by Ed Hinerman | Sep 18, 2007 | insurance, life insurance
There is a saying that goes something like, the sincerest form of flattery is impersonation, or having your stuff ripped off or something like that. Over the past few months some company in the UK has been copying my posts and selling them under the guise that they...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 18, 2007 | Biggest Loser, cancer, diabetes, insurance, life insurance
In studying for my previous post on the reality weight loss show, Biggest Loser, I came across what I consider to be an awesome feature of the show’s website. They actually have a doctor that hosts a blog. Dr Jen Kerns hosts a blog that provides medical answers...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 18, 2007 | Biggest Loser, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, insurance, life insurance
Because I feel strongly about the need for more discussion and more education on the effects of obesity, what I started with ABC’s Fat March I will now take up with NBC’s Biggest Loser. Again, my focus is not the show or the internal contest or game. What...
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 16, 2007 | final expense life insurance, insurance, life insurance
Probably the most common scenario I hear is children or grandchildren considering purchasing a life insurance policy on parents or grandparents. Their thought process is, that if the cost isn’t too high, it could be a decent investment. My personal opinion is...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 16, 2007 | insurance, life insurance
Life insurance companies stand ready to cut the large check you want them to in the event of your passing. In far more instances than you can imagine the companies are never given the chance to come through for your beneficiaries because, you neglected to tell them...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 16, 2007 | Burial insurance, estate taxes, final expense life insurance, insurance, life insurance, term insurance, universal life, whole life
Term insurance or whole life? Term insurance or universal life? How should you decide just what product best fits your need for protection for your family? I’ve discussed in numerous posts how to determine the proper term length and the proper use of term...
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 | Sep 15, 2007 | cancer, heart disease, insurance, life insurance
It’s certainly no secret that life insurance underwriters have taken a hard line stance on the issue of smoking over the years. They have not taken lightly the connection between smoking and cancer, heart disease, copd and other health risks. Recently a couple...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 14, 2007 | Fat March, insurance, life insurance, obesity
Completing my interview of Will Millender, my hope is that his thoughts on obesity and it’s impact on life will help foster further discussion about the problem and how life insurance underwriters view it. Question: We met through a blog about life insurance and...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 14, 2007 | Fat March, insurance, life insurance, obesity
Continuing on with my interview of Will Millender, my hope is that his thoughts on obesity and it’s impact on life will help foster further discussion about the problem and how life insurance underwriters view it. Question: There is an epidemic of obesity today....
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 14, 2007 | Fat March, insurance, life insurance, obesity
After completing my series of blogs on the reality show Fat March and the reality of how weight and weight loss can affect life insurance rates, I had the pleasure of getting to know and interviewing one of the participants, Will Millender. Over the next 3 posts I...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 14, 2007 | diabetes, insurance, life insurance, private pilots
I recently wanted to share some thoughts on a diabetes issue concerning a blog I read on the American Diabetes Association website. Diabetes and getting fair treatment on life insurance for those that suffer from it has been a passion of mine for at least the past 10...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 13, 2007 | breast cancer, cancer, insurance, life insurance, prostate cancer
We’ve all heard the lead in, “I’ve got good news and bad news”. It seems with the potentially preventive drug for prostate cancer, Finasteride, there may be good news and bad…..and bad news and good news….. In the best of all worlds...
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