by Ed Hinerman | Sep 21, 2010 | insurance, life insurance, whole life
John Hancock announced today that sales of their Protection Whole Life product will be temporarily suspended “due to the ongoing low interest rate environment”. Protection Whole Life has a guaranteed interest rate of 5%, slightly higher than industry...
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 | 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 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 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...
by Ed Hinerman | Apr 1, 2010 | insurance, life insurance, universal life, whole life
“If you need life insurance for more than 20 years, choose whole life; for 10 or fewer years, choose term life. For the time in between, ask a licensed professional to review your situation.” This patently ridiculous advice came from an article titled Term...
by Ed Hinerman | Mar 9, 2010 | insurance, life insurance, whole life
Yesterday I offered a post about term insurance versus whole life. There was on piece of the puzzle I left out, a particularly disturbing one since, first and foremost a life insurance agent should be all about making sure there is enough death benefit to take care of...
by Ed Hinerman | Mar 8, 2010 | insurance, life insurance, term insurance, whole life
Clients being ever vigilant for the fine print or hidden costs occasionally ask how I get paid. The core of the question for them is, of course, any additional cost they might incur above and beyond the premium. How do life insurance agents get paid? This isn’t a...
by Ed Hinerman | Feb 4, 2010 | insurance, life insurance, universal life, whole life
In working with a planned giving department of a major university on their life insurance program, I advised their lead attorney that a critical place for them to start is a complete review of the insurance policies that are already on the books. I’ve screamed...
by Ed Hinerman | Jan 26, 2010 | insurance, life insurance, universal life, whole life
Just like any life insurance policy, a policy that is taken out for the purposes of charitable giving, whether it’s for your church or your university, has to be reviewed annually. Too often there’s a big commotion around setting up a trust and getting a...
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