
Clients being ever vigilant for the fine print or hidden costs occasionally ask how I get paid. The core of the question for them is, of course, any additional cost they might incur above and beyond the premium. How do life insurance agents get paid? This isn’t a...
by Ed Hinerman | Feb 12, 2010 | insurance, life insurance, term insurance
I don’t think I’m suffering from the delusion that everyone has vast amounts of left over money they can buy life insurance with. I know that my left over money is far from vast, and probably better characterized as sporadic, but my life insurance is...
by Ed Hinerman | Feb 8, 2010 | insurance, life insurance, term insurance
Wouldn’t it be great if everything always went as planned? You determine how much life insurance you want. You figure out how long you need it for and you set a budget based on what you believe it will cost. Check, check and check! But what do you do when things...
by Ed Hinerman | Aug 20, 2009 | AARP, insurance, life insurance
I know it seems like about half of my adult life has been spent shooting arrows at AARP for their mistreatment of their constituency with their pet program, AARP’s Life Insurance underwritten through New York Life. You would think this organization would have...
by Ed Hinerman | Jun 29, 2009 | bipolar disorder, insurance, life insurance
Just recently I was helping a client with bipolar disorder get life insurance for his young family. He had been declined before and told me that he wanted $500,000 of term insurance. After shopping the case we got an offer of potential preferred best rates from one...
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