by Ed Hinerman | Oct 3, 2016 | application process, guarantee, indexed universal life, insurance, life insurance, rate increase, retirement life insurance, term insurance, universal life
This is the 2015 version of the age old question, why term versus whole life? Some of the answers are the same and some are vastly different, I would say even dangerously different for those who are serious about their needs and just looking for the right product to...
by Ed Hinerman | Jun 8, 2015 | bad customer service, bait and switch, budget, cash value, guarantee, guaranteed level premium, honesty, indexed universal life, insurance, life insurance, life insurance lapse, lifetime guaranteed UL, loyal customers, rate increase, universal life
Transamerica Life Insurance, formerly Transamerica/Occidental Life may have just taken over the coveted position in the life insurance industry that Protective Life has held for years, the Turd In The Punchbowl Award. They sent out the this email today announcing that...
by Ed Hinerman | 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...
by Ed Hinerman | Mar 12, 2015 | approval, assumptions, budget, cash value, conversion, Conversion to a permanent product, death benefit, guarantee, indexed universal life, insurance, life insurance, no lapse guarantee, rate increase, term insurance, universal life, whole life
I think I’m finally coming to grips with the fact that the life insurance learning curve isn’t really a curve. It’s more the path of a tether ball. It goes round and round, changing speed, direction and attitude with each full turn and then, BANG, it...
by Ed Hinerman | Dec 4, 2014 | cash value, Conversion to a permanent product, indexed universal life, insurance, life insurance, lifetime guaranteed UL, rate increase, universal life
There is a reason most life insurance agents never make it to their 2nd year in the business and it isn’t because they’re stupid or life insurance really doesn’t have the potential to be a well paying lifetime career. The lack of long term success...
by Ed Hinerman | Jun 25, 2014 | Banner Life, conversion, Conversion to a permanent product, guarantee, guaranteed level premium, insurance, life insurance, lifetime guaranteed UL, no lapse guarantee, rate increase, universal life, whole life
Look! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! Naw, it’s just that Hinerman guy yelling about the life insurance conversion sky falling again. But in my defense consider these events and then consider listening this time. 1. Protective Life did away with their no...
by Ed Hinerman | Dec 1, 2012 | estate taxes, final expense life insurance, insurance, life insurance, no lapse guarantee, over 50 life insurance, rate increase, universal life
I get calls every once in a while from people whose spouse or parent is literally terminally ill and many times imminently terminal. I think they know the answer already but I understand that they see what’s coming and they know it’s going to be a financial hit and,...
by Ed Hinerman | Nov 7, 2012 | budget, cash value, high net worth, indixed universal life, insurance, life insurance, no lapse guarantee, rate increase, universal life, variable universal life, whole life
Whether there is anything to the Mayan calendar that predicts the end of the world next month or not, there is one thing that is an absolute life insurance fact. Because of actions by the NAIC, National Association of Insurance Commissioners, with the strict...
by Ed Hinerman | Oct 30, 2012 | breast cancer, cancer, insurance, life insurance, mortality risk, no lapse guarantee, prostate cancer, rate increase, term insurance, universal life
There’s still two more months to go and by any measure the life insurance industry has made strides in both underwriting and product design that speak well for the future, but especially should be an eye opener right now. I’ve tried to note each change or...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 21, 2011 | conversion, insurance, life insurance, Lincoln National, over 50 life insurance, rate increase, term insurance, universal life
If you’re in your 30’s life insurance backdating is not an issue that you probably need to know about or even consider simply because, at your age, the cost of insurance doesn’t change much, if any, from year to year as you get older. Not so when...
by Ed Hinerman | Feb 1, 2011 | estate taxes, insurance, life insurance, Protective Life, rate increase, second to die insurance, universal life
I wrote an estate life insurance case 6 or so years ago that if you put a pencil to the numbers you would swear that the company had made a huge mistake. There was simply no feasible way for them to make a profit. The case was with Protective Life who, for a while,...
by Ed Hinerman | Aug 26, 2009 | insurance, life insurance, rate increase
This is actually a little hard to get used to. After 10-15 years of term insurance rates trending downward, that isn’t the case anymore. While we haven’t seen any alarming increases in term insurance rates, one company after another is turning the corner...
by Ed Hinerman | Jul 15, 2009 | insurance, life insurance, rate increase, term insurance
As the number of companies grows announcing term insurance rate increases, in the last few weeks another snowball has started rolling down hill that will affect many, especially young adults in their 30’s and 40’s. The most recent trend is companies...
by Ed Hinerman | Jun 26, 2009 | insurance, life insurance, rate increase, term insurance
Reliastar has come up with a new approach to rate changes reminiscent of last fall’s presidential campaign. Their word to agent’s, Change is Good! They show the good side of their announcement, that some of their rates in a few selective places will...
by Ed Hinerman | Jun 3, 2009 | rate increase, West Coast Life
After announcing West Coast Life’s planned term insurance rate increase a few days ago and the following up yesterday with a summary of their rules for transition to the new rates I queried West Coast about the huge discrepancy in time allowed between agents in...
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