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 | cholesterol, high blood pressure, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, obesity, Sleep apnea
The industry norm for underwriting sleep apnea has been the same for years until the Rock rocked the boat. Mild to moderate sleep apnea has historically been underwritten at a standard or possibly a standard plus rate depending on compliance with cpap use and a sleep...
by Ed Hinerman | Jun 27, 2007 | diabetes, high blood pressure, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, private pilots, Sleep apnea
Most sleep apnea is diagnosed first by the person sleeping next to the apneatic. While on a trip to Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina I got to experience firsthand the room shaking impact of sleep apnea. Having some knowledge of the problem and knowing that I could...
by Ed Hinerman | Jun 11, 2007 | heart attack, high blood pressure, hypertension, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, stroke
When faced with the reality that life insurance rates are going to be higher than expected due to high blood pressure readings on an insurance exam, denial is the mode of the day. People don’t deny that their blood pressure was high. It just follows that there...
by Ed Hinerman | May 30, 2007 | Anxiety, heart attack, heart disease, high blood pressure, insurance, life insurance, seizure disorder, stroke
Having done a rather narrowly focused, completely unscientific survey, I have determined that snakes should probably have some underwriting significance when it comes to life insurance. Here are a few examples. A woman in her 60’s who was known to have heart...
by Ed Hinerman | May 23, 2007 | diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, hypertension, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, stroke
Well, I guess that depends on the context of the question! I’ll break it into two parts and see if we can make some sense of it. We’ve all had our blood pressure taken at some time and we know that there is the top number (systolic) and the bottom number...
by Ed Hinerman | May 18, 2007 | cholesterol, heart disease, high blood pressure, insurance, life insurance, stroke, Type 2 diabetes
Apparently there is a significantly better chance of suffering a stroke if you live in the south, with Mississippi leading the way. The percentage of people who have strokes in Mississippi is about twice the national average. I did some relief work there after Katrina...
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 8, 2007 | cancer, cholesterol, diabetes, guaranteed issue life insurance, heart attack, high blood pressure, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, term insurance, Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes
One of the life insurance “urban legends” has to do with the large jump life insurance rates take when you turn 50, and again at 60, and well, let’s not even talk about 70. The truth is that while the cost per thousand of life insurance does in fact...
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