by Ed Hinerman | Oct 2, 2013 | insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval, life insurance underwriting, mortality, mortality risk
It wasn’t that long ago that underwriting life insurance consisted of setting the application, exam and medical records next to a big underwriting guide (just my picture), matching up all of the maladies with a long ago predetermined mortality assumption and...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 13, 2013 | BMI, impaired risk life insurance, insurance, lab results, life insurance, life insurance approval, mortality, mortality risk
Not long ago I went on a tear about American General’s use of the CRL Lab’s proprietary laboratory analyzing methodology called “Smart Score”. The blasting cap for that little tiff was a case that American General declined, obviously using the Smart Score numbers to...
by Ed Hinerman | Aug 14, 2013 | A1c, approval, BMI, impaired risk life insurance, insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval, mortality, mortality risk
As related in a post yesterday which was a follow up on a previous post concerning the American General use of the CRL Labs Smart Score methodology for underwriting, I have breaking developments. After being rebuffed by CRL, being told that they couldn’t tell me...
by Ed Hinerman | Nov 26, 2012 | Anxiety, bipolar disorder, Depression, gastric bypass, insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval, mortality, mortality risk, obesity
Let me start out by saying that traditional life insurance underwriting doesn’t reward treatment of health issues. That is as in DOES NOT reward. There are still life insurance companies out there that will whack a client like a golf ball for taking medication...
by Ed Hinerman | Nov 19, 2012 | compliance, insurance, insurance quotes, life insurance, life insurance approval, mortality, mortality risk
This is one of these subjects that goes in several directions. Your doctor’s opinion can help you get the best possible life insurance rate. It can also bring your life insurance application to a screeching halt and if it ever comes down to who is right, the...
by Ed Hinerman | Jul 12, 2012 | Biggest Loser, Fat March, insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval, mortality, mortality risk, obesity
There are several ways to deal with an out of control weight problem from a health standpoint, but from a life insurance point of view it’s pretty clear cut. If you are morbidly obese the best case is that you will have to pay more than the average person for...
by Ed Hinerman | Jul 11, 2012 | cash value, conversion, financial adviser, insurance, life insurance, mortality, term insurance, universal life, whole life
A few years back I read an article in a trade publication and, well, I was much younger then and easily riled. I am still getting comments on the post I wrote about that article. In the life insurance business there is an organization called the Million Dollar Round...
by Ed Hinerman | Mar 30, 2012 | cancer, children's life insurance, impaired risk life insurance, insurance, life insurance, mortality, Type 1 diabetes
Being primarily a health risk life insurance agent I get to talk to a lot of people about diseases and problems they didn’t have even just a few years prior. Especially guys have this bombproof thing going on where they truly believe as long as they work hard...
by Ed Hinerman | Aug 9, 2011 | insurance, life insurance, mortality, mortality risk, term insurance, whole life
The 70% savings lure in life insurance advertising is probably been so used that it is a brand by itself. Never mind the companies the promote it, who wouldn’t want to save 70% over what they are currently paying for a comparable life insurance product. So, the...
by Ed Hinerman | Jan 22, 2011 | insurance, life insurance, mortality
Young, healthy, immortal. Sure, you’ve talked about life insurance and you know it really doesn’t cost much at all, but you’re a guy. Men, especially young men, absolutely hate talking about real life. And in real life stuff happens. I know when...
by Ed Hinerman | Aug 19, 2010 | decline, insurance, life insurance, mortality
I won’t pretend that being declined for insurance doesn’t carry a sting. A common thought that comes with the decline is, “Do they think I’m about to die, or what”? Some perspective might help and maybe a little insight into how life...
by Ed Hinerman | Jun 7, 2010 | insurance, life insurance, mortality, mortality risk
A lot of people understand why and know that a standard rate approval is coming on life insurance and are happy to get it. On the other side of the coin are those that receive a standard rate approval and are taken aback by it, taking offense to not receiving a better...
by Ed Hinerman | Mar 5, 2010 | insurance, life insurance, mortality, mortality risk
If there is a common thread through the whole life insurance application/underwriting experience, it’s that those applying tend to underplay their mortality while feeling like underwriters really overplay the whole mortality thing. Life insurance pricing and...
by Ed Hinerman | Nov 20, 2009 | insurance, life insurance, mortality
When A doctor says you’re doing just fine or you don’t need to worry about this or that, they really mean it. I suspect that in the short term scheme of things they may even be right most of the time. But let’s not mix up a short term prognosis with...
by Ed Hinerman | Jun 25, 2009 | cancer, heart attack, insurance, life insurance, mortality
Life insurance is, always has been and always will be, about offsetting those financial losses that come with premature death. The problem that most people have with the concept is, that in spite of all of the evidence to the contrary, they seem to have a hard time...
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