Are your clients part of the 57%?

Help Your Clients Be Better Prepared With Gerber Life Guaranteed Life Building a substantial savings or emergency fund seems to be a problem for many Americans. In fact, 57 percent of Americans say they are unable to handle an unexpected expense of $500, according to a survey by Bankrate.com.1 The findings from the survey seem to indicate that many individuals continue to struggle with managing their basic finances. Given this, it may not be realistic to think that they would have extra money set aside to pay final expenses, leftover debt and funeral costs if something were to happen to
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Categories: Gerber Life, Industry News, and Life Insurance.

Coming soon – updated version of the NGL Rate Calculator

Coming soon, updated version of the NGL Rate Calculator An updated version of the mobile rate calculator has been pushed to iPhone users in the App Store and to Android users in the Google Play Store, and desktop will be released later this month. Eventually, if users have not updated the application to the most recent version, they will be forced to do so when downloading rates. Additionally, the web version of the rate calculator will be updated, and will have a similar look and feel to the mobile and desktop versions. Please be on the lookout for upcoming communications
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Categories: Industry News, Long-Term Care, and National Guardian Life.

MFA on MyNGLIC.com

As of last month, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), an extra layer of data security, began protecting you and your clients’ information on MyNGLIC.com. MyNGLIC.com will now ask users to complete a simple, one-time device authentication. Authenticating your device is easy; you simply click a link sent to the email address you have on file at MyNGLIC.com.   Click here to see the easy steps to authenticating a device.   Please contact NGL’s dedicated Life Product Support team at 800-762-9883 or lifeproductsupport@nglic.com with questions.   #goldencareagent #ngl >   Related: Updates to NGL’s email encryption NGL: Coming Soon! Extra Identity Protection New enhanced
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Categories: Industry News, Long-Term Care, and National Guardian Life.

Omaha: Mobile Quotes Updates

In order to provide you with the best quoting experience, we continue to improve and upgrade the features of our Quotes for Sales Professionals mobile quoting app. Unfortunately, if you are running an old version of the mobile app, you may be missing out on some of our great new functionality. As of April 23, 2018, the following versions of the mobile app will no longer be supported: 0.0.5 0.0.6 1.0.5 1.2.3 1.2.25 1.2.39 1.3.40 1.3.58 1.3.70 1.3.97 1.3.107 2.0.11 2.0.24 2.0.35 2.0.48 2.0.53 2.0.57 2.0.66 2.0.76 2.0.77 2.1.18 2.2.5 2.3.8 2.4.17 The current version of the mobile app is
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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).

Rate Adjustments Effective July 1, 2018

Long-Term Care insurance (LTCi) is a core product for Mutual of Omaha and we intend to remain a key player in this market for years to come. In order to fulfill this commitment, we actively monitor emerging industry trends as well as our own experience so we can make the adjustments necessary that will allow us to keep our promises to policyholders and remain competitive in the marketplace. For this reason, we will be implementing the following rate adjustments effective July 1, 2018: Block of Business Impacted States LTC04I CT, MA, MN LTC06UI MA, MN, NV NHA, LTA, HCA, LT50,
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Categories: Industry News, Long-Term Care, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

MutualCare Solutions Underwriting Guide Updates

The MutualCare Solutions underwriting guide has been revised to provide you with the most updated information about uninsurable medications and updated medical impairments and requirements. Updates are effective May 1, 2018. Here are a list of new uninsurable medications that are on pages 22-24. Alemtuzumab Fingolimod Gilenya Hemlibra Idhifa Juluca Lemtrada Mavyret Vosevi Some updated medical impairments you should take note of: ADD/ADHD (Page 26) — clarified Stable 1 year to Stable 1 year on one medication under preferred underwriting Amaurosis Fugax/Amnesia (Page 26) — Added One episode and Two episode classes Drug Abuse (Page 35) — Changed drug free
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Categories: Industry News, Long-Term Care, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Medicare Supplement News – Omaha Family of Companies

2018 Marketing Credits Program Did you know you can earn marketing credits just for placing your Medicare supplement applications with Mutual of Omaha? Each marketing credit gives you $1 to help build your Med supp business.   NY Rate Filing Notice Policyholders in New York will be receiving an Initial Notice that Mutual of Omaha will be filing Medicare Supplement rate adjustments in the state of New York on all Standardized and Modernized business for Mutual of Omaha with a planned effective date of October 1, 2018.   Upcoming Rate Adjustments View upcoming rate adjustments for CA, DC and TN.
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Categories: Industry News, Medicare Supp./Adv., and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Accelerated Underwriting for TLA – Corrected Flyer

Our brand new Accelerated Underwriting program uses data that can quickly be obtained to eliminate lab testing and exams for Standard, Standard Plus, Preferred and Preferred Plus applicants who qualify based on age, personal history, and face amount requirements. Please note, the ExamOne Call Center phone number is 1-844-486-8452 and has been corrected on the flyer.   If you have questions, please contact your Mutual of Omaha Account Executive or Sales Director.   Accelerated Underwriting for TLA – Corrected Flyer   #goldencareagent #mutualofomaha >   Related: Accelerated Underwriting for TLA is Here! Coming Soon: Accelerated Underwriting for TLA
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Have you tried the Priority Income Protection® e-App?

Here is why you should be using the PIP e-App on all your app submissions: Has a fast quote tool so clients can choose the plan and premium to fit their budget Saves you time and ensures accuracy Conveniently includes all required forms Helpful definitions are provided wherever you see a question mark symbol Auto-save function retains all information as you complete sections A dashboard shows all your e-Apps in progress Provides quick-issue in days. Fast protection for clients, fast payments for you The Priority Income Protection® e-App Quick Start Guide provides step-by-step information on how to complete the e-App.
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Categories: Disability Income Insurance, Industry News, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Introducing the Cancer-Only Flyer

You know the Critical Advantage Portfolio provides coverage for critical illness, cancer and heart attack and stroke. If you have a client who is only interested in cancer insurance, a new cancer-only consumer flyer is now available. The new flyer describes the details of the cancer policy and how it can help fill the gaps in your client’s current health coverage. It can also be a good complement to a disability income insurance policy. Plus the benefit amount is sent directly to your client, not a health care provider. The cancer-only flyer is now available to order through all standard
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Categories: Critical Illness, Industry News, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).