by Ed Hinerman | Mar 12, 2009 | hazardous activities, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, scuba diving
Part of every life insurance interview has to do with extreme or dangerous activities. Often when I ask clients about whether they participate in anything like that, they will answer something like, “Well, I golf or fish. Does that count?” It seems after...
by Ed Hinerman | Mar 10, 2009 | A1c, blood pressure, coronary artery disease (CAD), diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes
There are probably more than five tips for type 1 and type 2 diabetics who are looking for life insurance and don’t want to pay through the nose for it, but let’s take a quick look at the most important. 1. Educate yourself about your diabetes. Understand...
by Ed Hinerman | Mar 9, 2009 | Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, term insurance, universal life, whole life
Having group life insurance through your job or organization is certainly one of the top excuses for not buying a personal life insurance policy. After all, if you already have it, why buy more. No physical. No muss or fuss, and group insurance is generally sooo...
by Ed Hinerman | Mar 3, 2009 | blood pressure, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, term insurance
This all went a little quicker than even I had anticipated. I shared a few weeks ago that I was applying for term life insurance on myself, a replacement of some terms that seemed prudent to extend. Because of some past health history impacting a previous application...
by Ed Hinerman | Feb 26, 2009 | AARP, Burial insurance, final expense life insurance, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, term insurance, universal life, whole life
The idea of burial life insurance is something that has been slow to evolve and is often misunderstood. In its’ purest form it is a contract taken out with a mortuary and for an up front payment they promise that a burial is prepaid. What people should be coming...
by Ed Hinerman | Feb 19, 2009 | A1c, diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes
To be honest there is good news and bad news. The bad news is that those life insurance companies who are “diabetic friendly” are in fact very “Ltd”….limited. The good news is that there are a handful of companies that are very fair and...
by Ed Hinerman | Feb 17, 2009 | Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, mortality, mortality risk, smoking
For those that don’t smoke there is a virtual log jam of companies scrapping it out for those who qualify for the best rate classes. Not so if smoking is part of your portfolio. For those who smoke it is imperative that you use an agent that has access to all of...
by Ed Hinerman | Feb 5, 2009 | blood pressure, cancer, diabetes, gastric bypass, heart disease, high blood pressure, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, obesity, Sleep apnea, stroke
Talk about a sensitive issue. The truth is that being overweight isn’t an easy thing to be and it isn’t an easy thing to talk about, and when you are told your life insurance will cost more because of it, it feels like a slap in the face. Having said that,...
by Ed Hinerman | Jan 31, 2009 | AIG, death benefit, guarantee, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, mortality, term insurance, universal life, variable universal life, whole life
Anyone who has health insurance has already, or will soon find out the frustration of having insurance that doesn’t have all of it’s features guaranteed. At any point the dreaded letter can come and your copay can change, your premium can change or your...
by Ed Hinerman | Jan 23, 2009 | cancer, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance
When most people think about shopping for insurance, they think in terms of getting opinions from multiple agents. The real bang for your buck value comes from having an independent agent informally shop your case through multiple companies. Case in point. I had a...
by Ed Hinerman | Jan 20, 2009 | Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, term insurance, universal life, variable universal life, whole life
I would like nothing more than to be blogging today to humbly admit that I had cried wolf and that all of my screaming about non guaranteed life insurance teetering on the precipice was wrong, but…….. I spoke with a client looking for term insurance about...
by Ed Hinerman | Jan 12, 2009 | Depression, diabetes, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, private pilots
Shopping for life insurance is no big trick if you’re healthy, young and boring. This is the one area where the giant on line agencies may actually provide good service. Anything more complicated than young, healthy and boring is definitely where the services of...
by Ed Hinerman | Jan 8, 2009 | Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, term insurance, universal life, whole life
Since the financial meltdown of 08 began I have been gently screaming my head off for those millions of folks whose life insurance is tied up in whole life and traditional universal life to have it reviewed. Get a reality check!!! There are only a handful of factors...
by Ed Hinerman | Dec 30, 2008 | blood pressure, cholesterol, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance
As life insurance agents we are provided with a set of underwriting guidelines for each company we represent. It tells us, rate class by rate class, what cholesterol, build, blood pressure, family history and so on are acceptable. In the good old days which ended a...
by Ed Hinerman | Dec 23, 2008 | Anxiety, bipolar disorder, Depression, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance
There is probably no better feeling for me (and my clients) than turning their previous experience of being declined for life insurance into an approval for the insurance that they want for their family. For those who have been declined, it’s the same feeling as...
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