by Ed Hinerman | Jun 25, 2014 | A1c, approval, CEO life insurance, decline, insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval, Type 1 diabetes
Using the tax free death benefit of life insurance for estate protection sure isn’t a new idea, but consider the challenge of a widow that has too much income, not as rare as I thought. I am working with a woman in her early 70’s, a retired company CEO,...
by Ed Hinerman | Apr 26, 2014 | decline, HIV life insurance, HIV Positive, impaired risk life insurance, insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval
I ended my last post with a review of the criteria I was given and the following concerning the application I had submitted to a major life insurance company. 1. HIV+ diagnosis was made 3 or more years prior to application. 2. Client has received Anti-retroviral...
by Ed Hinerman | Apr 26, 2014 | decline, insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval, life insurance underwriting
I have felt like my train jumped the tracks, or was intentionally derailed over these past few weeks. I was the victim of lies perpetrated by a large life insurance company and because of that, forgive me, I gave a lot of people hope that they might soon be able to...
by Ed Hinerman | Apr 9, 2014 | cancer, Dave Ramsey, decline, insurance, life insurance, melanoma
Gosh, you know it’s been a while since I’ve heard any real specific griping about why in the world Dave Ramsey would promote Zander Insurance with “Four generations and 80 years experience, unparalleled commitment to service, the best products on the...
by Ed Hinerman | Mar 21, 2014 | application process, approval, customer service, decline, HIV life insurance, impaired risk life insurance, insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval
While I don’t imagine that life insurance agents are any worse than the general population, my God what is happening to our country when money has become more important than doing the right thing? There is this presumptuous attitude that if money can’t be...
by Ed Hinerman | Mar 19, 2014 | Alcohol Treatment Life Insurance, CDT alcohol marker, decline, doctor's recommendation, executives, honesty, insurance, life insurance, liver functions, mortality risk
I may have just uncovered some of the mystery surrounding the dreaded life insurance lab result call the CDT, an easy way to refer to Carbohydrate Deficient Transferrin. It’s what is know in life insurance as an alcohol marker. This test, when abnormal, is...
by Ed Hinerman | Dec 12, 2013 | approval, business life insurance, buy/sell life insurance, civilian contractors, Civilian War Zone Coverage, decline, insurance, International Business insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval
It’s been amazing when I put the word out that I could business life insurance in tough situations quickly to see how many professionals I’ve been able to help when they are truly in a jam. The scenario usually goes something like one of these, 1. A...
by Ed Hinerman | Nov 25, 2013 | bipolar, bipolar disorder, decline, Depression, HIV life insurance, insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval, prostate cancer
With all the great things happening on so many fronts I thought it prudent to bring things up to date on mood disorder life insurance and specifically the continued success we are having placing well controlled bipolar disorder. Even with major breakthroughs in life...
by Ed Hinerman | Nov 4, 2013 | approval, decline, HIV life insurance, HIV Positive, insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval
I’ve said often enough to be considered redundant beyond reproach that a decline for life insurance is a good place to start. The thing about a decline is it flushes out all of the details that might have simply not been understood or forgotten by the client and...
by Ed Hinerman | Oct 9, 2013 | bipolar, bipolar disorder, compliance, decline, insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval
Life insurance underwriters have a one word answer to applicants who have been prescribed medicine, or recommended to take a test and not taken it. That word is decline. In a nutshell it comes under the heading of non compliant with treatment. I’m guilty of it...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 5, 2013 | application process, compliance, decline, Depression, insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval
There is a tendency with a lot of people to get a little road weary with a long term treatment plan and take off in our own direction. I am guilty as charged of that and just like I advise my clients, I have a little homework to do before I apply for a life insurance...
by Ed Hinerman | Aug 26, 2013 | approval, cancer, decline, insurance, life insurance, prostate cancer, PSA
All of us guys, and women who are into reading about men’s health, have heard that men are for more likely to die with prostate cancer than from it. So what does that really mean? 1 out of 6 men will be detected with prostate cancer in their lifetime. Most of...
by Ed Hinerman | Aug 13, 2013 | application process, approval, decline, diabetes, insurance, life insurance, mortality risk
Not too long ago I went off on American General for using the CRL laboratories smart score system as justification for declining a client. Since then I have been on somewhat of a quest searching for just what the smart score is and more precisely how it is supposed to...
by Ed Hinerman | Jul 24, 2013 | approval, decline, diabetes, impaired risk life insurance, insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval
I still own the domain name “You Just Can’t Fix Stupid.com” and this is one of those days when I would like to dust it off and go live with it. The new American General Life Insurance “Smart Score” underwriting system has just recently...
by Ed Hinerman | Jun 13, 2013 | approval, Banner Life, decline, impaired risk life insurance, insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval
Time to play life insurance underwriting, truth or lie? I want to launch into this stating that I don’t advocate lying on life insurance applications for two reasons, well, two main reasons. First, withholding relevant underwriting information if you get away...
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