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By Ed Hinerman on March 21, 2013
Even though Protective and West Coast Life fired me years ago I still get their propaganda and that, along with an almost simultaneous run in with a Protective abusee has once again fired me up again to remind all of you out there who have Protective linked policies, even those that go all the way ...read more
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By Ed Hinerman on June 11, 2012
I have tried to reach out to all of my clients that have been consumed by Protective Life over the years. Empire General, West Coast Life, Federal Kemper, Zurich Kemper, Chase and on and on to let them know that when Protective Life got all of those term life insurance policies in one place they ...read more
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By Ed Hinerman on May 5, 2012
Heck no! That would lower them to the level of, well, most of corporate America. Before I throw too big a noose here let me say that there are some life insurance companies that are absolutely oozing integrity. If they ever do something wrong they do whatever it takes to make things right and they ...read more
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By Ed Hinerman on April 3, 2012
If I’ve gone a month in the last three years without talking about conversion options and the mean spirited way some life insurance companies have treated it, forgive me. There is nothing I am quite so passionate about as beating the ugly truth completely to death. Starting with the West Coast Life fiasco now three ...read more
Posted in conversion, Independent agent, insurance, life insurance, term insurance, West Coast Life, whole life | Tagged adverse selection, Colorado State insurance commissioner, conversion, conversion optiion, Greg Zabel, insurance, law of large numbers, life insurance, Life insurance buyers guide, liftetime guarantee, low cost life time guarantee conversion, low cost term insurance, NAIC, NAIC buyer's guide, National Association of Insurance Commissioners, should off permanent option for conversion, term life insurance, West Coast Life, whole life insurance
By Ed Hinerman on December 5, 2011
As West Coast Life dips slowly below the sunset, absorbed by their sister company Protective Life, I can only say, well, I actually can’t say it. Never has a company deserved to come to an end more than West Coast Life. Please don’t think these words have anything to do with the fact that they ...read more
Posted in conversion, insurance, life insurance, over 50 life insurance, term insurance, universal life, West Coast Life | Tagged conversion, conversion option, convert policy to permanent, didn't care about loyal customers, Greg Zabel, insurance, life insurance, no memo to agents, no memo to customers, permanent converison products, Protective Life, term life insurance, Universal life with 10 year guarantee, West Coast Life |
By Ed Hinerman on November 1, 2011
In what appears to be a screeching halt to the bottoming out of term insurance prices, several companies moved within the past month to unseat perennial term insurance giant Banner Life, a subsidiary of Legal and General America. Banner responded today by lowering rates in their three best rates classes, preferred plus, preferred and standard ...read more
Posted in Banner Life, insurance, life insurance, term insurance, West Coast Life | Tagged Banner Life, conversion option, impaired risk life insurance, insurance, Legal and General America, life insurance, lifetime guarantee, lowering rates, preferred, preferred plus, Pure term, refund of unused premium, standard plus, surrender charge, term life insurance, term/ul, West Coast Life
By Ed Hinerman on May 3, 2011
After months of debating just how badly West Coast Life was treating its’ long time term insurance customers I was finally told that I wasn’t able to represent them anymore. That was last year. During those months Greg Zabel, some kind of a vice president of something for West Coast, assured me that they were ...read more
Posted in conversion, insurance, West Coast Life | Tagged conversion, Greg Zabel, guaranteed lifetime conversion option, insurance, life insurance, not guaranteed, term insurance, term/ul, West Coast Life |
By Ed Hinerman on November 24, 2010
United of Omaha came out with a marketing piece today that just made me smile. One of the things I feel so very strongly about in life insurance is the ability to convert a term insurance policy to a permanent life insurance product. Some companies have recently come up with creative, and not so creative ...read more
Posted in conversion, insurance, life insurance, West Coast Life | Tagged AIG, Banner Life, conversion option, conversion privelege, insurance, life insurance, permanent insurance, term insurance, United of Omaha, West Coast Life
By Ed Hinerman on October 19, 2010
April 14, 2010 was the day that West Coast Life and Protective Life terminated my contract with them. According to Gary Carroll in their compliance department I was terminated “for cause based on your failure to follow company advertising guidelines by posting agent only material on your consumer website and misrepresentation of the company”. Greg ...read more
Posted in conversion, insurance, life insurance, West Coast Life | Tagged American General, appointment termination, conversion, Gary Carroll, Greg Zabel, insurance, life insurance, term/ul, universal life, valued customers, West Coast Life |
By Ed Hinerman on January 21, 2010
The reversal in direction and trend that started at the first of last year is continuing with West Coast Life being the most recent to announce that term insurance rates will be increasing. I’m not overly concerned about the term rate increase but I do continue to have concerns about the West Coast conversion option. ...read more
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