By Ed Hinerman on June 18, 2012
Some years ago I had a client who really hit on a hot button for professionals like her as a physician and others who wore hats from CEO’s to attorneys, dentists and even psychiatrists. In the original case it had to do with a physician who had taken an anti anxiety drug for a fairly ...read more
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By Ed Hinerman on June 6, 2012
I’ve talked often about the fact that easily 99% of life insurance companies underwrite by the book, the underwriting manual, and for most of them it hasn’t changed since we only had 49 states. If the word bipolar is on the application you are declined. If you’re not bipolar but take, for instance, Lamictal or ...read more
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By Ed Hinerman on February 23, 2012
The way 99.9% of life insurance companies treat people with bipolar disorder drives me nuts. I’m not talking about an insurance company that fully underwrites an application and finds out something really sketchy in a person’s history. What slays me is agents that won’t even let you go beyond your admission of bipolar disorder without ...read more
Posted in bipolar, bipolar disorder, Depression, insurance, life insurance | Tagged bipolar, bipolar disorder, bipolar disorder approved, bipolar life insurance, ceo life insurance, Homemaker life insurance, insurance, life insurance, life insurance companies, life insurance morons, physicians, stupid life insurance agents, Surgeons, Teachers
By Ed Hinerman on February 16, 2012
If it isn’t crystal clear by now, it should be. People applying for life insurance with a current or past history of well controlled depression, anxiety, ADD, ADHD, bipolar disorder and other mood disorders are being abusively rated or declined by most life insurance companies. My contention is , in spite of the statistics, is ...read more
Posted in Anxiety, bipolar, bipolar disorder, business life insurance, decline, Depression, insurance, life insurance, physicians life insurance | Tagged abusively declined, abusively rated, ADD, ADHD, anxiety disorder, approved at preferred plus rates, approved bipolar disorder, attorney, bipoalr disorder, bipolar, CEO, ceo life insurance, decline, insurance, life insurance, obsessive compulsive disorder, OCD, physician, rated for mood disorders, situational depression, well controlled anxiety, well controlled depression, well controlled mood disorder |
By Ed Hinerman on January 2, 2012
I suspect that two things will stay very much the same in 2012. Politics will attempt to suffocate us all and I will be able to reach growing numbers of those with bipolar disorder in the their quest to be treated fairly in acquiring life insurance. Since starting my work with those diagnosed with bipolar ...read more
Posted in bipolar, bipolar disorder, insurance, life insurance | Tagged bipolar, bipolar disorder, CEO, compliant with treatment, doctor, gifted, homemaker, insurance, intelligent, life insurance, most agents don't want, Newt Gingrich, normal, stable family life, stable work life, successfully acquire life insurance, well controlled
By Ed Hinerman on December 22, 2011
I think it’s happened to all of us at one point or another. We go to a doctor or a counselor and they come up with a diagnosis that is so far out of context that you can’t understand how they got from point A to B. There is a very natural tendency, especially if ...read more
Posted in Anxiety, bipolar, bipolar disorder, decline, insurance, life insurance | Tagged bipolar, bipolar disorder, decline due to non compliance, declined for no reason, declined twice bipolar disorder, diagnosis, diagnosis bogus, discard old diagnosis, dismiss the diagnosis, insurance, life insurance, mistake in medical records, non compliance, optional test, postpone until test is completed, psych evaluation, recommended testing, recommended treatment, reviewe medical records
By Ed Hinerman on December 15, 2011
Declined anything is a personal hit kind of feeling. I remember once being declined for a credit card. I think I may be the only guy in the country that has ever been declined for a credit card. It kind of hurt my feelings. They offered it and then they declined it. What’s with that? ...read more
Posted in bipolar, bipolar disorder, decline, diabetes, epilepsy, heart disease, insurance, life insurance | Tagged approve, approve and issue policies, bipolar, bipolar disorder, CEO's, declined, declined for life insurance, diabetes, doctor lying to me?, epilepsy, heart disease, homemakers, insurance, life insurance, my imminent death, never a manic episode, never a sucidial thouht, not comfortable with risk, pathetic underwriting, pay out a death benefit, standard or better rates
By Ed Hinerman on October 26, 2011
Ok, so occasionally I’m like a broken record (dated myself on that one) and can’t quite let go of an injustice. My Mom thinks that’s a good thing and my wife says as long as it doesn’t affect my blood pressure she’s good with it…so here I go again. Well controlled mood disorders are not ...read more
Posted in Anxiety, bipolar, bipolar disorder, Depression, insurance, life insurance | Tagged ADD, affordable approvals, anti-American, Anxiety, bipolar, bipolar disorder, CEO, declines, Depression, insurance, life insurance, mistreated on life insurance, mood disorder life insurance, paying too much, top executive, underwriting |
By Ed Hinerman on September 6, 2011
A common theme I run into because of the large number of physician life insurance clients I have is the lack of records they have. To a ridiculous end it would be like asking your Mom to produce records for all of the medical care she gave you growing up. With physicians treating physicians and ...read more
Posted in bipolar, bipolar disorder, decline, insurance, life insurance, physicians life insurance | Tagged bipolar, bipolar disorder, insurance, lack of records, life insurance, minor mood disorders, mood disorder life insurance, physician life insurance, psychiatrist, self treating, trial quote
By Ed Hinerman on May 2, 2011
I had my memory tested today when I had a call from a man from the town I grew up in. He introduced himself as Howard Johnson which didn’t ring a bell and then he threw out a few more names that didn’t ring a bell. Then he mentioned that he used to be the ...read more
Posted in bipolar, bipolar disorder, insurance, life insurance | Tagged bipolar, bipolar disorder, bipolar disorder life insurance, depressive, insurance, life insurance, manic, medical records. suicidal thoughts, suicidal ideations
