by Ed Hinerman | Oct 1, 2007 | diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, insurance, life insurance
So here I am, sitting in a hot spring pool with my wife in Ouray, Colorado. (Actually, we’re back at the camper now). We’re on a road trip with out new camp trailer and took a few hours to soak. After about half an hour of hot spring bliss, my mind wanders...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 27, 2007 | diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, insurance, life insurance, obesity
I’ve been following NBC’s reality weight loss show Biggest Loser from a life insurance and health education view point. This had to be a tough week psychologically on the participant’s, as there was a lot of hard work going on and very few dropped...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 26, 2007 | diabetes, high blood pressure, Sleep apnea, stroke, Type 2 diabetes
At least there are a few good things about sleep apnea. First, who needs a doctor when your spouse can diagnosis it for you? Second, and a little more seriously, once diagnosed it is very treatable. Sleep apnea is a challenging underwriting task for life insurance....
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 22, 2007 | Biggest Loser, breast cancer, cancer, cholesterol, diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, hypertension, Sleep apnea, stroke, Type 2 diabetes
In writing an article on gestational diabetes for our new website that will go live this coming week, I was discussing risk factors and up pops obesity……again. It seems that almost without fail, no matter what the health issue, obesity either helps cause...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 21, 2007 | Attention Deficit Disorder, high blood pressure, insurance, life insurance, Sleep apnea, stroke
A client I worked with this week was a little miffed because Met Life didn’t come through with the rate the agent said they would, even though he had divulged his health history and his labwork was perfect. Apparently he quoted the client $1800 a year and it was...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 18, 2007 | diabetes, Fat March, high blood pressure, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, obesity
In a series of blogs I followed an ABC reality show called Fat March. One of the participants on that show, Loralie, was there for the express purpose of losing weight because she and her husband wanted to have a baby. At 241 pounds when she started, her doctor...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 17, 2007 | cholesterol, diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, insurance, life insurance, obesity
There is a commercial on TV that, while selling a drug for the treatment of high cholesterol or high LDL, makes a good point about the genetic link to problems with cholesterol. The commercial has several witty little lines like, “Is your cholesterol affected by...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 15, 2007 | diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, hypertension, insurance, life insurance, obesity, stroke
When we think about high blood pressure, hypertension, generally our thoughts don’t drift to children. I was trying to think back through family and friends and remember if I had ever known a child treated for blood pressure and I came up empty. With obesity in...
by Ed Hinerman | Aug 28, 2007 | cancer, coronary artery disease (CAD), diabetes, Fat March, high blood pressure, insurance, life insurance, stroke, Type 2 diabetes
Episode 4, nearly 300 miles into their “march”, I continue to watch the progress both as an interested spectator and a life insurance professional. My goal in following this program has never been to be actively involved in it’s progress, but rather...
by Ed Hinerman | Aug 28, 2007 | heart attack, high blood pressure, insurance, life insurance, obesity, stroke
Thanks to a discount provided by Genworth Life and Annuity, since I have life insurance through them, and thanks to my wife who doesn’t want me to die because she likes my blogs more than anything she can find on Oprah.com, I had a screening today of my carotid...
by Ed Hinerman | Aug 24, 2007 | heart disease, high blood pressure, insurance, life insurance
I have always been an advocate of, if a moderate amount of something is good for, then a huge amount should be great for you. A glass of red wine a day is supposed to help your chances of avoiding heart disease. So, why not a bottle a day and have the heart of a 20...
by Ed Hinerman | Aug 13, 2007 | cholesterol, coronary artery disease (CAD), diabetes, high blood pressure
This is another one of those life insurance underwriting areas where companies are definitely not all in agreement. Time to contact an independent agent who can choose the right company. They can pretty much all agree that if you have high blood pressure that is...
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 | Jul 25, 2007 | cholesterol, high blood pressure, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance
I promised in a post yesterday to shed some light on the changes that have impacted life insurance underwriting over the past two years. The life insurance business and life insurance underwriting have undergone dramatic changes over the past two years. It has changed...
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,...
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