by Ed Hinerman | Jun 28, 2013 | insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval, pilot, private pilots
With nearly a quarter of my clients being commercial and private pilots I thought I had worked my way through all of the obvious mistakes in pilot life insurance underwriting, but I missed one this week. In the end no harm, no foul as I can move it to another company...
by Ed Hinerman | Jul 4, 2012 | impaired risk life insurance, insurance, life insurance, life insurance approval, private pilots
Although the combination of affordable life insurance and private pilots has never been the norm across the scope of all life insurance companies, there hasn’t been a time in the last decade, almost two, where the match couldn’t be made with the right...
by Ed Hinerman | Feb 17, 2012 | accidental death, civilian contractors, Civilian War Zone Coverage, insurance, life insurance
I know there are agents that giggle all the way to the bank when they get an opportunity to sell a new policy and replace someone’s existing insurance, even though the existing insurance is still good for the client. I’ve had a lot of clients, or would be...
by Ed Hinerman | Feb 13, 2012 | accidental death, insurance, life insurance, pilot, private pilots, student pilot
There are plenty of people who took up flying as a hobby. What a great thing to be able to fly up to Wyoming and visit my mom or just fly around this beautiful country and, even better, the beautiful state of Colorado I live in. But for a lot of us that took a big hit...
by Ed Hinerman | Aug 25, 2011 | accidental death, High Limit AD and D, insurance, life insurance, motorcycle, pilot, private pilots, skydiving
Most of my work has been finding the best life insurance prices for people with impaired health, impaired risk life insurance. I won’t make any wild claims about being the best there is out there, but we are in a constant state of education and refining of...
by Ed Hinerman | May 13, 2011 | insurance, life insurance, pilot, private pilots
So, a guy decides to learn how to fly. He wants to be a private pilot in the worst way. He signs up for lessons and after all the classroom curriculum is satisfied he and his flight instructor are finally ready to take off for the first flight. Other than the fact...
by Ed Hinerman | Jan 27, 2011 | insurance, life insurance, pilot, private pilots
It hasn’t been that long since admitting that you were a student pilot or a flight instructor on a life insurance application was, well, might as well have been an admission that you were a bush pilot or crop duster. Most companies weren’t and actually...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 14, 2010 | insurance, life insurance, pilot, private pilots
Prudential has always been somewhat aviation life insurance friendly, not always leading the way, but always in the mix for fair underwriting and good rates. It now appears they are making a serious move to capture more of the life insurance market Changes have been...
by Ed Hinerman | Sep 9, 2010 | incontestability, insurance, life insurance, pilot, skydiving
There has always been a stigma attached to life insurance and life insurance companies that they really will do all they can to get out of paying a life insurance claim. People really want, on some level, to believe life insurance companies really don’t pay out...
by Ed Hinerman | Jun 24, 2009 | Independent agent, insurance, life insurance
An ongoing discussion in this forum is the fact that for so many, the rates you end up paying for life insurance are higher than they need to be simply because you used the wrong agent who used the wrong company. I just want to review a few scenarios where, if your...
by Ed Hinerman | Jun 5, 2009 | insurance, life insurance, private pilots, student pilot
The cost of being a private pilot can be staggering anyway you go about it. One area that you can keep the cost down in is your life insurance, if you do your homework and pick the right agent. Student pilots face their first gut check when they find out, on average,...
by Ed Hinerman | May 28, 2009 | insurance, life insurance, pilot, private pilots
While the words CEO and flying may cause a little angst among some, the truth is that CEO’s are flying privately more often and whether that is on a corporately owned aircraft, a chartered jet, or their personally owned airplane, it is generally more efficient...
by Ed Hinerman | Jan 15, 2009 | cancer, pilot, private pilots, stroke, student pilot, term insurance
One in six men who reach age 26 in our country will not make it to age 64. For women it is one in nine. I live in a small town in the “Heart of the Rockies”, Salida, Colorado. Around here when someone passes away, everyone knows it. When someone passes...
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