by Ed Hinerman | Jan 2, 2012 | Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, over 50 life insurance
I am starting this new year very optimistically. Thanks to the hard work and savvy of my SEO guy we are reaching more and more of you who have been abused, declined or just left behind by agents or agencies that aren’t into doing the work it takes to properly...
by Ed Hinerman | Dec 26, 2011 | court ordered life insurance, insurance, life insurance
For those paying child support or alimony, the court may have also ordered that you carry life insurance for a specified period of time to make sure the commitment is met even if you’re not around to meet it. Most of the calls I get concerning purchasing court...
by Ed Hinerman | Nov 28, 2011 | Dave Ramsey, death benefit, insurance, life insurance
I often have the budget discussion with people who fall into the less than perfect health category, impaired risk life insurance in the industry. They don’t get the bang for the buck that someone young and healthy, or for that matter over 50 and healthy. My...
by Ed Hinerman | Nov 7, 2011 | business life insurance, buy/sell life insurance, foreign nationals, insurance, key man insurance, life insurance
Without proper business life insurance in force the family of a deceased partner in a business could stand to lose the portion of the business that their loved worked long and hard to create, and to leave as a legacy. A succession plan for a business, whether a...
by Ed Hinerman | Nov 4, 2011 | Infinite banking, insurance, life insurance, term insurance, whole life
I confessed last week that I may have finally found something less than dreadful to say about whole life insurance. This day that no one ever saw coming, came through the back door a few weeks ago when I got a call asking specifically for a quote on a participating...
by Ed Hinerman | Nov 1, 2011 | Banner Life, insurance, life insurance, term insurance, West Coast Life
In what appears to be a screeching halt to the bottoming out of term insurance prices, several companies moved within the past month to unseat perennial term insurance giant Banner Life, a subsidiary of Legal and General America. Banner responded today by lowering...
by Ed Hinerman | Oct 31, 2011 | cholesterol, Dave Ramsey, ING Reliastar, insurance, life insurance
There seems to be a mindset that life insurance applications probably won’t be approved at the rate that was quoted and applied for. This is a far more prevalent mindset today with so many hundred of thousands of applications being jammed through life insurance...
by Ed Hinerman | Oct 25, 2011 | business life insurance, buy/sell life insurance, executives, Foreign National Life Insurance, foreign nationals, foreign travel, insurance, key man insurance, life insurance
Impaired risk life insurance has always been the cornerstone of our business. That decision to take the life insurance agent path less traveled has proven to be a blessing for our clients and for me. The majority of agents are after the majority of clients. Clients...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 8, 2011 | heart disease, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, term insurance
Most people are familiar with the standard rate classes for life insurance. From the very best they usually go something like preferred plus, preferred, standard plus, standard. Different companies may call them something different, or only have three standard classes...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 8, 2011 | Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, professional athlete life insurance
Often lawsuit and divorce settlements contain a stipulation for the mandatory coverage with life insurance until some final event has occurred. In the case of a lawsuit it could be until the full amount awarded is paid and with divorces it could be until a requirement...
by Ed Hinerman | Aug 31, 2011 | insurance, life insurance, over 50 life insurance, pilot, private pilots
I have a lot of clients, especially ex military, who have their auto, homeowners and sometimes life with USAA. They are a stellar company from a ratings and financial point of view, but with life insurance underwriting they are, well, conservative would be a good way...
by Ed Hinerman | Aug 25, 2011 | accidental death, High Limit AD and D, insurance, life insurance, motorcycle, pilot, private pilots, skydiving
Most of my work has been finding the best life insurance prices for people with impaired health, impaired risk life insurance. I won’t make any wild claims about being the best there is out there, but we are in a constant state of education and refining of...
by Ed Hinerman | Aug 23, 2011 | Alcohol Treatment Life Insurance, Drug Treatment Life Insurance, insurance, life insurance
I’m currently working on a life insurance case where the client, a physician, sought and completed treatment 4 years ago for prescription drug abuse. We shopped this last year and got an offer from Banner Life. The case was declined in underwriting because they...
by Ed Hinerman | Jul 26, 2011 | bait and switch, cancer, heart disease, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance
I am left shaking my head occasionally when I hear a client say that my quote is much higher than some other quote they have received. Since I shop virtually every case I quote I am confident when I send out quotes, well, they are as good as it is going to be after...
by Ed Hinerman | Jun 2, 2011 | cholesterol, insurance, life insurance, pilot, private pilots
I get industry updates almost daily when companies believe they have a niche that is going to the the magic bullet for a client. Sometimes I wonder if anyone really thinks it through before they yell, “Hey, look at us!” I’m a big fan of United of...
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