by Ed Hinerman | Aug 24, 2010 | insurance, life insurance, term insurance, universal life, whole life
I know over the past few years thanks in part to Dave Ramsey and also in part to a reality check in the economy, I’ve had to take a new look at my budget several times. The days of paying more than we need to really are over. The same thought process...
by Ed Hinerman | Aug 18, 2010 | AARP, insurance, life insurance, senior life insurance, term insurance, whole life
When a person gets into their 60’s, 70’s and above there is a real life insurance industry tendency to try to shove them into the final expense market, even at a time when people are working longer and have larger needs than most final expense policies...
by Ed Hinerman | Aug 3, 2010 | bait and switch, insurance, life insurance
Having run across bait and switch situations often during my years in life insurance, and having just run head on into again today, I thought I would share a few thoughts starting with an analogy. Have you ever wondered what a fish must go through when they’re...
by Ed Hinerman | Jul 7, 2010 | insurance, life insurance, over 50 life insurance
With so much financially unchanged I want to dust off some previous advice and suggest that it was right then and still warrants some consideration. If you are over 50 life insurance may be one of those anchors in the storm that helps us to breath easier. Everything...
by Ed Hinerman | Jul 7, 2010 | Foreign National Life Insurance, foreign nationals, insurance, life insurance
It was only a matter of time before a crack in the US life insurance market opened up to non US citizens and residents. People in the US have been buying financial tools from around the world for years and there isn’t any doubt that if another country had life...
by Ed Hinerman | Jun 22, 2010 | diabetes, insurance, life insurance, Type 1 diabetes
I was recently asked to work on a case where the client was feeling like the kiss of decline was the best she would ever hear! Her only problem was that she had been a type 1 diabetic since age 9. I shared with you not too long ago how we had found that spot where...
by Ed Hinerman | Jun 18, 2010 | foreign nationals, insurance, life insurance
In a post last week I mentioned that we might be on to (finally) a US life insurance company willing to write policies on foreign nationals with clearly stated guidelines and rules. It has been that last part that has eluded us to date. Every once in a while a company...
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 | Jun 10, 2010 | foreign nationals, insurance, life insurance
I often get calls from companies that would like to offer their products through our agency. Most are companies offering types of insurance that I prefer not to get into. My goal has been to keep it simple. So, with the exception of an occasional disability policy for...
by Ed Hinerman | Jun 9, 2010 | insurance, life insurance, term insurance
When Genworth Life and Annuity released their Colony Term/UL a few months ago it became obvious that something was up, or down. With insurance companies raising the prices on term insurance for the last year and a half, this new product overcame some obstacle that...
by Ed Hinerman | Jun 8, 2010 | conversion, insurance, life insurance
It’s become all too apparent over the years that most clients buy life insurance, whether term insurance or permanent, put it in the cabinet and because they never hear from their agent again, there is never an evaluation to make sure it meets your needs as well...
by Ed Hinerman | May 21, 2010 | bipolar, bipolar disorder, insurance, life insurance
I’m working with a new client who ran head long into an all too common source of being declined for life insurance, company sponsored group life insurance. Her issue? Arguably one of the mildest cases of bipolar disorder I’ve worked on. To be sure, almost...
by Ed Hinerman | May 19, 2010 | insurance, life insurance, term insurance, universal life
Genworth Life and Annuity recently unveiled its’ new “Term/UL” product, a term life insurance policy in a lot of ways that seems to have some advantages and disadvantages for consumers and for Genworth. How is it the same as a traditional term...
by Ed Hinerman | May 3, 2010 | insurance, life insurance, suze orman
A few years ago I wrote a post sharing my feelings about getting life insurance advice from Suze Orman, expressing at that time that she was “a true life insurance idiot”. I just finished watching a recent offering by her on you tube and while she has made...
by Ed Hinerman | Apr 20, 2010 | insurance, life insurance
I’ve often talked about the good old days of life insurance. Good for the clients. Good for the agents and the companies too, and not all that long ago. It was a time when companies had the freedom to compete for business even when it involved policies that were...
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