by Ed Hinerman | Jan 27, 2015 | Anxiety, Depression, impaired risk life insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval
It’s one of those days when a bit of clarification might just go a long ways. I have a couple of clients I am currently working on personal life insurance policies who have mood disorders and came to me looking for the best possible rate in their situation....
by Ed Hinerman | Jun 18, 2012 | Anxiety, bipolar, bipolar disorder, Depression, insurance, life insurance
Some years ago I had a client who really hit on a hot button for professionals like her as a physician and others who wore hats from CEO’s to attorneys, dentists and even psychiatrists. In the original case it had to do with a physician who had taken an anti...
by Ed Hinerman | Mar 27, 2012 | Anxiety, bipolar, bipolar disorder, Depression, insurance, life insurance, over 50 life insurance
Let me preface this by saying that I take Prozac for situational depression. The situation doesn’t exist anymore but the feelings were so bad that I continue to take the Prozac. I don’t want to quit and find out that the horrible way I felt was just...
by Ed Hinerman | Feb 16, 2012 | Anxiety, bipolar, bipolar disorder, business life insurance, decline, Depression, insurance, life insurance, physicians life insurance
If it isn’t crystal clear by now, it should be. People applying for life insurance with a current or past history of well controlled depression, anxiety, ADD, ADHD, bipolar disorder and other mood disorders are being abusively rated or declined by most life...
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 | Dec 16, 2011 | A1c, cholesterol, Depression, diabetes, insurance, life insurance
On the subject of fair life insurance underwriting I can certainly be found on both sides of he fence. Sometimes I think the underwriting consideration is completely fair, something that based on the information is something the client is just going to have to accept....
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 | Feb 25, 2011 | Anxiety, Depression, insurance, life insurance, stress
The diverse underwriting reaction to situational depression life insurance and situational anxiety life insurance is huge, with the same case ranging from declines to preferred rates depending on the company. Those of us who were around in the 50’s remember the...
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 27, 2010 | bipolar disorder, diabetes, insurance, life insurance, Type 1 diabetes
I have to admit that I very seldom approach a new year with pessimism, but it’s also pretty rare form me to start talking about my optimism when the new year is still a month away. I believe 2011 is going to be a breakthrough, breakaway, record breaking year for...
by Ed Hinerman | Jun 29, 2010 | Anxiety, Depression, insurance, life insurance
I don’t know what some life insurance companies are thinking when they rate a policy because someone was on or is on an anti depressant or anti anxiety medication due to something completely situational like a divorce, the loss of a job or a death in the family....
by Ed Hinerman | Mar 23, 2010 | Depression, insurance, life insurance
There’s depression and then there’s depression. I talk to a lot of people who are being treated for mild chronic depression or situational depression and the truth is that from a life insurance underwriting standpoint, there’s not a lot of risk....
by Ed Hinerman | Oct 20, 2009 | insurance, life insurance
We got a preferred rate approval on a client today. This is a client who had come to me after feeling, well, jerked around and lied to by Selectquote. The Selectquote agent who worked with this client was all about banging out an approval and moving on to the next...
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