by Ed Hinerman | Oct 5, 2016 | contestability, contestability period, life insurance, life insurance claim
If you ask most people if there is going to be a fight that ensues when they file a claim for life insurance, they would say that the chances of coming out unscathed with the money is slim to none. This is a case of a few cases driving the majority of opinions, often...
by Ed Hinerman | Jul 30, 2016 | application process, cancer, claim, contestability, contestability period, death benefit, grace period, heart attack, incontestability, insurance, life insurance
Part of being in the life insurance business, neck deep as I am, is the fact that sooner or later there are claims. If a life insurance agent sells a lot of products and a few of those are life insurance policies they might retire with only a claim or two to walk...
by Ed Hinerman | Jul 13, 2015 | application process, contestability period, death benefit, insurance, life insurance, life insurance claim
You know, I understand how referring someone, even when your experience was just like it should be, can be awkward. First you’ve had a good experience with a life insurance agent, friendly, personable, efficient and professional. You got what you wanted and...
by Ed Hinerman | Jun 25, 2015 | claim, contestability period, customer service, death benefit, insurance, life insurance, life insurance claim
For all of you out there who long since lost track of your life insurance agent and are filing a claim on your own, let me start by expressing my sincere condolences. That is exactly how the process will start when you call the company to start the process and you...
by Ed Hinerman | Mar 31, 2015 | beneficiary, claim, customer service, death benefit, incontestability, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, life insurance claim, life insurance claim process
It’s really not that much work, but there are some unexpected things that pop up during the process that, well, would be handy to know. It might lower the stress level, something that anyone grieving the loss of a loved one would welcome. First let me say...
by Ed Hinerman | Jun 26, 2012 | death benefit, incontestability, insurance, lapse, life insurance, life insurance claim process, reinstatement
With the possible exception of AARP, life insurance companies truly go out of their way to make sure every legitimate life insurance claim is paid and if the legitimacy of the claim is in a gray area, could really be seen both ways, they will almost always come down...
by Ed Hinerman | May 14, 2012 | contestability, death benefit, insurance, life insurance
There is probably no more misunderstood part of a life insurance policy than the contestability or incontestability period. This is the two year period beginning with the date the policy goes in force during which a company can review the underwriting and pull...
by Ed Hinerman | Apr 5, 2012 | customer service, death benefit, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, life insurance claim, life insurance claim process
What day Ed? It’s a strange thought process I go through some days preparing to add to this heap of my opinion called Ed Hinerman On Life Insurance. I started to write this yesterday and got off on a tangent that was so full of myself it triggered my gag reflex....
by Ed Hinerman | Mar 31, 2012 | death benefit, insurance, life insurance, life insurance claim, pilot, private pilots
I had an interesting email question yesterday concerning whether or not there is a time limit on filing a claim for life insurance. There are plenty of stories out there about old stock being found and old life insurance policies turning up. In this case the son who...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 9, 2010 | incontestability, insurance, life insurance, pilot, skydiving
There has always been a stigma attached to life insurance and life insurance companies that they really will do all they can to get out of paying a life insurance claim. People really want, on some level, to believe life insurance companies really don’t pay out...
by Ed Hinerman | Aug 10, 2009 | incontestability, insurance, life insurance
I really think it says something about the morals of our country when people will potentially put their family protection through life insurance at risk by lying and attempting to defraud the company that is willing to help protect their family’s future. I guess...
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