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 31, 2008 | beneficiary, insurance, life insurance, life partner
What is normally a very straight forward process, the filing of a life insurance claim by the beneficiary, can become a nightmare if the beneficiary is someone other than a family member. While this is only an issue during the two year inconestability period, it is...
by Ed Hinerman | Dec 30, 2008 | blood pressure, cholesterol, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance
As life insurance agents we are provided with a set of underwriting guidelines for each company we represent. It tells us, rate class by rate class, what cholesterol, build, blood pressure, family history and so on are acceptable. In the good old days which ended a...
by Ed Hinerman | Dec 29, 2008 | blood pressure, breast cancer, cancer, cholesterol, diabetes, obesity, Type 2 diabetes
In reviewing my last post concerning some of the changes in underwriting of life insurance that occurred in 2008, I found some parallels between that and some of the most significant medical breakthroughs of the year. Could it be that underwriters are doing their...
by Ed Hinerman | Dec 26, 2008 | basal cell carcinoma, bipolar disorder, blood pressure, diabetes, high blood pressure, melanoma, Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes
Considering the turmoil of the economic meltdown that was 2008, it’s always good to find and hold onto bright spots. Here is just a quick review of a few of those bright spots coming from a most unlikely source, life insurance underwriters. For years there has...
by Ed Hinerman | Dec 24, 2008 | bipolar disorder, cancer, Depression, diabetes, heart disease, insurance, life insurance
To all of you have shared in this blog and have helped in our quest to make life insurance less of a mystery and more attainable, Merry Christmas. Whether you have sought our assistance in applying for life insurance that had proved challenging or you just sought us...
by Ed Hinerman | Dec 23, 2008 | Anxiety, bipolar disorder, Depression, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance
There is probably no better feeling for me (and my clients) than turning their previous experience of being declined for life insurance into an approval for the insurance that they want for their family. For those who have been declined, it’s the same feeling as...
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 19, 2008 | cancer, cigar smokers, diabetes, heart disease, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, smoking, Type 2 diabetes
One of the biggest life insurance rate hits is for those who smoke. There is some logic to that given the link between cigarette smoking and cancer and heart disease, but are the underwriters throwing apples and oranges in the same basket and assuming they all taste...
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...
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