So You Are Taking Your Bat And Ball And Going Home?

by | Mar 26, 2015 | approval, beneficiary, customer service, decline, impaired risk life insurance, Independent agent, insurance, insurance quotes, life insurance, life insurance approval, rate increase

They would probably have a holiday named after me if every customer walked away completely satisfied but you just get more customers when almost all of them do. It’s OK because personally I think we have over done the holiday thing especially because if the...

A Review Of Type 1 Diabetes Life Insurance!

by | Mar 19, 2015 | application process, approval, budget, business life insurance, children's life insurance, compliance, diabetes, impaired risk life insurance, insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval, Type 1 diabetes

I was contacted today by a woman who was pretty distressed by the fact that Gerber Life wouldn’t approve her 17 year old daughter for life insurance. The young lady has type 1 diabetes and I want to touch on a couple of subjects with this particular situation....

Why Can’t I Exclude My Heart From My Life Insurance Policy?

by | Mar 18, 2015 | application process, approval, business life insurance, cancer, conversion, coronary artery disease (CAD), decline, exclusions, guaranteed level premium, insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval

A client I’m working with is getting a little frustrated because, in order to keep his obligations, he is going to have to convert a current term policy coming to the end of its’ guaranteed level premium period. When I say he is going to have to do this...

Was That A Consideration, Option Or Order From Your Doctor?

by | Feb 26, 2015 | application process, blood pressure, compliance, cpap, decline, high blood pressure, impaired risk life insurance, insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval, life insurance underwriting, Sleep apnea

If 60 Minutes was doing a segment on life insurance applications and how underwriters interpret your medical records they would have to focus on one of the biggest stumbling blocks, doctor’s recommendations for testing. To be fair, there wasn’t any life...

So Why Will The Other Guys Just Give A Quote?

by | Feb 9, 2015 | abnormal ekg, abnormal labs, arrythmia, atrial fibrillation, bait and switch, impaired risk life insurance, indexed universal life, insurance quotes, life insurance, life insurance approval, life insurance underwriting

The other guys! That would be most agents and agencies out there who aren’t inclined to ask you to do homework before they provide a life insurance quote, but here’s the deal, if they provide you a quote at all it won’t be as accurate as mine almost...

We Need To Have A Talk!

by | Jan 30, 2015 | A1c, approval, compliance, coronary artery disease (CAD), diabetes, gastric bypass, insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval, life insurance underwriting, over 50 life insurance, Type 2 diabetes

That phrase is usually followed by a conversation that you may end up feeling you really didn’t need to have, but I’m here with a breath of fresh air, a talk we need to have about how to get better life insurance rates when you have diabetes. Why now? Why...

Zander Insurance Still Putting Their Comp Ahead Of Clients!

by | Jan 28, 2015 | application process, customer service, honesty, impaired risk life insurance, Independent agent, insurance, insurance quotes, life insurance, life insurance approval

The only reason a sane life insurance agent would quote ING Reliastar, aka Reliastar, aka Voya, is compensation. Understand that there are two, sometimes more, levels of compensation that life insurance companies offer. One is called the “street” level...

When It Rains, It Snows!

by | Jan 20, 2015 | business life insurance, buy/sell life insurance, customer service, impaired risk life insurance, Independent agent, insurance, International Business insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval, private pilots

I, we, Hinerman Group, just completed our reunification move to Colorado. Every once in a while I make bad decisions (moving to NM where it rains), but I am more known for my brilliance (coming back to CO where it snows). With that move I am promising more of the same...

Why Is A Life Insurance Standard Rate So, Standard?

by | Dec 29, 2014 | application process, approval, coronary artery disease (CAD), decline, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval, over 50 life insurance, Type 1 diabetes

There is absolutely nothing wrong with being approved for life insurance at a standard rate class or higher, unless you qualify for a better rate class through another company. There are a large number of companies that don’t even offer multiple rate classes....

When Old Folks Need Business Life Insurance!

by | Nov 25, 2014 | application process, approval, business life insurance, CEO life insurance, executives, insurance, International Business insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval

Being one of them (the old folks) I carefully admit that I was probably a little easier to underwriter for life insurance 20 or 30 years ago than I am today. I am currently working the partners in a company, both in their 60’s, who made a real common error in...

Your Medical Records And Life Insurance!

by | Nov 10, 2014 | application process, approval, CEO life insurance, compliance, decline, doctor's recommendation, insurance quotes, life insurance, life insurance approval, life insurance underwriting

Things pop up day to day in my business that remind me that I haven’t written about some particular life insurance pitfall in a while. Just as much as any life insurance impaired risk you might present, the inaccurate BS information that doctors put in or allow...