by Ed Hinerman | Aug 2, 2012 | basal cell carcinoma, breast cancer, cancer, insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval, melanoma, prostate cancer, squamous cell carcinoma
OK. I made it up just to get your attention. No, seriously. Companies are just blowing me away with the offers and approvals they are giving on low stage and grade cancers. In this case I have a company approving a policy at preferred 3 months after a melanoma was...
by Ed Hinerman | Jul 28, 2012 | breast cancer, cancer, insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval, melanoma, prostate cancer
This last year has been full of life insurance underwriting break throughs from major companies, especially in the area of cancer. In previous posts I’ve talked about the logic of this being tied to earlier detection and much better treatment options than have...
by Ed Hinerman | May 15, 2012 | children's life insurance, insurance, life insurance, private pilots, senior life insurance
I’ve talked about life insurance from one end of life to another, from insurance for children to senior life insurance. The one common denominator is that if someone doesn’t take any action to put life insurance in force there is absolutely no way their...
by Ed Hinerman | Apr 17, 2012 | breast cancer, cancer, insurance, life insurance, prostate cancer
There have been some dramatic breakthroughs in life insurance underwriting over the past few months, a lot of it having to do with cancer life insurance underwriting. Just as these breakthroughs started there are now more rumors of companies following suit, or...
by Ed Hinerman | Mar 30, 2012 | Attention Deficit Disorder, bipolar disorder, cancer, coronary artery disease (CAD), cpap, impaired risk life insurance, insurance, life insurance, melanoma, over 50 life insurance
It’s barely been a month since one of our highest rated carriers announced huge breakthroughs on cancer life insurance underwriting. With some cancers they did away with the one year waiting period post treatment, instead opting for a more aggressive approval...
by Ed Hinerman | Oct 1, 2010 | family history, insurance, life insurance
There is almost always an audible let down (sometimes mixed with some expletives) when I ask about family history of heart disease, cancer and diabetes. The typical response goes something like, “How can they hold that against me when my Dad was an overweight,...
by Ed Hinerman | Jul 30, 2009 | insurance, life insurance, multiple sclerosis
Other than writing across the top of your life insurance application, “Please decline this application”, I can’t think of a surer way to get declined than to decide to blow off your doctor’s advice and substitute your own without ever...
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