by Ed Hinerman | Nov 8, 2007 | Depression, diabetes, high blood pressure, hypertension, insurance, life insurance, obesity, Type 2 diabetes
It seems sometimes that the world is kind of teetering on the edge, kind of an unnerving feeling. I thinks for kids this is especially problematic since they have yet to develop coping mechanisms and probably don’t really have a grasp on just how crazy our world...
by Ed Hinerman | Nov 5, 2007 | Anxiety, Depression, heart attack, high blood pressure, insurance, life insurance
We’ve talked about the effects of stress on health and we’ve even talked about how mild stress channeled effectively can increase productivity. I’ve shared a few times what a huge relief a vacation is to the overall stress of especially work life....
by Ed Hinerman | Oct 16, 2007 | Anxiety, cancer, Depression, diabetes, DUI, heart attack, Independent agent, private pilots, prostate cancer, Sleep apnea
The Rock!! I bring Pru up every once in a while simply because they seem to be a company that is out to make a difference in the life insurance business. Other companies are competitive, and Prudential isn’t the answer to every life insurance question, but they...
by Ed Hinerman | Oct 11, 2007 | Anxiety, Attention Deficit Disorder, Depression, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance
If asked what the drug of the 90’s was, my guess is that most answers would sway to the wrong side of the alley and go with crack or methamphetamines. Being the cleancut, right side of the alley kind of guy, my vote went to Prozac. I was researching the...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 26, 2007 | Anxiety, Depression, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance
Life insurance underwriters have their hands full trying to sort through all of the possibilities with an applicant suffering an anxiety disorder. I had in my mind that it was just this simple. People had depression and they were down. People had anxiety disorders and...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 22, 2007 | Anxiety, cancer, cholesterol, Depression, heart disease, insurance, life insurance, private pilots, term insurance, universal life
For the next several weeks I will be occasioanally giving information on the companies that I use. Each of these companies has a strong point or they would’t be in my portfolio. Each of them has weak points and these are things I consider when I am...
by Ed Hinerman | Jul 21, 2007 | Alcohol Treatment Life Insurance, Depression, DUI, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance
Clients are always surprised that their alcohol use can be an underwriting issue. Whether a person has been through alcohol treatment, has had a DUI, or just consumes higher than average amounts of alcohol, they present an underwriting challenge on more than one...
by Ed Hinerman | Jun 7, 2007 | Alcohol Treatment Life Insurance, cancer, Depression, Drug Treatment Life Insurance, estate taxes, heart disease, insurance, life insurance, private pilots
A Simon and Garfunkel song with the line, “my lack of education hasn’t hurt me none”. Well that may be just fine for most life insurance agents, but the fact that it hasn’t “hurt them none” isn’t really the point. How many...
by Ed Hinerman | May 25, 2007 | cancer, Depression, heart disease, insurance, life insurance
I swear the medical community could use one extra course before someone is given the license to practice medicine. There is a profound problem in the integrity of the information that is put into medical records. It runs the gamut from casually putting irrelevant...
by Ed Hinerman | May 12, 2007 | cancer, coronary artery disease (CAD), Depression, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, Type 2 diabetes
I read an interesting blog on www.thediabetesblog.com today written by Chris Sparling. Citing a study done by Northwestern University, he takes exception to their conclusion that depression can cause diabetes. My take on that is that it is probably the other way...
by Ed Hinerman | Apr 17, 2007 | coronary artery disease (CAD), Depression, heart attack, high blood pressure, Independent agent, insurance, insurance quotes, life insurance, Type 2 diabetes
The question often comes up, “why is type 2 diabetes a big deal when a person is trying to buy life insurance”? After all, you take your medicine and keep your blood sugar down and, well, what’s the problem? The truth is that if all it involved was...
by Ed Hinerman | Apr 6, 2007 | Anxiety, cholesterol, Depression, hypertension, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance
It seems like 30 years ago it was a rare thing indeed to hear of someone who was on medication for depression. Of course back then people really didn’t talk about our problems very openly and the treatment options were generally restricted to visiting a...
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