by Ed Hinerman | Feb 19, 2009 | A1c, diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes
To be honest there is good news and bad news. The bad news is that those life insurance companies who are “diabetic friendly” are in fact very “Ltd”….limited. The good news is that there are a handful of companies that are very fair and...
by Ed Hinerman | Feb 17, 2009 | basal cell carcinoma, blood pressure, cancer, cholesterol, diabetes, DUI, insurance, life insurance, private pilots, scuba diving, skydiving, smoking
I’m often asked, after the fact, what it takes to get the best life insurance rates. While I would be hard pressed to cover everything that could be hiding in your medical records, I can provide a general rundown based on the exam, labs, family and personal...
by Ed Hinerman | Feb 14, 2009 | bait and switch, blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, insurance, insurance quotes, life insurance
Just for minute let’s pretend this wild scenario could happen. You talk to two life insurance agents and tell them both the same health information. One gives you a quote that your life insurance policy will cost $1000 a year and the other says it will cost...
by Ed Hinerman | Feb 7, 2009 | diabetes, heart disease, insurance, life insurance
Seguros de vida ayuda en español? Hinerman Group has always been about serving the unserved and underserved in the life insurance business. We specialize in helping those who can’t get life insurance or run into road blocks getting life insurance through the...
by Ed Hinerman | Feb 5, 2009 | blood pressure, cancer, diabetes, gastric bypass, heart disease, high blood pressure, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, obesity, Sleep apnea, stroke
Talk about a sensitive issue. The truth is that being overweight isn’t an easy thing to be and it isn’t an easy thing to talk about, and when you are told your life insurance will cost more because of it, it feels like a slap in the face. Having said that,...
by Ed Hinerman | Feb 4, 2009 | bipolar, bipolar disorder, diabetes, insurance, life insurance, mortality, mortality risk
Actually rather than the best change, I think the word clarification is more precise. Sometimes it truly isn’t who you know, but what you know about what underwriters need to see. Case in point is bipolar disorder. Two years ago I didn’t have a clue about...
by Ed Hinerman | Jan 31, 2009 | cancer, children's life insurance, diabetes, epilepsy, insurance, life insurance, Type 1 diabetes
The whole subject of life insurance on children has a certain “yuk” factor that comes with it. Parents, even those who would be hard pressed to deal financially with the loss of a child, would really prefer not to talk about it. I would like to throw out...
by Ed Hinerman | Jan 29, 2009 | diabetes, insurance, life insurance, Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes
I was given a preview of some upcoming changes in diabetes, both type 1 and type 2, life insurance underwriting yesterday. This could open a whole new chapter for some folks that have been shut out due to the high cost or not even being considered based on the type of...
by Ed Hinerman | Jan 12, 2009 | Depression, diabetes, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, private pilots
Shopping for life insurance is no big trick if you’re healthy, young and boring. This is the one area where the giant on line agencies may actually provide good service. Anything more complicated than young, healthy and boring is definitely where the services of...
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 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 14, 2008 | blood pressure, diabetes, heart attack, heart disease, high blood pressure, hypertension, insurance, life insurance, obesity, stroke, Type 2 diabetes
Today would be no exception to my rule that men really don’t see a world that has consequences until they are old enough that they see the consequences happening to others their own age, or even to themselves. I spent part of yesterday evening in the emergency...
by Ed Hinerman | Nov 26, 2008 | cancer, diabetes, insurance, life insurance, obesity, term insurance
One of the things that is hard to drive home to people who are looking for life insurance is the cost of waiting to correct a situation that is keeping them from the rate class they want. Probably the single issue where this comes up most frequently is obesity. Just a...
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