by Ed Hinerman | Jan 17, 2009 | insurance, life insurance, term insurance
Not a week goes by that I don’t get to have the “reality” discussion with someone about the fact that life insurance rates have been dropping steadily over the past 10-15 years. That fact is absolutely 100% true for some people. First, the biggest...
by Ed Hinerman | Jan 15, 2009 | insurance, life insurance, scuba diving, skydiving
You’ve got some good news and you’ve got some bad news when it comes to life insurance underwriting for scuba divers. The good news is that there are still plenty of opportunities out there for preferred plus and preferred rates for those recreational...
by Ed Hinerman | Jan 14, 2009 | insurance, life insurance, term insurance
It’s tough. No, it’s scary to be proactive in an economic meltdown of the proportions that we are experiencing right now, but it may mean the difference in your family’s future. There’s no surprise that I would want to talk about life...
by Ed Hinerman | Jan 13, 2009 | cholesterol, insurance, life insurance
I have been detailing an ongoing discussion between myself and ING Reliastar chief underwriter Diane Gill concerning a client who she claimed, due to his cholesterol of 253 and cholesterol ratio of 5.13, did not meet their criteria for their preferred rate class. I...
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 11, 2009 | blood pressure, cholesterol, insurance, life insurance
I mentioned the other day that I was doing battle with a company on their decision to bump a client one rate class because they say he doesn’t meet their underwriting criteria. This will give you a bit of insight into underwriting logic. It kind of falls in the...
by Ed Hinerman | Jan 10, 2009 | bypass surgery, coronary artery disease (CAD), heart attack, heart disease, insurance, life insurance, smoking
Just 10 days into the year. 1/36th of the way through it. We hardly even have our feet wet in the new year yet and I have been bowled over by as much acute denial in this short period than I am in an average month. Is it possible the economic meltdown is causing...
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 31, 2008 | insurance, life insurance, term insurance, universal life, whole life
When AXA Equitable made it official last week that they were going to discontinue their no lapse guarantee universal life products, I suggested that what we were gazing at was the tip of the iceberg. There is some indication now that Phoenix Life will be announcing...
by Ed Hinerman | Dec 31, 2008 | beneficiary, insurance, life insurance, life partner
What is normally a very straight forward process, the filing of a life insurance claim by the beneficiary, can become a nightmare if the beneficiary is someone other than a family member. While this is only an issue during the two year inconestability period, it is...
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 24, 2008 | bipolar disorder, cancer, Depression, diabetes, heart disease, insurance, life insurance
To all of you have shared in this blog and have helped in our quest to make life insurance less of a mystery and more attainable, Merry Christmas. Whether you have sought our assistance in applying for life insurance that had proved challenging or you just sought us...
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...
by Ed Hinerman | Dec 22, 2008 | Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, term insurance, universal life, whole life
I try very hard to get out relevant life insurance information in a timely manner and would hope never to jump the gun and potentially mislead. In this case it appears that while I was a few days ahead of the event, the wolf was in fact on his way. In a post last...
by Ed Hinerman | Dec 19, 2008 | cancer, cigar smokers, diabetes, heart disease, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, smoking, Type 2 diabetes
One of the biggest life insurance rate hits is for those who smoke. There is some logic to that given the link between cigarette smoking and cancer and heart disease, but are the underwriters throwing apples and oranges in the same basket and assuming they all taste...
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