by Ed Hinerman | Feb 12, 2015 | application process, approval, business life insurance, cancer, contestability, customer service, death benefit, estate tax attorney, estate taxes, grace period, insurance, life insurance, life insurance lapse, life insurance second addressee, loyal customers, no lapse guarantee
I just got off the phone with a guy who missed the end of the grace period on his $1 million life insurance policy by 3 days. He called and asked for forgiveness and was told that he could fill out a reinstatement application and, if approved, the policy would be...
by Ed Hinerman | Jan 7, 2013 | AARP, grace period, group life insurance, insurance, life insurance, life insurance claim, life insurance claim process
Have you ever had anything lost in the mail, whether going or coming? It’s not a new occurrence with the US Postal Service, but being in a business that depends on mail delivery to some extent, I’ve noticed that the amount of mail being blasted into the...
by Ed Hinerman | Jan 5, 2012 | accelerated death benefit, conversion, insurance, lapse, life insurance, reinstatement
A lot has changed over the past 30 some years in life insurance. Products have been invented and disposed of. Bells and whistles have been implemented and some of them have been disposed of. With a few notable exceptions though, the basic term life insurance policy...
by Ed Hinerman | Mar 2, 2011 | grace period, insurance, life insurance
I remember a few years ago attempting to contact a customer about a late payment notice on his life insurance. He was one of those guys who really wasn’t too good about returning calls so I kept trying. He had been approved a year before and on his exam had...
by Ed Hinerman | Apr 13, 2009 | death benefit, grace period, insurance, lapse, life insurance
Billing for a life insurance policy, unless paid by automatic bank draft, usually comes a few weeks before the due date. What happens if you miss that bill or if you moved and forgot to notify your agent or the company? Protection for these types of occurrences is...
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