“Is Your Retirement Plan as Well Thought Out as Your Vacation?”

“Is Your Retirement Plan as Well Thought Out as Your Vacation?,” by Mark Pruitt, Kiplinger “After working hard all of our lives, the goal for most of us is to have the freedom to go explore and complete the ‘bucket list’ that we have always dreamed of. The problem is most people plan their vacations better than they plan their retirements. “6. Devise a long-term care plan. Six members of my wife’s family have had Alzheimer’s disease. My mother-in-law had it for 16 years. My sister-in-law has it currently and started her journey with Alzheimer’s at age 55. I have
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Categories: Industry News and Long-Term Care.

Good News | New Flexible Payment Options Now Available On Omaha’s Life Insurance

  Life Insurance Awareness Month Begins This Friday With Life Insurance Awareness Month (LIAM) just days away, here is a great reason to mention this important coverage with United of Omaha: Flexible payment options were recently made available on several of Omaha’s final expense/whole life, term and universal life insurance products! Clients now have the option to select a flexible payment date when choosing their reoccuring automatic deductions. What’s more, these new options were also made available for in-force policies! Revisit your existing Life Insurance clients to bring them the good news! Flexible Payment Options Now Available Read Full Good
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Categories: GoldenCare News, Industry News, Life Insurance, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Flexible Payment Options Now Available

We recently updated our payment options to allow your customers more flexibility when they make their payments. They now have the option to select a flexible payment date when choosing their reoccurring automatic deductions Flexible Payment Date Options: Static dates: 1-28 of each month Flexible day: Last day of the month Week/day combination (your customer can select a combination of the options below): Either the first, second, third, fourth or last week of the month AND either Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday Examples of the week/day combinations: Your customer chooses to have their payment on the third Wednesday every
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

EssentialLTC Now Available on VitalLTC

EssentialLTC is now available to quote via VitalLTC! Save time with flexible features that allow you to quickly generate reports showcasing the financial and product strengths of EssentialLTC. Simply log into VitalLTC and select the Full LTC Comparison or Feature Comparison reports. As a reminder, you can use the following applications to receive EssentialLTC pricing and product information: EssentialLTC Sales Illustrations* Prepare, save and present client quotes through EssentialLTC’s streamlined Illustration software application located on the Agent Resource Center (after logging on) and selecting the Sales Illustrations Page. EssentialLTC Premium Calculator – Now Featuring Benefits Buddy! Determine EssentialLTC’s pricing with
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Categories: Industry News, Long-Term Care, and National Guardian Life.

Final Expense New Business Phones Closing Early 8-30

The Final Expense New Business phones lines will be closed on August 30, 2017 from noon to close Central Time. We will be focusing our staff on processing and placing policies. If you have an immediate need, please email us at FinalExpenseNewBus@Transamerica.com.   #goldencareagent #transamerica
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Transamerica.

Are You Filling Gaps in Coverage?

    You may have sizeable groups of clients with gaps in their coverage, particularly those with high deductible health insurance plans and those with elimination periods in their disability insurance. We have a great option to fill that need. Cancer & Heart Attack/Stroke policies are a perfect complement to existing health or DI coverage. And since they pay cash benefits upon diagnosis, they’re ideal for clients who are concerned about meeting deductible requirements or waiting for DI coverage to begin. Likewise, those immediate funds can be helpful for Med supp clients, who may have more comprehensive medical coverage but
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Categories: Critical Illness, Industry News, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

GTL: South Dakota Medicare Supplement Now on e-App!

South Dakota Now Available on the e-App! PLEASE NOTE: You will have to go to Google Play or the App Store to update the e-App on your Apple or Android device.     Extremely competitive rates   Available on e-App soon   Over 40 years in the market!   Great household discounts   3-4 day turnaround time   Long-tenured, friendly staff     Medicare Supplement is currently available in Arizona, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Montana, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee and Utah. More states coming soon! South Dakota Medicare Supplement Now on e-App!
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Categories: Guarantee Trust Life and Medicare Supp./Adv..

GoldenCare Newsletter | August 28, 2017

In this GoldenCare Newsletter Edition From GoldenCare: Our office will be closed on Monday, September 4th in observance of Labor Day. See our full list of hot training topics and register for an event today! PROMO TIME!!   We’re in the final days of our Sizzling Summer and Double Dip Promos. Get your Careshield, Mutual of Omaha Custom Solutions and GTL Critical Cash apps in for our Amazon.com Gift Card Blowout!  See the Newsletter for details on this exciting promotion. Our Guest Article in this edition is “Caregiving Needs Double as End of Life Nears,” by Maureen Salamon, HealthDay.  Enjoy!
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Categories: GoldenCare News, Guarantee Trust Life, Industry News, Long-Term Care, Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates), and Transamerica.

Transamerica: Holiday Closure Sept. 4

The Transamerica Long Term Care administrative office in Plano, TX will be closed Monday, September 4, 2017 to mirror hours of the New York Stock Exchange. Please allow additional time if necessary to order and receive materials during that time. Much of the important materials and resources you may need will be continue to be available on our Agent Resource Center. Transamerica: Holiday Closure Sept. 4 #goldencareagent #transamerica
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Categories: Industry News and Transamerica.

Labor Day Office Closing

Mutual of Omaha and its affiliates (United of Omaha, Companion Life Insurance Company, United World) will be closed on Monday, September 4th for Labor Day. We will be open on Columbus Day; however, the cut-off dates, times and pay schedules will be affected by the holiday. Below are the cut-off dates and times and the adjusted pay schedules. Holiday Pay Calculation Schedule Med Supp E-App & All Life Cutoff 3:00 PM Health Cutoff (excluding LTC) 3:00 PM Long Term Care Cutoff 3:00 PM Direct Deposit (EFT) Available Labor Day, Monday 9/4/2017 Friday 9/01/2017 Friday 9/01/2017 Wednesday 8/30/2017 Thursday 8/31/2017 Tuesday
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Categories: Accident Insurance, Critical Illness, Disability Income Insurance, Industry News, Life Insurance, Long-Term Care, Medicare Supp./Adv., and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).