by Ed Hinerman | Mar 26, 2013 | bait and switch, conversion, Conversion to a permanent product, guarantee, guaranteed level premium, insurance, life insurance, lifetime guaranteed UL, loyal customers, over 50 life insurance, term insurance, universal life
We left off the other day with a description of Protective Life’s universal life conversion product, a product that simply defies the imagination. Since they introduced….no wait. They forgot to introduce the product. Since they gave their loyal term...
by Ed Hinerman | Jan 19, 2011 | insurance, life insurance
I’ve been trying to explain life insurance financial justification to a client of mine today. He wants to buy a policy so if he dies a friend of his would be the beneficiary and will have enough money to buy a house from the insured’s Dad. A noble idea and...
by Ed Hinerman | Dec 8, 2010 | cash value, insurance, life insurance
Let me preface this post by saying that I fully support the public and government efforts to get our country out of debt. Years of irresponsible government and a public that decrys it while at the same time taking advantage of it, have left us beaten down almost to...
by Ed Hinerman | Dec 8, 2010 | cash value, insurance, life insurance
Let me preface this post by saying that I fully support the public and government efforts to get our country out of debt. Years of irresponsible government and a public that decrys it while at the same time taking advantage of it, have left us beaten down almost to...
by Ed Hinerman | Jun 11, 2010 | insurance, life insurance, life settlements
I’ve been very clear for a long time that I think life settlements are ethically wrong and, left unchecked, could cause irreparable damage to the tax advantages that life insurance now has. The question really revolves around the question of insurable interest,...
by Ed Hinerman | Apr 10, 2010 | insurance, life insurance, life settlements
Every day in insurance news there is a reminder that the whole issue of life settlements and particularly life settlements as investment portfolios just really couldn’t be more ethically and morally wrong. This is a subject that I’ve minced no words on...
by Ed Hinerman | Oct 16, 2009 | insurance, life insurance, life settlements
Life settlements, for the life insurance industry, is kind of like when you’ve been whacked in the face and it hurts, but the swelling and discoloration of the black eye hasn’t shown up yet. Life settlements or viatical sales of life insurance policies has...
by Ed Hinerman | Jun 1, 2009 | estate taxes, guarantee, insurance, life insurance, term insurance, universal life, whole life
90% of life insurance agents cash those commission checks and forget anything they said about service. If this past year has taught us anything, we should have learned that a financial adviser that doesn’t stay on top of changes and doesn’t stay in touch...
by Ed Hinerman | May 5, 2009 | A1c, angioplasty, Banner Life, bypass surgery, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, insurance, life settlements, Sleep apnea
A month or so ago I talked about a client of mine who, over the course of 4 years, has been working with me to get his rate down from the very first approval we were able to get through Empire General at a table 8, to a just approved standard plus rate with Banner...
by Ed Hinerman | Jan 31, 2009 | beneficiary, death benefit, insurance, life insurance, life settlements, mortality, term insurance
If someone offered you money for your term life insurance policy, which we all know has no value unless you’re dead, would you take it? If you were sick and had been racking up medical bills and someone offered you enough money to pay those bills, let’s...
by Ed Hinerman | Nov 12, 2008 | insurance, life insurance, life settlements, term insurance
I’ve made no bones in the past about my issues with the life settlement or viatical market. In addition to the fact that many life insurance companies are opposed to the practice, I have not been convinced that it is an ethical practice. The idea of someone in...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 18, 2008 | insurance, life insurance, life settlements
I think you can count on seeing this type of stance from more and more companies. Protective sent a memo out to agents today stating, “Protective Life Insurance Company will not issue life insurance policies planned to be re-sold in the secondary market, often...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 9, 2008 | insurance, life insurance, life settlements, term insurance
I always seem to take a public beating when I bring up life settlements because I’m opposed to them and those who aren’t really take offense to those of us who are. But, to the question. Could increased sales of life settlement contracts lead eventually to...
by Ed Hinerman | Jul 17, 2008 | cancer, diabetes, heart disease, insurance, life insurance, life settlements
This is an area involving life insurance that is receiving more and more attention and a topic where the troops (life insurance agents) are definitely divided. A life settlement involves the sale of your policy to a third party. The third party takes over ownership,...
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