Final Expense for anyone. Yes, everyone.

Great Western Insurance Company (GWIC®) is elevating expectations of the life insurance industry — by offering a Final Expense plan for any client within the eligible age ranges with new instant-decision underwriting, no matter their health situation. Great plans Effective April 27, 2022, you’ll be able to go into your next client meeting knowing what to expect because we’re uncomplicating your Final Expense sales. We’re retiring the enrollment app for your mobile device and introducing the new, online-only MyEnroller℠ 4.0, which allows you to enter three plan options on one application. 1. Great Assurance® plan: This immediate benefit, first-day coverage
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Categories: Great Western, Industry News, and Life Insurance.

A Real-Life Solution with No Additional Underwriting Requirements

Most people have no idea how expensive long-term care services are. According to a 2017 report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, almost 70 percent of people over age 65 will require chronic care later in life. And, these long-term care services can quickly erode a client’s savings. But what if your client doesn’t qualify for long-term care? We understand that they still need some form of protection. And, that is one of the reasons, we automatically issue a Chronic Illness Rider on all of our Income Advantage and Lifetime Protection Advantage IULs—with NO additional underwriting requirements!
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Simplified Issue Time Service Update

Mutual of Omaha would like to thank you for the business we have received, and continue to receive, due to your commitment and partnership! Our Simplified Issue Life Underwriting team is currently experiencing an unprecedented volume of new business, and in turn is experiencing delays in time service. We are committed to keeping you updated on our service times. Our current time service levels are listed below. Please note, business days do not include weekends. Current Simplified Issue Life Service Levels: New Business Reviews: 3-4 business days from receipt Policy Issue: On average 5 business days, depending on requirements needed
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Coming 2023: GWIC’s rebrand

Coming in 2023: GWIC’s rebrand In 2023, American Enterprise Group (AEG), the holding company of Great Western Insurance Company (GWIC®), will launch a new, unified brand to capitalize on its overall size and strength while delivering a clear and consistent brand message. The new identity will help AEG and GWIC increase brand awareness and create brand fans by moving from being a commodity to an experienced provider. The future brand is distinctive, memorable, and reflects who AEG is, who it’s been, and who it will always be. To see the brand reveal video, click below: AEG and GWIC will notify
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Categories: Great Western, Industry News, and Life Insurance.

Good news! We’re eliminating our COVID-19 restrictions

Eliminating COVID-19 restrictions and more Securian Financial remains focused on delivering high levels of service, helping customers with their insurance needs, and maintaining the company’s financial strength. Your support in delivering on this focus has provided valuable insights to best navigate the unpredictable nature of a pandemic while addressing the additional risks it presents. Since these participation limits were implemented, our promise has been to actively review these guidelines. Along the way, we have delivered on a request for transparency to enable you to make the best decisions for your customers. While the pandemic isn’t over, we feel we have
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Securian.

Mutual of Omaha Advanced Markets Minute

Long-Term Care and Taxes Welcome to the Advanced Markets Minute in both print and audio form. Today’s article is called “Long-Term Care and Taxes.” Listen Now   Whether he created the quote himself or borrowed it from dramatist Christopher Bullock, Benjamin Franklin’s famous statement about death and taxes certainly hits home as we approach April 15. Yet this is also a good time of the year to remember that we offer something that can help with those taxes. And it is also something most people will need. Long-term care insurance provides essential funds for care, but it also provides tax
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Simplified Issue Time Service Update

Mutual of Omaha would like to thank you for the business we have received, and continue to receive, due to your commitment and partnership! Our Simplified Issue Life Underwriting team is currently experiencing an unprecedented volume of new business, and in turn is experiencing delays in time service. We are committed to keeping you updated on our service times. Our current time service levels are listed below. Please note, business days do not include weekends. Current Simplified Issue Life Service Levels: New Business Reviews: 3-4 business days from receipt Policy Issue: On average 5 business days, depending on requirements needed
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Refresher Training

As REQUIRED by federal regulation, all producers writing permanent life or annuity products must complete the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) training. Each producer that completed AML training prior to January 1, 2022 is required to complete AML renewal training by June 30, 2022. The renewal course titled “Anti-Money Laundering for Insurance Review – AML and Cryptocurrency” will automatically be assigned by LIMRA and takes approximately 30 minutes to complete. Mutual of Omaha has contracted LIMRA to provide anti-money laundering training at no cost to you. Once you’ve completed the course, LIMRA will automatically send Mutual of Omaha a notification. You will
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

SecureCare III now available to illustrate

All good things come in threes At least that’s our philosophy. And we think you’ll agree when you see what SecureCare™ III has to offer you and your clients. It has everything you love about its predecessor — a cash indemnity benefit for long-term care (LTC) clients can use however they want — plus more flexibility. The three new features we think you’ll be most excited about: Simplified product design Three return of premium options, including LTC Boost1 Enhanced flexibility to customize the policy for each client’s needs Head over to our illustration system to discover SecureCare III, an LTC
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Securian.

Reminders for Adding Authorized Users on Sales Professional Access

Recently, Mutual of Omaha modernized the way producers and marketers securely access our network and applications by implementing a new platform called Okta. In addition to providing instruction on how to set up Okta, we also provided instruction on adding authorized users to your Sales Professional Access (SPA) account. Because Mutual of Omaha has seen an increase in authorized user requests, we wanted to communicate some reminders, as well as provide a time service estimate, for these requests. If you missed the instructions on how to add an authorized user, click here. Reminders: Once a request to add an authorized
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Categories: Critical Illness, Dental, Disability Income Insurance, Industry News, Life Insurance, Long-Term Care, Medicare Supp./Adv., and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).