March 1, 2019 | Individual and Family Health Insurance, Life Insurance
Everyone now knows that smoking is bad for our health and that it shortens our life expectancy. As a result, life insurance companies take smoking into account when underwriting a life insurance application. In fact, there are actually “smoking” and...
October 1, 2018 | Individual and Family Health Insurance, Life Insurance
This blog article discusses the effects an aneurysm has on a life insurance application. We first cover aneurysms in general. We then offer tips on fast-tracking your application as well as likely underwriting outcomes. What is an Aneurysm? An aneurysm is the local...
August 1, 2018 | Individual and Family Health Insurance, Life Insurance
This blog article examines how thyroid cancer affects a life insurance application. What is the Thyroid Gland? The thyroid gland is situated in the throat, right in front of the trachea (the “windpipe”). This endocrine gland takes in iodide from the food...
June 1, 2018 | Individual and Family Health Insurance, Life Insurance
What is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease? COPD is an obstructive, long-term lung disease that results in difficulty breathing. COPD damages the airways (bronchioles) that transport oxygen into the lungs, and it also results in damage to the air sacs at the end of...
April 1, 2018 | Individual and Family Health Insurance, Life Insurance
Hypertension, often referred to as “high blood pressure”, is the abnormally high blood pressure of the arteries. A good way to picture high blood pressure is to imagine pumping too much air into an inflatable device. Keep on doing this and eventually, the...
December 1, 2017 | Individual and Family Health Insurance, Life Insurance
Occurrences of asthma have been steadily increasing during the last couple of decades, with asthma now being the most common chronic medical condition amongst children. In fact, there are now over 3 million Canadians and at least 25 million Americans with asthma. What...
