by Ed Hinerman | Sep 28, 2010 | guarantee, guaranteed level premium, John Hancock, life insurance
I’ve written multiple times on the need for guarantees in life insurance. “Make sure the insurance you have has a guaranteed rate for as long as you’re going to need it”……”Don’t buy any insurance that doesn’t have...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 15, 2010 | final expense life insurance, insurance, life insurance, senior life insurance, whole life
When I go through my daily Google Alerts to keep current with life insurance related matters, one of the topics I follow is “Final Expense Life Insurance”. More than any other topic I follow this is absolutely riddled with a combination of bad advice and...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 8, 2010 | insurance, life insurance, over 50 life insurance, term insurance, universal life, variable universal life, whole life
I feel a little like the boy that cried wolf and pretty soon no one is listening, but if you have a universal life, variable universal life, indexed universal life or whole life policy, the wolf is real and if you ignore it long enough it’s going to mess up your...
by Ed Hinerman | Aug 26, 2010 | guarantee, insurance, life insurance, universal life
I had to change the top of my drum today. I’ve worn it out over the past two years beat it about all of the absolute crap (forgive me) that insurance companies are trying to pass off to consumers in the form of non guaranteed universal life and whole life...
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 | Jul 13, 2010 | insurance, life insurance, term insurance, universal life, whole life
A few years back I passed on some interesting statistics from a LIMRA study about all of the uninsured and under insured Americans. I offered my thought that the reason these people didn’t buy life insurance was that they couldn’t find someone they trusted...
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 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 | Apr 7, 2010 | guaranteed issue life insurance, insurance, life insurance, no exam
It may not be advertised as much as “ED” medications, but there is no lack of attempts to get you to look at various life insurance offers that hang their hat on the fact that you don’t have to take an exam. “No exam” life insurance is...
by Ed Hinerman | Apr 6, 2010 | Banner Life, conversion, insurance, life insurance
Over the past several months I have had a running dialog in this forum with the vice president of a major life insurance company. In question was that company’s decision to replace their no lapse guarantee UL as an option for conversion with a universal life...
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