by Ed Hinerman | Feb 26, 2015 | application process, blood pressure, compliance, cpap, decline, high blood pressure, impaired risk life insurance, insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval, life insurance underwriting, Sleep apnea
If 60 Minutes was doing a segment on life insurance applications and how underwriters interpret your medical records they would have to focus on one of the biggest stumbling blocks, doctor’s recommendations for testing. To be fair, there wasn’t any life...
by Ed Hinerman | Feb 9, 2015 | abnormal ekg, abnormal labs, arrythmia, atrial fibrillation, bait and switch, impaired risk life insurance, indexed universal life, insurance quotes, life insurance, life insurance approval, life insurance underwriting
The other guys! That would be most agents and agencies out there who aren’t inclined to ask you to do homework before they provide a life insurance quote, but here’s the deal, if they provide you a quote at all it won’t be as accurate as mine almost...
by Ed Hinerman | Nov 19, 2012 | compliance, insurance, insurance quotes, life insurance, life insurance approval, mortality, mortality risk
This is one of these subjects that goes in several directions. Your doctor’s opinion can help you get the best possible life insurance rate. It can also bring your life insurance application to a screeching halt and if it ever comes down to who is right, the...
by Ed Hinerman | Oct 9, 2012 | compliance, doctor's recommendation, insurance, life insurance
There is, especially in impaired risk life insurance, frequently a disagreement between clients and their doctors as to whether or not a condition or illness actually exists and almost always some contention over the severity or the treatment. Life insurance...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 28, 2012 | A1c, blood pressure, cholesterol, decline, diabetes, insurance, life insurance
I can remember a time when hardly a post left my computer without the words compliance and control somewhere in the text. The issues are no less important now and since it seems to be something that has popped up in several cases lately, well, let’s just kick it...
by Ed Hinerman | May 24, 2012 | coronary artery disease (CAD), ejection fraction, heart disease, insurance, life insurance, LVEF
I just wrote yesterday about the difference between life insurance underwriters and doctors when it comes to how they view information and another on popped on the scene today that could be an interesting bit of sparring. The question at the center of this is whether...
by Ed Hinerman | May 23, 2012 | abnormal ekg, insurance, life insurance, prostate cancer, PSA
This is one of those days that makes me think about the “Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus” line of thinking. Little did they know when that was written that they would give the planet with water to men!! It could easily be changed to...
by Ed Hinerman | Jul 12, 2011 | heart attack, insurance, life insurance
The internet has come a long way and is an amazing research tool. It is not uncommon for people to make major medical treatment decisions based on their own research even when it runs counter to their doctor’s recommendation. It has to drive doctors nuts and I...
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