by Ed Hinerman | Dec 19, 2019 | guaranteed issue life insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval
The definition couldn’t be much simpler. Guaranteed issue is a life insurance policy that the company guarantees it will issue and put in force no matter what health conditions you have. Some guaranteed issue life insurance companies have age limitations. Most...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 21, 2016 | business life insurance, buy/sell life insurance, guaranteed issue life insurance, insurance, insurance quotes, life insurance, life insurance exam, over 50 life insurance
A query about life insurance yesterday from a 58 year old with no health history, no family history and no current treatment and a great build led to quotes at a preferred plus level. A return email today asked me to quote a worse rate class doubting that someone his...
by Ed Hinerman | Oct 28, 2013 | guaranteed issue life insurance, HIV life insurance, HIV Positive, insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval, life insurance for gay couples, term insurance, universal life
Just a month ago there was only one step to getting life insurance if you were HIV positive. You filled out an application for guaranteed issue life insurance and sent in money, lots of money. Guaranteed issue whole life insurance was your only choice and even though...
by Ed Hinerman | Oct 15, 2013 | approval, business life insurance, CEO life insurance, executives, guaranteed issue life insurance, HIV life insurance, HIV Positive, insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval
Some nut case has been all over the internet search engines claiming a phenomenal life insurance underwriting breakthrough that will allow a large number of HIV positive people to get traditional life insurance up to $1 million. Since HIV became an issue in the...
by Ed Hinerman | Aug 24, 2013 | cancer, COPD, final expense life insurance, guaranteed issue life insurance, insurance, life insurance, mortality risk
For a lot of clients that fall outside of the traditional life insurance companies approval guidelines the only option if Guaranteed Issue Life Insurance. I used to have a carrier that I could go to for quotes on guaranteed issue but after about 3 years it became...
by Ed Hinerman | Jun 6, 2013 | approval, death benefit, decline, guaranteed issue life insurance, insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval
Unlike Obamacare’s fines, er, taxes, er penalties, there is no penalty for not having life insurance while you’re alive and if you believe that once the lights go out you’re done, there’s no reason to worry about after your death. The risk...
by Ed Hinerman | Jun 6, 2013 | application process, approval, BMI, final expense life insurance, guaranteed issue life insurance, impaired risk life insurance, insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval, no exam
Allow me to blow right by all of the internet clutter of $12 a month for $500,000 of life insurance. There is no question that those are low rates even though they are enticing unknowing young clients with prices for 10 year term insurance, a completely inappropriate...
by Ed Hinerman | Nov 27, 2011 | AARP, guaranteed issue life insurance, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, New York Life, no exam
For us more seasoned life insurance buyers there is an industry tendency to want to squeeze us all into the same companies and product type, senior life insurance or final expense life insurance. This would be OK 1. if over 60 life insurance needs really did change or...
by Ed Hinerman | Aug 30, 2011 | Burial insurance, final expense life insurance, guaranteed issue life insurance, insurance, life insurance
I wrote a post some time ago less than nicely titled “Burial Insurance is Stupid”. I make myself laugh I’m so opinionated sometimes, but this article was not one of those laughable moments. I take very seriously those things that treat those seeking...
by Ed Hinerman | Feb 25, 2011 | guaranteed issue life insurance, insurance, life insurance, no exam, over 50 life insurance, senior life insurance, term insurance, whole life
If an older person does a search for final expense life insurance, the typical policy that someone in their 60’s or 70’s might want, you could easily be led to believe that the only thing available is guaranteed issue or no exam life insurance (simplified...
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 | Jul 1, 2008 | cancer, guaranteed issue life insurance, heart attack, heart disease, insurance, life insurance
To a guy this makes perfect sense. From my own experience I can tell you that most women, especially those married to guys that feel fine, don’t share that philosophy. Unlike us guys, they think doctors are serious about the importance of annual physicals and...
by Ed Hinerman | Jun 12, 2008 | guaranteed issue life insurance, insurance, life insurance
Probably one of the most misunderstood parts of life insurance is the incontestability clause and what it really means. The question from clients is most often framed something like, “How long does the policy have to be in force before it pays?” There are...
by Ed Hinerman | Oct 30, 2007 | business life insurance, children's life insurance, guaranteed issue life insurance, insurance, life insurance, term insurance, universal life, whole life
I had an email from a potential client today that said “I am looking for reasonably priced life insurance where there are no health questions and/or physical exam. If your group can fullfill these requirements than you can contact me”. There are a lot of...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 7, 2007 | cancer, epilepsy, guaranteed issue life insurance, insurance, private pilots
We’ve all heard some version of the story. A life insurance policy with an exclusion for anyone that dies if they are hit by a bus while wearing a green shirt on a Wednesday during August. Actually if the price was good, I would take that one. Don’t...
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