Underwriting and New Business participation guidelines extended

Participation guidelines in response to COVID-19 extended to September 15, 2020 In April 2020, Securian Financial implemented changes to our underwriting and new business participation guidelines in response to COVID-19. These changes, shown below, will continue in effect until at least September 15, 2020. Please also note that effective today, June 3, 2020, all WriteFit1 applications must be submitted electronically. We have successfully transitioned to an eApp environment over the past 60 days. New applications submitted via paper will be fully underwritten and will not be transferred to eApp for WriteFit consideration. Please connect with your New Business team if
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Securian.

Now Available – New BIO for Connecticut Partnership

NEW BENEFIT INCREASE OPTION – NOW AVAILABLE As a reminder, Transamerica launched its new TransCare® II’s 3% Compound Benefit Increase Option on June 1, 2020, available to your clients starting June 1, 2020, for Connecticut Partnership. All the details on this feature (including the consumer and agent brochures) are included here. Any outstanding applications that were signed on or before May 31, 2020, will be accepted through Monday, June 8. After that time, we will only accept the updated application and ask that you submit any outstanding applications this week. If you have any questions, please give us a call
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Categories: Industry News, Long-Term Care, and Transamerica.

Priority Income Protection® Quote & e-Application Training Video

The Priority Income Protection (PIP) quote and e-Application allows you to offer quotes, then complete and submit applications online. There are great features built-in, so you can easily navigate through the e-Application. e-App Features Visual clues allow you to track your progress Prompts will tell you if something is missed 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 Watch a video on how to run a quote and complete a PIP e-Application. The quote and e-Application link is available on
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Categories: Disability Income Insurance, Industry News, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Give Them a Gift for Life

With a Children’s Whole Life policy you can help your clients create a solid financial foundation for their children and grandchildren– all for a modest premium. Children’s Whole Life also offers flexibility with a Guaranteed Insurability Rider. This rider allows additional policies to be purchased in the future at the time of several life events, without evidence of insurability. To learn more about Children’s Whole Life and other Simplified Issue products go to MutualofOmaha.com/Simple.   If you have any questions, please contact your Mutual of Omaha’s Sales Support at (800) 693-6083 or email sales.support@mutualofomaha.com.   Give Them a Gift for
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Selling Critical Advantage

Protecting your clients against financial burden is important to you and your business. Mutual of Omaha’s Critical Advantage portfolio helps protect your clients should they suffer from a critical illness. Our product pays a lump-sum benefit upon diagnosis of a covered condition and we pay it directly to the policyholder not the health care provider. Boost your Critical Advantage knowledge and sales with these Tips: Did you Know? Stand Alone product — The product was built specifically for a Critical Illness, Cancer, Heart Attack/Stroke. It is a stand-alone policy and not an add on feature on another product which means
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Categories: Critical Illness, Industry News, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Medicare Solutions – Omaha Family of Companies

Medicare Supplement: Cost Savings Plan N View information on our Plan N and how it can save on costs.   Underwriting Tips for Credit Card Payments View helpful underwriting tips for using a credit card for payments.   New Omaha Insurance Company Medicare Supplement Plans in Kansas and New Mexico View information about Omaha Insurance Company Medicare supplement plans in KS and NM.   Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Plans: PDP Case Status PDP Case Status can now be found on SPA under Case Management.   #goldencareagent #mutualofomaha
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Categories: Dental, Industry News, Medicare Supp./Adv., and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

New Partnership policy states and updated marketing materials

Partnership exchange mailing in Illinois Following the Partnership policy approval in Illinois in 2019, we are happy to announce that the exchange of eligible National Guardian Life Insurance Company (NGL) EssentialLTC policies issued in Illinois began on May 26, 2020. Click here for more information. Updated marketing materials Newly updated marketing materials are now available and ready for you to download from the Agent Resource Center. We will continue to share materials as new ones are created or existing ones are updated with the new NGL logo. Updated documents available: Agent Guide – Information about commissions, underwriting, agent licensing, HIPAA,
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Categories: Industry News, Long-Term Care, and National Guardian Life.

You’re Invited! Sales Strategies & Deep Dive Training on Active Care

Special guest, Mark Warnock, will outline sales strategies for utilizing the riders & modules introduced on our initial training. Sample plan designs will be included, and we’ll discuss how best to position this product for various types of clients. Wed, June 10, 2020 11:00 AM  to  12:00 PM CDT   Not yet familiar with Active Care? We highly recommend watching basic Active Care product training here prior to attending this live Deep Dive webinar. Active Care is available in all states except CT, NJ, NY, VA & WA. For agent use only. This material should not be distributed to the
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Categories: GoldenCare News, Industry News, Long-Term Care, and Washington National.

“Four Ways the Coronavirus Pandemic May Affect Long-Term Care Insurance”

  “Four Ways the Coronavirus Pandemic May Affect Long-Term Care Insurance,” ElderLawAnswers Quote: “The coronavirus pandemic has had a devastating impact on the elderly, particularly those in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities. This has raised questions about how the virus has influenced the costs and provision of long-term care insurance, which covers care in facilities and sometimes at home as well. … There are lots of uncertainties regarding long-term care, insurance, and coronavirus. To read the full US News and World Report article about what we do know, click here.” LTC Comment (from Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform):
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Categories: Clippings, COVID-19, Industry News, and Long-Term Care.

New Blood-Borne Pathogen Test Consent Form in Washington

Beginning June 11, 2020, the state of Washington is requiring the HIV Consent Form to be replaced with a new Blood-Borne Pathogen Test Informed Consent Form. The Washington fully-underwritten life insurance application packets have already been updated to include the new form. We encourage you to update your application packets as soon as possible to ensure you are using the correct forms. If you have printed versions of the Washington application packets, please replace the HIV Consent form with the new Blood-Borne Pathogen Test Informed Consent Form. If you need new fully-underwritten application kits in Washington, you can either download
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).