by Ed Hinerman | Oct 2, 2013 | insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval, life insurance underwriting, mortality, mortality risk
It wasn’t that long ago that underwriting life insurance consisted of setting the application, exam and medical records next to a big underwriting guide (just my picture), matching up all of the maladies with a long ago predetermined mortality assumption and...
by Ed Hinerman | Nov 17, 2011 | basal cell carcinoma, cancer, insurance, life insurance, melanoma
Talk about a health issue that’s been around the block several times and every time something new pops up. Skin cancer is it! We’ve seen great strides in underwriting melanoma with a recent approval at standard plus rates just four months out from...
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 9, 2009 | guarantee, insurance, life insurance, universal life
At a time when large financial institutions seem to be all about blatantly bilking their customers, as in Wells Fargo just announcing a 3% increase in already stupid high credit card rates, life insurance companies continue to act innocent in the face of evidence that...
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