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By Ed Hinerman on June 18, 2012
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 anxiety drug for a fairly ...read more
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By Ed Hinerman on March 27, 2012
Let me preface this by saying that I take Prozac for situational depression. The situation doesn’t exist anymore but the feelings were so bad that I continue to take the Prozac. I don’t want to quit and find out that the horrible way I felt was just coincidental to the situation that I blamed it ...read more
Posted in Anxiety, bipolar, bipolar disorder, Depression, insurance, life insurance, over 50 life insurance | Tagged anti anxiety medication, anti depressant medication, better rate on life insurance, bipolar disorder, discontinue treatment, discontinuing treatment affect underwriting, insurance, life insurance, Lithium, misdiagnosis, mood disorder drug, mood disorder life insurance, over 50 applying for life insurance, over 50 life insurance, Prozac, situational depression
By Ed Hinerman on February 16, 2012
If it isn’t crystal clear by now, it should be. People applying for life insurance with a current or past history of well controlled depression, anxiety, ADD, ADHD, bipolar disorder and other mood disorders are being abusively rated or declined by most life insurance companies. My contention is , in spite of the statistics, is ...read more
Posted in Anxiety, bipolar, bipolar disorder, business life insurance, decline, Depression, insurance, life insurance, physicians life insurance | Tagged abusively declined, abusively rated, ADD, ADHD, anxiety disorder, approved at preferred plus rates, approved bipolar disorder, attorney, bipoalr disorder, bipolar, CEO, ceo life insurance, decline, insurance, life insurance, obsessive compulsive disorder, OCD, physician, rated for mood disorders, situational depression, well controlled anxiety, well controlled depression, well controlled mood disorder |
By Ed Hinerman on January 7, 2012
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 squash on the ...read more
Posted in Anxiety, bipolar disorder, Depression, ING Reliastar, insurance, life insurance | Tagged ADD, Anxiety, bipolar disorder, bit by ING, Depression, ING bonus contracts, ING fallen from grace, ING Reliastar, insurance, life insurance, minor mood disorders, mood disorder unfriendly company, mood disorders, never quote second best rate, preferred plus, situational depression, Sleep apnea, standard, Type 2 diabetes, Zander Insurance
By Ed Hinerman on December 16, 2011
On the subject of fair life insurance underwriting I can certainly be found on both sides of he fence. Sometimes I think the underwriting consideration is completely fair, something that based on the information is something the client is just going to have to accept. Then there are days like today. I have a client ...read more
Posted in A1c, cholesterol, Depression, diabetes, insurance, life insurance | Tagged A1c of 6.1, diabetes, fair life insurance underwriting, high blood pressure, high lipids, insurance, life insurance, never diabetic, no family history of diabetes, pre diabetic, preferred plus, situational depression, wrestling with weight issues, written appeal to underwriter
By Ed Hinerman on October 20, 2011
Gosh. It’s been a while since I’ve talked about bipolar disorder life insurance and the continued success we are having placing reasonably priced life insurance for bipolar and the whole gamut of mood disorders. Since it has been a while let’s review the basic criteria for placing a bipolar case successfully and with affordable premiums. ...read more
Posted in Anxiety, bipolar, bipolar disorder, insurance quotes, life insurance | Tagged ADD, Anxiety, approved, attorneys, bipolar disorder, bipolar disorder life insurance, declined, dentists, disability income, doctors, hospitalization, insurance, life insurance, minor depression, mood disorders, professionals needing life insurance, reasonably priced, situational depression, suicide, suicide attempt |
By Ed Hinerman on February 25, 2011
The diverse underwriting reaction to situational depression life insurance and situational anxiety life insurance is huge, with the same case ranging from declines to preferred rates depending on the company. Those of us who were around in the 50′s remember the stigma that mood disorders carried back then and it is apparent that plenty of ...read more
Posted in Anxiety, Depression, insurance, life insurance, stress | Tagged anxiety life insurance, depression life insurance, insurance, life insurance, situational anxiety, situational depression, stress
By Ed Hinerman on February 7, 2011
The country is in the throes of one of the worst overall winters I’ve seen in a long time. The Midwest and Northeast have been pounded unmercifully and places like Oklahoma and Texas who occasionally see a dusting of snow and cool weather have been buried in snow and flirted with zero degrees. It used ...read more
Posted in Anxiety, Depression, insurance, life insurance | Tagged ADHD, Anxiety, bipolar disorder, chronic depression, Depression, insurance, life insurance, mood disorders, mortality risk, preferred rates, situational depression, suicide, well controlled
By Ed Hinerman on January 17, 2011
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 exceptionally well treated and stable case to garner a best ...read more
Posted in Anxiety, Depression, insurance, life insurance | Tagged anxiety disorder, Attention Deficit Disorder, bipolar disorder, chronic depression, impaired risk life insurance underwriting, insurance, life insurance, minor mood disorders, mood disorders, preferred, preferred plus, situational depression, State Farm
By Ed Hinerman on December 31, 2010
I won’t go so far as to say that you have to have a life insurance agent with a mood disorder, but when it comes to successful underwriting of anxiety or depression life insurance applications need to be handled correctly. An agent’s understanding of the challenges you face with your particular disorder can mean the ...read more
Posted in Anxiety, Depression, insurance, life insurance | Tagged advance underwriting opinion, Anxiety, approval, decline, Depression, depression life insurance, insurance, life insurance, mood disorders, mortality, preferred, preferred plus, situational depression, Zoloft
