by Ed Hinerman | Aug 13, 2007 | cancer, heart disease, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, stroke, Type 2 diabetes
Just to follow on up on all the discussion that started with my post last week that will follow “Fat March” participants as they lose weight on national TV. I felt it would be informative for anyone who is dealing with weight issues to know that life...
by Ed Hinerman | Aug 9, 2007 | cancer, cholesterol, diabetes, heart disease, hepatitis, high blood pressure, insurance, life insurance, stroke
Barry Bonds now has more home runs than anyone in history. 756!! I tried hitting 50 mph balls in a batting cage one time and hit like one out of twenty or so and it was not home run material. I’m impressed. Some people say he got there with the use of steroids....
by Ed Hinerman | Aug 8, 2007 | diabetes, heart disease, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, obesity
After being beat up by a body mass index calculator yesterday, I have found an ally in my new found health problem. While life insurance underwriters still take a stance that obesity and some of it’s ugly cousins, diabetes and heart disease, are not going to get...
by Ed Hinerman | Aug 6, 2007 | diabetes, heart disease, insurance, life insurance, obesity
The number of health problems that could be avoided with a change away from fast food eating habits is huge. The amount of money that could be saved on life insurance if that habit were shot and left for dead would be huge. But ours’ is a society that is easily...
by Ed Hinerman | Aug 3, 2007 | diabetes, heart disease, insurance, liver functions
One of the most important factors in life insurance underwriting of significant health issues such as diabetes or heart disease is a person’s willingness to do what it takes to manage the health problem. If a person is compliant with their medical advice and...
by Ed Hinerman | Aug 2, 2007 | cancer, heart disease, insurance, life insurance, prostate cancer
Depending on the life insurance company, rates for smokers can be anywhere from 2 to 4 times as much as for a non smoker in comparable health. Life insurance underwriters have a healthy respect for the link that smoking has to almost any health problem. In a post...
by Ed Hinerman | Jul 31, 2007 | cancer, diabetes, heart disease, insurance, life insurance
Heart disease is no longer the number one cause of death for Americans under the age of 85. Dramatic decreases in the death rate per 100,000 have been cut almost in half for both men and women in a study that spanned 1980 to 2000. This bumped cancer up to the number...
by Ed Hinerman | Jul 25, 2007 | heart disease, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, private pilots, universal life
Along with the changes of the last few years in life insurance underwriting has come some serious scenery changes in the companies. There has been a rash of large companies gobbling up smaller companies and in some cases large companies gobbling up large companies....
by Ed Hinerman | Jul 17, 2007 | cancer, diabetes, heart disease, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, term insurance
The thought of a life insurance agent, for many, conjures up a picture of someone showing up at the house and sitting in the living room with you and very often using a flip chart type of graphic to drive home the point about why you need exactly what he came there to...
by Ed Hinerman | Jul 16, 2007 | heart attack, heart disease, high blood pressure, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, obesity
The average person who purports to be a life insurance agent will a rather adverse reaction if you tell them you want life insurance and openly admit that you have heart disease. It doesn’t matter if you have just had minor blockage that was treated medically,...
by Ed Hinerman | Jul 16, 2007 | diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, hypertension, insurance, insurance quotes, obesity, Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes
If you have type 1 diabetes or type 2 diabetes and have shopped for life insurance, you more than likely ran into a few stumbling blocks, a few roadblocks and some outright dead ends. The real problem is that you probably ran into an agent who didn’t understand...
by Ed Hinerman | Jul 12, 2007 | arrythmia, atrial fibrillation, heart attack, heart disease, life insurance
According to the American Heart Association, about 2.2 million Americans have atrial fibrillation, a form of arrhythmia to some degree. It seems like this year about half of them have inquired about life insurance through our office. Like most health issues, life...
by Ed Hinerman | Jun 29, 2007 | cancer, heart disease, insurance, life insurance, stroke
I really think they are probably faking the shock and amazement when they find out they don’t get those life insurance rates advertised everywhere, because those are non smoking rates and they smoke. Surely they’ve slipped up at least once and read the old...
by Ed Hinerman | Jun 15, 2007 | cancer, heart disease, insurance, life insurance, stroke, term insurance
Somewhere in the education system for financial planners, the curriculum missed one little detail. People die unexpectedly! Estate planning attorney’s missed that class also. For all the good that can come from the advice of either profession, none of the advice...
by Ed Hinerman | Jun 7, 2007 | cancer, diabetes, heart disease, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, obesity, Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes
There are many health things in life that just jump up and grab you. You never see it coming and you would have never dreamed of the impact it could have on your life. The question inevitably runs through your mind. What did I do to deserve this? What could I have...
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