by Ed Hinerman | Feb 4, 2015 | application process, approval, bait and switch, Independent agent, insurance, insurance quotes, life insurance, life insurance approval
I just got a heads up that Transamerica Life will be releasing an order tomorrow to withdraw its’ TransAce no lapse guarantee UL from it’s portfolio effective immediately. It’s unusual for a life insurance company to pull a product immediately, but...
by Ed Hinerman | Jul 23, 2013 | accelerated death benefit, impaired risk life insurance, insurance, life insurance
I am always hesitant to give much attention to bells and whistles added to life insurance. Historically the bells and whistles have been a way to drive up the premium with little or almost no risk that the life insurance company will ever have to engage in paying out....
by Ed Hinerman | May 2, 2012 | accidental death, Active Duty Military Life Insurance, insurance, life insurance claim, Lincoln National, Met Life
A colleague and I were bemoaning some of stranger than fiction nonsense that life insurance companies come up with. They always tout these things as the newest innovation to speed up underwriting, the best product idea since sliced bread, or they just leave it out...
by Ed Hinerman | Dec 11, 2009 | bipolar disorder, insurance, life insurance
I have been working with a physician who has bipolar disorder and we were declined on our first life insurance application through Transamerica. Trans has pretended to be more aggressive or creative or whatever, on their trials than they actually are on formal...
by Ed Hinerman | Aug 26, 2009 | insurance, life insurance, rate increase
This is actually a little hard to get used to. After 10-15 years of term insurance rates trending downward, that isn’t the case anymore. While we haven’t seen any alarming increases in term insurance rates, one company after another is turning the corner...
by Ed Hinerman | Jun 3, 2009 | cholesterol, insurance, life insurance
A potential life insurance client was interviewing me the other day and asked why he should put confidence in my quote for a better rate on term life insurance than he was currently paying. Certainly a fair question and one that goes right to the meat of our business...
by Ed Hinerman | May 15, 2009 | AIG, insurance, life insurance, Prudential, term insurance
One of the considerations when you are putting together a life insurance program or portfolio should be flexibility, a way to deal with the “what ifs” in life. I’ve seen this a little more than usual as people have dealt with different aspects of the...
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