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 16, 2010 | bipolar disorder, insurance, life insurance, prostate cancer
Table rated term insurance offers continue to tumble to a standard rate with United of Omaha’s health and lifestyle credit method, what they call their Fit test. I continue to be pleasantly amazed at how the company is honoring this commitment to reward good...
by Ed Hinerman | May 21, 2010 | bipolar, bipolar disorder, insurance, life insurance
I’m working with a new client who ran head long into an all too common source of being declined for life insurance, company sponsored group life insurance. Her issue? Arguably one of the mildest cases of bipolar disorder I’ve worked on. To be sure, almost...
by Ed Hinerman | Apr 29, 2010 | bipolar, bipolar disorder, insurance, life insurance
I’ve gone over and over the criteria for successfully acquiring life insurance if you have bipolar disorder, really any mood disorder, the same criteria posted our bipolar life insurance site. 1. Someone who has not been hospitalized for bipolar disorder other...
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...
by Ed Hinerman | Apr 15, 2010 | bipolar, bipolar disorder, insurance, life insurance
I recently came across a life insurance blog where the question was asked, “Can a life insurance company cancel a policy within the first two years of inception if (the potential for) suicide is expected?” I tried to comment and answer the question and my...
by Ed Hinerman | Mar 15, 2010 | bipolar, bipolar disorder, insurance, life insurance
I went to the big city with my wife the other day. Now understand that I dislike shopping about as much as a person can, but a couple of times a year I will give in, amuse my wife, and do it with a smile. That is in sharp contrast to shopping for the best life...
by Ed Hinerman | Feb 24, 2010 | bipolar, bipolar disorder, decline, insurance, life insurance
So you just got declined for life insurance and you’ve decided that life insurance companies suck. The truth is you may have just had a goose lay a golden egg for you. So, the good news in a decline? It almost always means that you either had the wrong agent or...
by Ed Hinerman | Feb 18, 2010 | bipolar disorder, insurance, life insurance
Life insurance is not underwritten based on your take on your health or your mental state. If it was the case, everyone would be approved at preferred plus. We have built a very good reputation over the years for being able to turn declined life insurance applications...
by Ed Hinerman | Feb 6, 2010 | bipolar, bipolar disorder, insurance, life insurance
I was involved in an exchange on the Bipolar Disorder Forum of eHealthforum not too long ago. A person had been declined for life insurance and wanted to know if anyone knew the way out of the jungle. The person asking for help had been declined for life insurance...
by Ed Hinerman | Jan 4, 2010 | A1c, bipolar disorder, insurance, life insurance
There are plenty of people who would argue that 2009 could have been flushed down the toilet and not missed, and my prayers go out to all of those whose lives were derailed by the recession. For those I wish a dramatically better new year. But, when it comes to life...
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 | Dec 5, 2009 | bipolar, bipolar disorder, insurance, life insurance
It’s December and it’s been an outstanding year in helping those with bipolar disorder find the life insurance they need at affordable prices. Most of our successes have been snatched from the jaws of defeat that other companies have held our clients in....
by Ed Hinerman | Dec 3, 2009 | bipolar disorder, insurance, life insurance
I wrote my first United of Omaha life insurance application in 1978. Those were the days of Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom, Marlin Perkins and the advent of yearly renewable term insurance. They were a powerhouse company back then with all captive agents and a...
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