by Ed Hinerman | Mar 22, 2010 | AARP, diabetes, insurance, life insurance
When I think advocate, I think, “Yes, someone who can help take some of this weight off of me. Someone who has the experience and the knowledge to get me through this”. I remember sharing my experience with the ADA, American Diabetes Association, a few...
by Ed Hinerman | Feb 22, 2010 | diabetes, insurance, life insurance
Just when you think you can count on the life insurance underwriting guidelines, Glaxo SmithKline’s Avandia, becomes a curve ball that no one is sure how to handle. Two US Senators released a confidential study that insinuates a strong link between Avandia and...
by Ed Hinerman | Jan 22, 2010 | diabetes, insurance, life insurance, Type 2 diabetes
I was considering just re-posting some old information about life insurance underwriting of diabetes, but let’s just hash our way through it. There is new information and new opportunities that wouldn’t have been there even a year ago. Let’s save...
by Ed Hinerman | Nov 4, 2009 | American Diabetes Association, diabetes, insurance, life insurance, Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes
It’s been at least a year since I last shared my dismay with both the readers of this blog and the ADA about the ADA choice to just ignore the subject of life insurance for those with diabetes on their website. Whether you have type 1 diabetes or type 2...
by Ed Hinerman | Oct 29, 2009 | diabetes, insurance, life insurance
So, you have this life insurance policy and you don’t know if it’s a good deal or not, but it’s in force. That’s a good thing and actually far better than most folks have done. But what if there is a better deal out there? I am amazed at the...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 21, 2009 | diabetes, insurance, life insurance, Type 1 diabetes
Back in mid July I started working on a life insurance case for a young man with type 1 diabetes. He had already discovered how easy it is to find a company to decline him, but the picture he painted was not one that led to a logical decline. He had the same strikes...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 14, 2009 | diabetes, insurance, life insurance
I am currently working with a client who, when we got his labs back, was staring at an A1c of 10.9 and a microalbumin of 6.0. This, by the way is an instant decline since he was obviously has undiagnosed type 2 diabetes. So what exactly does an A1c mean? Just how out...
by Ed Hinerman | Aug 13, 2009 | A1c, diabetes, insurance, life insurance, Type 2 diabetes
I written several times about a major term life insurance company that took the unprecedented step of saying they would allow, in the absence of other risk factors, their preferred plus rate class for some people over 60 with type 2 diabetes. Their only other...
by Ed Hinerman | Jul 22, 2009 | diabetes, insurance, life insurance, Type 2 diabetes
On occasion a life insurance company will pick a place to make a stand and leave the rest of the industry behind. Companies like Prudential come to mind when they approve tobacco use, other than cigarettes, at non smoking rates even with daily use. So, while many...
by Ed Hinerman | Jul 16, 2009 | diabetes, insurance, life insurance, Type 1 diabetes
I wrote a few posts ago about the challenges of finding fair rates on life insurance for type 1 diabetes and mentioned that I was currently shopping a case that I would share the results on. Because of it’s early onset and inherently higher mortality risk with...
by Ed Hinerman | Jul 9, 2009 | diabetes, insurance, life insurance, Type 1 diabetes
It’s been a while since we’ve talked about life insurance underwriting of type 1 diabetes. Plenty of time has been spent painting the parameters around type 2 diabetes, so let’s update since they are different from an underwriting standpoint....
by Ed Hinerman | Jun 17, 2009 | Anxiety, diabetes, insurance, life insurance, term insurance
Relieve that stress and get away from it all for a little camping. Pictured above is what a few thousand people call getting away from it all every year during the Ride the Rockies bicycle tour. A little bike ride through the mountains with 2000 people. What, are they...
by Ed Hinerman | Jun 10, 2009 | A1c, diabetes, insurance, life insurance, Type 2 diabetes
Wanted. 60+ year old type 2 diabetic. Diagnosed in last 5 years. Good control with A1c 7.0 or better. No complications. You have won the prize. I’ve been working with the diabetes community for a long time and never thought I would be able to announce that a...
by Ed Hinerman | Jun 8, 2009 | A1c, diabetes, insurance, life insurance, Type 2 diabetes
Usually the first shot in the arsenal of ways to deal with type 2 diabetes is diet and exercise. The great thing if it works is that the diabetes can be controlled or beaten, a life style changed, and absolutely no negative side effects. The American Heart Association...
by Ed Hinerman | Jun 5, 2009 | A1c, diabetes, insurance, life insurance
For years there has been plenty of debate in the medical community over the best measure for diagnosis of diabetes, or more specifically, which test gives the most accurate assessment for that diagnosis. For years life insurance companies have used the A1c as a...
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