by Ed Hinerman | May 4, 2013 | assumptions, cash value, death benefit, guarantee, guaranteed level premium, illustration, indexed universal life, insurance, life insurance, long term guarantee, no lapse guarantee, universal life
Two and a half years ago, when indexed universal life insurance seemed to be taking over the insurance landscape, I spent considerable time studying the products and then posted my thoughts in this forum. In particular I took great exception to the fact that agents...
by Ed Hinerman | Dec 3, 2012 | cash value, financial adviser, guarantee, insurance, life insurance, Met Life, universal life, variable universal life, whole life
Over my career in life insurance I’ve run across some really sleazy things done by life insurance agents that in no way helped the client but definitely made the agent a great payday. Our industry has some checks and balances in place to try to hold down...
by Ed Hinerman | Nov 7, 2012 | budget, cash value, high net worth, indixed universal life, insurance, life insurance, no lapse guarantee, rate increase, universal life, variable universal life, whole life
Whether there is anything to the Mayan calendar that predicts the end of the world next month or not, there is one thing that is an absolute life insurance fact. Because of actions by the NAIC, National Association of Insurance Commissioners, with the strict...
by Ed Hinerman | Jul 11, 2012 | cash value, conversion, financial adviser, insurance, life insurance, mortality, term insurance, universal life, whole life
A few years back I read an article in a trade publication and, well, I was much younger then and easily riled. I am still getting comments on the post I wrote about that article. In the life insurance business there is an organization called the Million Dollar Round...
by Ed Hinerman | Jul 10, 2012 | cash value, conversion, insurance, life insurance, term insurance, universal life
Banner Life has and has had for some time the most competitive no lapse guarantee universal life products available. It has been a standout product in the industry because it not only guarantees a death benefit to age 121, but at no lapse UL prices it also has a cash...
by Ed Hinerman | Feb 18, 2012 | cash value, Infinite banking, insurance quotes, life insurance, whole life
As promised I have been on a mission these past several months to prove the worth, or not, of the Infinite Banking system or the Be Your Own Banker concept, whichever title you subscribe to. I ordered and read my 5th edition “Becoming Your Own Banker” book...
by Ed Hinerman | Jan 11, 2012 | cash value, guarantee, indixed universal life, Infinite banking, insurance, life insurance
A few days ago another agent took offense to my obviously uneducated view that indexed universal life is a poor excuse for a life insurance product, especially in the context of infinite banking. He commented on a post by starting with “I’m sure your completely...
by Ed Hinerman | Oct 27, 2011 | cash value, foreign nationals, insurance, life insurance, term insurance, whole life
Having spent a good deal of my career steering folks away from whole life insurance I found it fascinating to be talking to a customer that came to me and told me exactly what she wanted to buy. She wanted to do the business through me and it was whole life insurance...
by Ed Hinerman | Dec 8, 2010 | cash value, insurance, life insurance
Let me preface this post by saying that I fully support the public and government efforts to get our country out of debt. Years of irresponsible government and a public that decrys it while at the same time taking advantage of it, have left us beaten down almost to...
by Ed Hinerman | Dec 8, 2010 | cash value, insurance, life insurance
Let me preface this post by saying that I fully support the public and government efforts to get our country out of debt. Years of irresponsible government and a public that decrys it while at the same time taking advantage of it, have left us beaten down almost to...
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