by Ed Hinerman | Sep 11, 2019 | life insurance, melanoma, skin cancer
Life insurance News For Stage 0 Melanoma How many of us have laughed at or been laughed at over sunburns growing up? There wasn’t anything fun or funny about the pain, and we had no idea what was possible down the road. Skin cancer is the most common cancer in...
by Ed Hinerman | Feb 9, 2019 | life insurance, melanoma, skin cancer
original post 2/28/14 updated 2/2019 As I write about life insurance policies for low stage melanoma, I know you folks in the northeast are not thinking about skin cancer right now. You are likely focused on the never ending winter, ice jams, flooding. My prayers go...
by Ed Hinerman | Nov 1, 2016 | breast cancer, cancer, insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval, melanoma, prostate cancer
Let me start by saying that I’ve got good news and other news when it comes to life insurance underwriting of cancers, whether something simple like early stage and grade melanoma or early stage insitu breast cancer to later stage bladder cancer or colon cancer...
by Ed Hinerman | Jul 18, 2016 | basal cell carcinoma, cancer, insurance, life insurance, melanoma, skin cancer life insurance, squamous cell carcinoma
Skin cancer is almost exclusively caused by exposure of UV light, darn you summer, I try to hit on the subject of life insurance and the big three, melanoma, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin and basal cell carcinoma at least once a summer. If those of us who grew...
by Ed Hinerman | Jul 24, 2015 | approval, basal cell carcinoma, family history, Independent agent, insurance, insurance quotes, life insurance, life insurance approval, life insurance underwriting, melanoma, mortality risk, squamous cell carcinoma
Call me naive, but there are almost daily occurrences of me seeing less mortality risk in a life insurance underwriting situation than the majority of underwriters. I get that they are paid to see everything through conservative lenses, but there are times when, to...
by Ed Hinerman | Jun 24, 2015 | approval, breast cancer, cancer, impaired risk life insurance, insurance, John Hancock, life insurance, life insurance approval, life insurance underwriting, melanoma, prostate cancer, PSA
No, not the real man. He was by all reports a real stand up guy, but unfortunately there isn’t a requirement when a company uses your name that they have to portray the same characteristics. A few years back John Hancock Life Insurance made some bold, but well...
by Ed Hinerman | May 5, 2015 | approval, cancer, decline, insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval, life insurance underwriting, melanoma
I first wrote this post in 2015. Melanoma is the deadliest of skin cancers, but for those who catch it early it is curable. More life insurance companies have opened to the idea of approving policies when clients have low stage melanoma, so time to update. Hope this...
by Ed Hinerman | Apr 9, 2014 | cancer, Dave Ramsey, decline, insurance, life insurance, melanoma
Gosh, you know it’s been a while since I’ve heard any real specific griping about why in the world Dave Ramsey would promote Zander Insurance with “Four generations and 80 years experience, unparalleled commitment to service, the best products on the...
by Ed Hinerman | Aug 2, 2012 | basal cell carcinoma, breast cancer, cancer, insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval, melanoma, prostate cancer, squamous cell carcinoma
OK. I made it up just to get your attention. No, seriously. Companies are just blowing me away with the offers and approvals they are giving on low stage and grade cancers. In this case I have a company approving a policy at preferred 3 months after a melanoma was...
by Ed Hinerman | Jul 28, 2012 | breast cancer, cancer, insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval, melanoma, prostate cancer
This last year has been full of life insurance underwriting break throughs from major companies, especially in the area of cancer. In previous posts I’ve talked about the logic of this being tied to earlier detection and much better treatment options than have...
by Ed Hinerman | Jun 30, 2012 | basal cell carcinoma, cancer, insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval, melanoma, squamous cell carcinoma
With the majority of skin cancer being basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma, both almost underwriting non issues unless there have been multiple instances, the challenge lies mostly under the melanoma heading. As I’ve stated with so many other types...
by Ed Hinerman | Mar 30, 2012 | Attention Deficit Disorder, bipolar disorder, cancer, coronary artery disease (CAD), cpap, impaired risk life insurance, insurance, life insurance, melanoma, over 50 life insurance
It’s barely been a month since one of our highest rated carriers announced huge breakthroughs on cancer life insurance underwriting. With some cancers they did away with the one year waiting period post treatment, instead opting for a more aggressive approval...
by Ed Hinerman | Jan 28, 2012 | basal cell carcinoma, cancer, decline, insurance, life insurance, melanoma
I got a call yesterday from a woman who had just been declined for a new life insurance because she had two melanomas in the last 11 years. After the second melanoma she decided she was a little more mortal than she had originally figured and wanted to increase her...
by Ed Hinerman | Dec 14, 2011 | insurance, life insurance, melanoma, pilot, private pilots, Type 1 diabetes
What a crazy year for underwriting life insurance. There have been shifts all over the map from type 1 diabetes to melanoma history, with some of the best news coming for private pilots. It’s been quite a while since we’ve had as many solid players in the...
by Ed Hinerman | Nov 17, 2011 | basal cell carcinoma, cancer, insurance, life insurance, melanoma
Talk about a health issue that’s been around the block several times and every time something new pops up. Skin cancer is it! We’ve seen great strides in underwriting melanoma with a recent approval at standard plus rates just four months out from...
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