by Ed Hinerman | Oct 9, 2012 | compliance, doctor's recommendation, insurance, life insurance
There is, especially in impaired risk life insurance, frequently a disagreement between clients and their doctors as to whether or not a condition or illness actually exists and almost always some contention over the severity or the treatment. Life insurance...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 28, 2012 | A1c, blood pressure, cholesterol, decline, diabetes, insurance, life insurance
I can remember a time when hardly a post left my computer without the words compliance and control somewhere in the text. The issues are no less important now and since it seems to be something that has popped up in several cases lately, well, let’s just kick it...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 20, 2012 | A1c, diabetes, insurance, life insurance, Type 1 diabetes
There’s always a little hesitance on my part to proclaim an underwriting breakthrough to actually be an underwriting breakthrough for a couple of reasons. First, life insurance underwriting guidelines have been known to change for the better and back again and...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 16, 2010 | diabetes, insurance, life insurance, Type 1 diabetes
One of the often asked questions on diabetes forums and blogs is if a person with type one diabetes can get life insurance at all, and if so can it be done at reasonable rates. I recently posted a checklist of criteria that underwriters want to see in order to approve...
by Ed Hinerman | Aug 6, 2010 | diabetes, high blood pressure, insurance, life insurance
Non compliance, not following doctor’s orders, is a choice we all come face to face with whenever we leave the doctor’s office. Whether it is a recommended followup or additional testing, prescribed medication that needs to be taken as prescribed to be...
by Ed Hinerman | Apr 20, 2010 | bipolar, bipolar disorder, insurance, life insurance
I was just doing a double check on underwriting results today and decided to compare how we’ve done in placing policies with clients who have bipolar disorder versus those who have a history of an eating disorder. Now remember we’re talking about life...
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