by Ed Hinerman | May 20, 2009 | Banner Life, insurance, life insurance, term insurance, universal life
I was just tallying up the life insurance companies that hadn’t jumped on the rate increase bandwagon the other day and was pleased to see some of our best impaired risk companies holding firm. Lost one today though. Banner Life and their New York cousin William...
by Ed Hinerman | May 20, 2009 | cancer, insurance, life insurance, prostate cancer, universal life
A person contacted me a few months back looking for a policy to replace his current universal life which is going up in price on every anniversary date. He has been paying on the UL for about 15 years and just two years ago he received notice that the policy no longer...
by Ed Hinerman | May 14, 2009 | estate taxes, insurance, life insurance, second to die insurance, universal life
Ok, I’m not really holding my breath, but you do realize that with 7 months left to go Congress needs to act or there will be a free estate tax ride in 2010. As the law now stands, the exemption has been rising steadily over the last 9 years from the...
by Ed Hinerman | May 7, 2009 | insurance, John Hancock, life insurance, Met Life, term insurance, universal life, whole life
Can you say fire sale? I just got notice of yet another term insurance price increase, this time from American National, and it appears that the rebound from the lowest prices in history are picking up steam. I know all of the whole life agents that like to attempt to...
by Ed Hinerman | May 6, 2009 | accelerated death benefit, conversion, insurance, life insurance, Met Life, Protective Life, term insurance, universal life, whole life
Last week I talked about a case with Met Life where a person was able to use the met-life-external-conversion program in order to convert to a policy that had an accelerated benefit rider. Their company didn’t have the benefit and the person was terminally ill...
by Ed Hinerman | May 2, 2009 | breast cancer, cancer, decline, insurance, life insurance, term insurance, universal life
It occurred to me after seeing a clip of Napoleon Dynamite on David Letterman that, given good health, even he could qualify for the best rates available for life insurance. Fortunately for us all, being the best looking or the most successful isn’t found on a...
by Ed Hinerman | May 1, 2009 | accelerated death benefit, conversion, death benefit, insurance, life insurance, Met Life, universal life
I heard a story about a Met Life case today that just inspired me. Life insurance companies quite often do things they don’t necessarily have to, like paying a claim when the validity could probably be argued. I’ve talked in previous posts about universal...
by Ed Hinerman | Apr 28, 2009 | guarantee, ING Reliastar, insurance, life insurance, universal life, variable universal life, whole life
Till I’m blue in the face!!! Does the word guarantee mean anything to anyone? It seems like perfectly sensible people’s eyes fog over as soon as someone flashes totally non guaranteed, unsubstantiated, unproven life insurance projections in front of them....
by Ed Hinerman | Apr 20, 2009 | ING Reliastar, insurance, life insurance, Lincoln National, Prudential, term insurance, universal life, variable universal life, whole life
Can you feel it building? It started as a trickle around the first of the year with the announcement that a few companies were considering either discontinuing or raising the rates on the universal life no lapse guarantee products. It didn’t take any huge leap...
by Ed Hinerman | Apr 20, 2009 | Dave Ramsey, insurance, life partner, term insurance, universal life, whole life
I’ve shared my opinion plenty of times, the fact that I believe that 95% or more of life insurance needs for the average people out there are term insurance needs. There is no reason to be buying whole life, universal life or variable universal life. Dave Ramsey...
by Ed Hinerman | Apr 15, 2009 | insurance, life insurance, Prudential, term insurance, universal life, variable universal life, whole life
I have spent the last few weeks highly encouraging fence sitting customers to make a move if they truly want the deal of the century on term life insurance. While Prudential’s 4-5% increase in term insurance rates will still keep them competitive, when you...
by Ed Hinerman | Apr 2, 2009 | Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, term insurance, universal life, whole life
I am often asked by clients and potential clients if I sell business liability insurance, car insurance, medicare supplements and the full gamut of insurance products available and my answer is Wyoming raised simple, “Nope, I just sell life insurance”. It...
by Ed Hinerman | Apr 1, 2009 | conversion, insurance, life insurance, term insurance, universal life, whole life
I just off off the phone with a man who got laid off and then got blown over when he found out the reality of what it would take to make his group life insurance portable. Since I’ve been in the business, even back when I was big into setting up group plans, I...
by Ed Hinerman | Apr 1, 2009 | insurance, life insurance, universal life, variable universal life
So the question really comes down to this. Is a family going to realize a better benefit in their family trust through the purchase of a guaranteed life insurance policy, or through the purchase of land in Mississippi using the same amount of money. I have been...
by Ed Hinerman | Mar 29, 2009 | estate taxes, final expense life insurance, insurance, life insurance, second to die insurance, term insurance, universal life, variable universal life, whole life
I’ve been accused of recommending term life for every need and while I maintain that 95% of all needs for the average person are well served by term, there are valid reasons to consider permanent insurance in your portfolio. Before any jumps on that statement...
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