by Ed Hinerman | Jul 18, 2012 | assumptions, conversion, guarantee, insurance, life insurance, term insurance, universal life
I had a gentleman call me the other day to see what he could do about the mess his life insurance had ended up in. 10 years ago his agent converted his term insurance policy, at that time a Kemper policy and now a Protective Life policy. This man explained to the...
by Ed Hinerman | May 14, 2012 | contestability, death benefit, insurance, life insurance
There is probably no more misunderstood part of a life insurance policy than the contestability or incontestability period. This is the two year period beginning with the date the policy goes in force during which a company can review the underwriting and pull...
by Ed Hinerman | Dec 6, 2010 | death benefit, insurance, life insurance
We’ve all heard some version of the story. A widow that can’t collect on her late husband’s life insurance because of some clause or some rule or something that someone did wrong…. Exclusions are a common question and a very real concern. Some time...
by Ed Hinerman | May 26, 2010 | death benefit, insurance, life insurance
There is one question that keeps nagging at the periphery of everyone’s thought process when they purchase life insurance. Is the company really going to write a check to my beneficiary when I die? It’s a fair question and not a paranoid thought,...
by Ed Hinerman | Aug 10, 2009 | incontestability, insurance, life insurance
I really think it says something about the morals of our country when people will potentially put their family protection through life insurance at risk by lying and attempting to defraud the company that is willing to help protect their family’s future. I guess...
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