by Ed Hinerman | Jun 16, 2010 | bipolar disorder, insurance, life insurance, prostate cancer
Table rated term insurance offers continue to tumble to a standard rate with United of Omaha’s health and lifestyle credit method, what they call their Fit test. I continue to be pleasantly amazed at how the company is honoring this commitment to reward good...
by Ed Hinerman | Apr 26, 2010 | insurance, life insurance
This post was inspired by a tragedy some good friends went through recently. They discovered their 19 year old son dead, having killed himself. It wasn’t a suicide. He choked himself to death, the “choking game”, a practice among kids his age. A high...
by Ed Hinerman | Mar 12, 2010 | breast cancer, cancer, insurance, life insurance, prostate cancer
Not a week goes that I am not called by someone with a history of cancer. It can be as common and treatable as prostate cancer or breast cancer, or as unpredictable as multiple myeloma. They would like to have life insurance, just like anyone, but insurance quotes...
by Ed Hinerman | Mar 11, 2010 | insurance, life insurance, prostate cancer
I’ve often heard and read several places that most men will get prostate cancer to some degree if they live to a moderately old age. The good news is that, for many, it will have little or no impact on their lives or their mortality. For a great many they will,...
by Ed Hinerman | Jan 19, 2010 | conversion, insurance, life insurance
I’ve often talked about the conversion option being the gold nugget hidden in term life insurance policies. Simply put the option allows you to convert all or part of your policy to permanent coverage without evidence of insurability. I’ve also often...
by Ed Hinerman | Jan 14, 2010 | Anxiety, insurance, life insurance
USAA is one of the biggest insurance companies in the country. Their ratings are enviable and their reputation is impeccable, except for one large chink in their armor. They stink at underwriting. Like a lot of large auto and homeowners insurance companies, USAA makes...
by Ed Hinerman | Jan 13, 2010 | insurance, life insurance, prostate cancer, PSA
We’ve covered a lot in the past on the life insurance underwriting of prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is one of those good news/bad news events in the cancer world. Prostate cancer is the second most prevalent cancer among men, surpassed only by skin cancer. It...
by Ed Hinerman | Nov 5, 2009 | insurance, life insurance, prostate cancer
Prostate cancer has been on of those life insurance health issues that we’ve been able to help a lot with over the years. Like so many other issues it can be an instant decline with a lot of companies and we can shop it and get better than standard offers....
by Ed Hinerman | Oct 29, 2009 | insurance, life insurance, prostate cancer
I got a call from a prospective client last week wanting to see if I could find anyone who would offer him life insurance. His issue is prostate cancer with a Gleason 9. He had a radical prostatectomy, chemotherapy and is currently on hormone therapy Lupron. His PSA...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 24, 2009 | insurance, life insurance, prostate cancer
I heard through another agent this morning about a 68 year old client of theirs who was declined by Banner Life due to his PSA increasing from 2.1 to 3.1 over the last 15 months. It must be really dark where that underwriter keeps their head. If the client was young...
by Ed Hinerman | Jun 8, 2009 | decline, insurance, life insurance
A life insurance decline doesn’t do anyone much good. The client doesn’t get the insurance and the agent and company spend time and money getting to that conclusion and lose money because nothing is ever purchased. Just so no one thinks I’m starting...
by Ed Hinerman | May 20, 2009 | cancer, insurance, life insurance, prostate cancer, universal life
A person contacted me a few months back looking for a policy to replace his current universal life which is going up in price on every anniversary date. He has been paying on the UL for about 15 years and just two years ago he received notice that the policy no longer...
by Ed Hinerman | Apr 29, 2009 | cancer, cholesterol, foreign travel, insurance, life insurance, mortality, mortality risk, prostate cancer
When I got my briefs in a bunch earlier this year in a little spat with ING Reliastar, on the surface it would seem that we were arguing semantics. Just underneath the surface is a gray area about half the size of the universe where life insurance companies seem to...
by Ed Hinerman | Apr 27, 2009 | cancer, insurance, life insurance, prostate cancer, PSA
It seems to me of all the major cancers, being the second most common among men, prostate cancer has been a hot bed of breakthroughs and I believe (the world according to Ed) will be the first major cancer that will be rendered null by scientific research. Today more...
by Ed Hinerman | Apr 2, 2009 | breast cancer, cancer, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, prostate cancer
Not a week goes by that I don’t talk to someone with a history of cancer. They would like to have life insurance, just like anyone, but insurance quotes take a bit more leg work. It’s often a stretch and often means going back to doctors and asking for the...
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