by Ed Hinerman | Oct 12, 2010 | insurance, life insurance
Whether fee based or fee only, a financial planner doesn’t just give you a plan. They actually follow through and make sure all of the parts are in place. The question often comes up about if it can be done less expensively and the honest answer is...
by Ed Hinerman | Oct 12, 2010 | bait and switch, insurance, life insurance
A client left me a message to call over the weekend and when I caught up with him today he had quite a story to tell. He has had a policy in force with me for 7 years, a 15 year term insurance policy. As his story goes he went to the ER about 6 weeks ago with severe...
by Ed Hinerman | Oct 11, 2010 | conversion, insurance, life insurance, term insurance
I had this comment on a post the other day from Richard. “Just got off the phone with Lincoln and AM Family Insurance. No conversions on universal life policies. Ours are 15-19 years old, while there is no termination fees, if we cashed, they advise we to treat...
by Ed Hinerman | Oct 1, 2010 | family history, insurance, life insurance
There is almost always an audible let down (sometimes mixed with some expletives) when I ask about family history of heart disease, cancer and diabetes. The typical response goes something like, “How can they hold that against me when my Dad was an overweight,...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 30, 2010 | diabetes, insurance, life insurance, over 50 life insurance, senior life insurance
Preferred plus life insurance rates and type 2 diabetes are rarely used in the same sentence except possibly in the context of “Your chances of getting preferred plus rates with type 2 diabetes are slim to none”. That was until last year when ING Reliastar...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 29, 2010 | insurance, life insurance, private pilots
Buying life insurance can be so easy today that it’s just crazy compared to 30 years ago. If you’re healthy and don’t have any dangerous hobbies you can quickly and easily get the family protection you need from one of the big on line agencies, a...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 28, 2010 | guarantee, guaranteed level premium, John Hancock, life insurance
I’ve written multiple times on the need for guarantees in life insurance. “Make sure the insurance you have has a guaranteed rate for as long as you’re going to need it”……”Don’t buy any insurance that doesn’t have...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 27, 2010 | insurance, life insurance, term insurance
I’ve written often and am a big advocate of owning more than one life insurance policy, staggering or layering term policies. The reason is simple. Unless you are the complete odd duck in the pond, your life insurance needs are not all the same length and not...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 21, 2010 | insurance, life insurance, whole life
John Hancock announced today that sales of their Protection Whole Life product will be temporarily suspended “due to the ongoing low interest rate environment”. Protection Whole Life has a guaranteed interest rate of 5%, slightly higher than industry...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 20, 2010 | insurance, life insurance, multiple sclerosis
Looking through life insurance forums this morning I came across a question and answer on Insure.com that really speaks to the quality of service offered through the large on line agencies. The cold hard fact about high volume mega agencies is that, even though they...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 16, 2010 | diabetes, insurance, life insurance, Type 1 diabetes
One of the often asked questions on diabetes forums and blogs is if a person with type one diabetes can get life insurance at all, and if so can it be done at reasonable rates. I recently posted a checklist of criteria that underwriters want to see in order to approve...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 16, 2010 | final expense life insurance, insurance, life insurance, senior life insurance
I wrote a post yesterday on final expense life insurance and as often happens, I woke up today with something from that post bothering me, a lot. Toward the end of the post I made mention of a company, Equita Final Expense Services, that made the claim that, unlike...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 15, 2010 | final expense life insurance, insurance, life insurance, senior life insurance, whole life
When I go through my daily Google Alerts to keep current with life insurance related matters, one of the topics I follow is “Final Expense Life Insurance”. More than any other topic I follow this is absolutely riddled with a combination of bad advice and...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 14, 2010 | insurance, life insurance, pilot, private pilots
Prudential has always been somewhat aviation life insurance friendly, not always leading the way, but always in the mix for fair underwriting and good rates. It now appears they are making a serious move to capture more of the life insurance market Changes have been...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 13, 2010 | diabetes, insurance, life insurance, Type 1 diabetes
I’ve often talked about mortality risk being the basis for life insurance underwriting, but looking back I’ve never really explained what that means in the context of a “normal” lifespan. We all hear that Americans are living longer than ever,...
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