by Ed Hinerman | Nov 26, 2012 | Anxiety, bipolar disorder, Depression, gastric bypass, insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval, mortality, mortality risk, obesity
Let me start out by saying that traditional life insurance underwriting doesn’t reward treatment of health issues. That is as in DOES NOT reward. There are still life insurance companies out there that will whack a client like a golf ball for taking medication...
by Ed Hinerman | Jun 18, 2012 | Anxiety, bipolar, bipolar disorder, Depression, insurance, life insurance
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...
by Ed Hinerman | Jan 7, 2012 | Anxiety, bipolar disorder, Depression, ING Reliastar, insurance, life insurance
I’ve talked in the past about how some companies will come on like they want to be the industry leader in a niche, only to fall of the radar completely a year or two later. The supposition on my part is that they either hired a new chief underwriter who put a...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 6, 2011 | bipolar, bipolar disorder, decline, insurance, life insurance, physicians life insurance
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...
by Ed Hinerman | Jan 17, 2011 | Anxiety, Depression, insurance, life insurance
Although I would never say never, in general the major mood disorders such as bipolar disorder and chronic depression are hard to get approved at preferred best rates. We’ve successfully shot that shot in the past and hope to again, but it takes a truly...
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