by Ed Hinerman | Aug 13, 2007 | cancer, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, private pilots, skydiving
I finally got my wife to look the other way while I jumped out of an airplane this year. She’s always so nice about asking me what I want for my birthday, and for the past 5 years I’ve been telling her I wanted to try skydiving and that would be a great...
by Ed Hinerman | Aug 13, 2007 | Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, private pilots
Scuba diving is a topic, or an avocation as they like to put it, that has insurance companies all over the map as far as how it is underwritten. If you are an avid scuba diver, you definitely want to enlist an independent agent to help you find the best life insurance...
by Ed Hinerman | Aug 7, 2007 | diabetes, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, private pilots, Sleep apnea, Type 2 diabetes
There is a misconception in life insurance that there is a common thread running through all the companies and kind of like buying hamburgers, they’re all pretty much the same and all of them charge about the same. The truth is that the differences between life...
by Ed Hinerman | Jul 25, 2007 | heart disease, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, private pilots, universal life
Along with the changes of the last few years in life insurance underwriting has come some serious scenery changes in the companies. There has been a rash of large companies gobbling up smaller companies and in some cases large companies gobbling up large companies....
by Ed Hinerman | Jul 20, 2007 | Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, private pilots
The life insurance industry has had a love/hate relationship with private pilots going way back. Most of the companies hate to insure them. A handful love to insure them. For most insurance company’s underwriters there must be this sense that the only way a...
by Ed Hinerman | Jul 20, 2007 | cigar smokers, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, private pilots, prostate cancer, Sleep apnea, term insurance
My grandfather used to do that. He would smoke them and chew them and spit and……well, he had a nicotine habit. Use of nicotine with life insurance companies is a pretty clear cut issue. If you use it, you are in the same rate class as a cigarette smoker....
by Ed Hinerman | Jul 2, 2007 | diabetes, heart attack, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, private pilots, Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes
This, for me, just falls into the “go figure” category. Two of the best companies from a product and underwriting stance, MONY and US Financial, were purchased within the last year by AXA Equitable. For a while nothing changed and then snap (my imitation...
by Ed Hinerman | Jul 2, 2007 | basal cell carcinoma, cancer, insurance, life insurance, private pilots, squamous cell carcinoma
Life insurance giant AIG, American General led the way for years in offering the best deals for private pilots looking for life insurance. They took over the market and dominated for several years……and then they bailed. From my perspective it looked like...
by Ed Hinerman | Jun 27, 2007 | diabetes, high blood pressure, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, private pilots, Sleep apnea
Most sleep apnea is diagnosed first by the person sleeping next to the apneatic. While on a trip to Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina I got to experience firsthand the room shaking impact of sleep apnea. Having some knowledge of the problem and knowing that I could...
by Ed Hinerman | Jun 7, 2007 | Alcohol Treatment Life Insurance, cancer, Depression, Drug Treatment Life Insurance, estate taxes, heart disease, insurance, life insurance, private pilots
A Simon and Garfunkel song with the line, “my lack of education hasn’t hurt me none”. Well that may be just fine for most life insurance agents, but the fact that it hasn’t “hurt them none” isn’t really the point. How many...
by Ed Hinerman | May 24, 2007 | Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, private pilots
Private pilots are often caught in a dilemma when buying life insurance, a dilemma that can be overcome if you use an independent agent with experience in working with pilots. The dilemma is that most companies want you to fly the number of hours they feel it takes to...
by Ed Hinerman | Apr 7, 2007 | coronary artery disease (CAD), hypertension, Independent agent, insurance, insurance quotes, life insurance, private pilots, Sleep apnea, Type 2 diabetes
Most sleep apnea is diagnosed first by the spouse of the person who has it. Usually they would consider themselves to be the one that suffers from because one of the possible signs of sleep apnea is extraordinarily loud snoring. Actually sleep apnea, left untreated,...
by Ed Hinerman | Mar 28, 2007 | children's life insurance, guaranteed issue life insurance, Independent agent, insurance, insurance quotes, life insurance, private pilots, term insurance, universal life, whole life
Advocacy is defined in the dictionary as co-supporting or promoting the interests of another. There are several advocacy groups that promote life insurance to their members or to the group of people that they would suggest they are advocates on behalf of. I have a...
by Ed Hinerman | Mar 18, 2007 | Independent agent, insurance, insurance quotes, life insurance, private pilots, skydiving, term insurance
On the way up this weekend I got the chance to talk to two pilots and three professional skydivers. One of them asked me what I do and when I mentioned that I am a life insurance agent, the questions started flying. Can I get it even though I skydive? Why do pilots...
by Ed Hinerman | Mar 15, 2007 | Independent agent, insurance, insurance quotes, life insurance, private pilots, term insurance, universal life, whole life
A large percentage of life insurance customers know very little about the products they are inquiring about. Especially true for first time customers but very often just as true for customers who have purchased before. A quick confession right up front to your...
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