by Ed Hinerman | Sep 29, 2012 | Alcohol Treatment Life Insurance, Anxiety, application process, approval, insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval
Drop the word insurance out of there and reality is that with success in life comes challenges that even the most on the ball folks aren’t ready for. How a person deals with those challenges can affect how they are perceived when they apply for life insurance....
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 | Jan 26, 2012 | Anxiety, decline, Depression, hepatitis, insurance, life insurance
What a cold, cruel world we live in. Most of the time I am not surprised when someone calls because they they have been approved at a standard rate, sometimes a little worse for things like ADD, ADHD, mild anxiety or depression. A few days ago I got a call from...
by Ed Hinerman | Jan 7, 2012 | Anxiety, bipolar disorder, Depression, ING Reliastar, insurance, life insurance
I’ve talked in the past about how some companies will come on like they want to be the industry leader in a niche, only to fall of the radar completely a year or two later. The supposition on my part is that they either hired a new chief underwriter who put a...
by Ed Hinerman | Oct 20, 2011 | Anxiety, bipolar, bipolar disorder, insurance quotes, life insurance
Gosh. It’s been a while since I’ve talked about bipolar disorder life insurance and the continued success we are having placing reasonably priced life insurance for bipolar and the whole gamut of mood disorders. Since it has been a while let’s review...
by Ed Hinerman | Aug 8, 2011 | Anxiety, Attention Deficit Disorder, Depression, insurance, life insurance
When i see how some life insurance underwriters treat clients with generalized anxiety, often offering standard rate or worse approvals, I wonder if they’re living in the same country as the rest of us. USA could easily stand for the United States of Anxiety...
by Ed Hinerman | Jun 28, 2011 | Anxiety, Depression, insurance, life insurance
As any physician, attorney, dentist or CEO will confess, the journey from student to professional is not one for the faint of heart. For many it can be the most stressful part of their life as physicians reach residency and attorneys study for and take bar exams. Much...
by Ed Hinerman | Jan 17, 2011 | Anxiety, Depression, insurance, life insurance
Although I would never say never, in general the major mood disorders such as bipolar disorder and chronic depression are hard to get approved at preferred best rates. We’ve successfully shot that shot in the past and hope to again, but it takes a truly...
by Ed Hinerman | Dec 31, 2010 | Anxiety, Depression, insurance, life insurance
I won’t go so far as to say that you have to have a life insurance agent with a mood disorder, but when it comes to successful underwriting of anxiety or depression life insurance applications need to be handled correctly. An agent’s understanding of the...
by Ed Hinerman | Nov 1, 2010 | bipolar disorder, insurance, life insurance, suicide clause
I think we can all understand why life insurance underwriters might get a little squeamish about approving someone who has attempted suicide, especially if it was in the recent past. But what about suicidal thoughts or ideations with no real action or attempt? When I...
by Ed Hinerman | Oct 20, 2010 | bipolar disorder, insurance, life insurance, mortality risk
I’ve been specializing in “impaired risk” life insurance cases for the past 13 years and often find that people are confused about the term. They can get their mind wrapped around the idea that they have an impairment, but when you add the word risk...
by Ed Hinerman | Aug 25, 2010 | bipolar, bipolar disorder, insurance, life insurance
It’s been an interesting 3 years working with bipolar clients and at times tripolar life insurance underwriters, but headway has been made and we are successful in filling our clients needs most of the time. The sad thing for me is that getting approvals without...
by Ed Hinerman | Jul 14, 2010 | bipolar, bipolar disorder, insurance, life insurance
Most people that read my blog and call or email about life insurance for people with bipolar disorder or other serious mood disorders seem to be in their mid forties and below. Most but not all. We have had a fair number of successful professionals my age (55+),...
by Ed Hinerman | Jun 2, 2010 | Anxiety, Depression, insurance, life insurance
Without going into a lot of detail because this blog really isn’t about me, let me say that I am in the midst of coming to grips with some long term depression issues that I have just kept at bay for the last 15 or so years. Because it’s on my mind I...
by Ed Hinerman | Dec 28, 2009 | cholesterol, HDL, insurance, life insurance
Life insurance underwriting is kind of like sand dunes. You can take a picture at the beginning of a year and it can be absolutely clear where every grain of sand lies. The exact same picture taken at the end of the year could easily have been taken on another planet....
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