by Ed Hinerman | Jan 31, 2009 | AIG, death benefit, guarantee, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, mortality, term insurance, universal life, variable universal life, whole life
Anyone who has health insurance has already, or will soon find out the frustration of having insurance that doesn’t have all of it’s features guaranteed. At any point the dreaded letter can come and your copay can change, your premium can change or your...
by Ed Hinerman | Jan 30, 2009 | insurance, life insurance, term insurance, universal life, whole life
This is a good time to consider how you are paying for your life insurance because as this recession deepens, strict budgeting is becoming more and more a necessity. When it comes to life insurance bills there are definitely different feelings about how often and how...
by Ed Hinerman | Jan 20, 2009 | Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, term insurance, universal life, variable universal life, whole life
I would like nothing more than to be blogging today to humbly admit that I had cried wolf and that all of my screaming about non guaranteed life insurance teetering on the precipice was wrong, but…….. I spoke with a client looking for term insurance about...
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 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 18, 2008 | cancer, conversion, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, term insurance, universal life, whole life
Term insurance policies have a golden egg buried in them call the conversion option. This option allows you to convert all or part of your term insurance policy into a permanent policy without evidence of insurability. This is huge in several ways. Let’s use me...
by Ed Hinerman | Dec 17, 2008 | estate taxes, final expense life insurance, insurance, life insurance, term insurance, universal life, whole life
For as long as I’ve been sharing the “life insurance world according to Ed”, I have beat the drum as hard as I can that there is only one good permanent product out there and it doesn’t have cash value. It’s called universal life with a...
by Ed Hinerman | Dec 17, 2008 | insurance, life insurance, term insurance, universal life, whole life
There are probably plenty out there that believe I wake up to the mantra every morning, and the truth is that I sometimes believe “if only I can blog loud enough”…….. We are in some horrific financial times and I’m thinking that very few...
by Ed Hinerman | Nov 22, 2008 | insurance, life insurance, suze orman, term insurance, universal life, whole life
With all the ongoing financial drama, television networks are falling all over themselves to interview experts on this and that and what the heck we should do to protect our retirement. Just by the sheer luck of the draw I ran into three Suze Orman interviews within...
by Ed Hinerman | Nov 16, 2008 | insurance, life insurance, term insurance, universal life, whole life
I receive although I never subscribed to an industry magazine called National Underwriter. It occasionally has a relevant article on such things as estate taxes, marketing ethics and so on, but mostly the articles lean in directions that are against my professional...
by Ed Hinerman | Nov 3, 2008 | insurance, life insurance, term insurance, universal life, whole life
In these tough economic times ways to save money are always appreciated as long as there aren’t any hidden surprises. Probably one of the most overlooked potential savings is in life insurance that you have had for five to ten years. If your health has remained...
by Ed Hinerman | Nov 1, 2008 | insurance, life insurance, universal life
No, I don’t mean universal life insurance as in the permanent product universal life. There is all this talk about making health care more affordable, even universal health care plans, and all I am thinking is why not life insurance? I think we have all heard on...
by Ed Hinerman | Oct 27, 2008 | AIG, insurance, life insurance, term insurance, universal life, whole life
Following the recent bailout/takeover of AIG by the government, other life insurance companies including Prudential are holding their hands out wanting a little of our tax money to soften the impact of their unwise investment in risky real estate loans. Investment of...
by Ed Hinerman | Oct 24, 2008 | insurance, life insurance, term insurance, universal life
Group benefits such as life and health insurance have long been one of those things that drives people to get the jobs they have and hang on to the jobs even when they might want to do something else. In our current economic state you may want to reconsider your...
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