by Ed Hinerman | Aug 10, 2016 | disability, disability income, insurance, insurance quotes, life insurance, replacement of income, traumatic brain injury
I had a long talk with myself, a luxury of being bipolar, about death and the protection that a well thought out life insurance program can give loved ones or business partners. But then I took a step back and looked at it from the perspective of what if a person...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 3, 2015 | budget, disability income, honesty, insurance, life insurance, Long term care rider
Back in the 70’s I was taught at Mutual of Omaha that making a sale was great, but that agents and companies really made their best profit from the added bells and whistles. “For just $6 more dollars a month we could add a Cancer policy” or...
by Ed Hinerman | Mar 13, 2014 | application process, approval, business life insurance, cash value, CEO life insurance, disability income, DUI, executives, High Limit AD and D, key man insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval, over 50 life insurance
The CEO or President of a company, other than having more responsibility than most, is just like everyone else in this great country of ours. When it comes to life insurance they are subject to the same unscrupulous or poorly equipped life insurance agents and...
by Ed Hinerman | Jan 10, 2014 | bipolar disorder, disability, disability income, insurance, life insurance
I don’t think it’s any secret that there are some things about our country, and please don’t think I don’t love and wouldn’t defend the USA, that just bug me to tears. I had a call from the wife of a disabled veteran today who wanted life...
by Ed Hinerman | Jan 2, 2014 | contestability, contestability period, disability income, foreign travel, insurance, life insurance, life insurance claim
I am currently working with the CEO, President and Vice president of a company that has turned global in nature. They currently qualify for disability income insurance based on their past and planned business travel, but are concerned that the limitations set to...
by Ed Hinerman | Feb 27, 2012 | disability, disability income, insurance, life insurance
I’ve been working with an oral surgeon recently on his life insurance and he asked about disability income also. He makes nearly $1 million a year, obviously very good at what he does. He’s part of a large dental group with 300 or so offices nationwide so...
by Ed Hinerman | Feb 16, 2012 | bipolar disorder, business life insurance, buy/sell life insurance, civilian contractors, disability income, insurance, prostate cancer
If you make $300,000 or less then this post is probably not for you, unless you can envision a time when your income is higher. Traditional disability income insurance will pay, at most, 65% of your income as a benefit, theoretically what you would net post taxes....
by Ed Hinerman | Feb 6, 2012 | accidental death, business life insurance, buy/sell life insurance, civilian contractors, Civilian War Zone Coverage, disability income, insurance, life insurance, Lloyds of London, professional athletes
I have clients all over the Middle East doing everything from engineering to Afghan translation to security services. I have been working with a company out of Argentina that has oil field crews working revolving shifts in Iraq and it looks like we will have the...
by Ed Hinerman | Jan 12, 2012 | disability, disability income, insurance, life insurance
Because of the limits put on the benefit available under traditional disability income insurance, there are a lot of people who would fall well short of being able to maintain their lifestyle if disabled. The standard of the industry is 60% of your salary, usually...
by Ed Hinerman | Jan 9, 2012 | accidental death, civilian contractors, Civilian War Zone Coverage, disability income, foreign travel, insurance, life insurance, Lloyds of London
I am working with a group of men on their war zone coverage, who have been waiting for three months now to start a series of one month trips to Iraq and Afghanistan to do finish work on some newly constructed airport facilities. As is becoming more common in Iraq...
by Ed Hinerman | Oct 23, 2011 | disability, disability income, executives, hazardous activities, income replacement, professional athletes
Let’s step away from life insurance for a day and address an inherent problem in disability income insurance. Disability income insurance is there to theoretically replace earned income in the event that a person is disabled by injury or illness. Companies...
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