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. In January 2018, the following versions of the mobile app will no longer be supported: 0.0.5 0.0.6 1.0.5 1.23 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 The mobile app will only be compatible with the following operating systems: iPhone® – 9.0
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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).

Omaha Holiday Office Closings

Mutual of Omaha and its affiliates (United of Omaha, Companion Life Insurance Company, and United World) will be closed on the following days: Monday, December 25th Monday, January 1st From everyone at Mutual of Omaha, we wish you happy holidays and safe travels!   Holiday Office Closings #goldencareagent #mutualofomaha #happyholidays
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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).

Critical Illness Offers Return of Premium

Covering 11 serious health diagnoses and offering direct payment to policyholders are just some of the advantages with a Critical Illness policy. But if your client is cost-conscious about the price of the policy or possibly never using it, there is a way to address that concern. Critical Illness insurance is part of the Critical Advantage portfolio. All critical illness policies have a built-in return of premium benefit. Any premiums paid, minus any policy benefits received, will be refunded to a beneficiary upon death. It’s like a money-back guarantee if the policy is not needed. This gives clients the coverage
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Categories: Critical Illness, Industry News, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Omaha Thanksgiving Office Closing

Mutual of Omaha and its affiliates (United of Omaha, Companion Life Insurance Company, and United World) will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 23, and Friday, Nov. 24, 2017, for the Thanksgiving holiday.   Thanksgiving Office Closing #goldencareagent #mutualofomaha #thanksgiving
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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).

AIG Names Lex Baugh as Chief Executive Officer, North America General Insurance

American International Group, Inc. (AIG) announced on Tuesday the appointment of Lex Baugh as Chief Executive Officer, North America General Insurance. In this newly created role, Mr. Baugh will oversee AIG’s U.S. and Canada General Insurance business, with responsibility for the development and execution of a profitable, client-focused strategy. He will report to Peter Zaffino, Chief Executive Officer, General Insurance, as a member of the General Insurance Executive Leadership Team. The appointment is effective immediately. Most recently, Mr. Baugh served as President of Liability and Financial Lines at AIG, overseeing the largest part of the global Commercial portfolio. Prior to
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Categories: Accident Insurance, American General, and Critical Illness.

AIG Operations: Service Improvement Plan, Final Update & What’s Next

Service Improvement Plan: Final Update, and What’s Next Earlier this year, we recognized there were challenges with our new business turnaround times and other service issues — and we committed to getting them right for you. While we’ve made great strides, we recognize that we have more work to do. We promised that by September 30 we would meet or exceed standard times for our Service Level Agreement and establish a path to future improvements. Thanks to your support and partnership, we’ve improved turnaround times across the board. We’re also positioned for additional improvements as we continue to add resources,
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Categories: Accident Insurance, American General, and Critical Illness.

Stay Up to Date on Compensation Schedules

With year-end just around the corner, we want to remind you to validate that your correct address(es) are available on our systems. Please sign in to your Sales Professional Access (SPA) account to review and, if needed, to update your addresses and any other outdated personal information. It is especially important that your home address is updated as soon as possible as we use your home address when mailing your 1099-Misc form in early 2018. Throughout the year, we also use the email or physical address on your account to send out communications regarding Compensation Schedule changes, including commission rate
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Categories: Critical Illness, Disability Income Insurance, Industry News, Life Insurance, Long-Term Care, Medicare Supp./Adv., and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

End-of-Year Pay Schedule

Mutual of Omaha and its affiliates (United of Omaha, Companion Life Insurance Company, and United World) will be closed on the following days: Thursday, November 23, 2017 and Friday, November 24, 2017 for the Thanksgiving Holiday Monday, December 25, 2017 for the Christmas Holiday Monday, January 1, 2018 for the New Year’s Day Holiday See the grid below for the last pay cutoffs in 2017: Holiday Date Holiday Observed Life Cutoff (New issues & renewals) Health Cutoff (New issues) Health Cutoff (Renewal payments) Long Term Care Cutoff (New issues & renewals) Thanksgiving Thursday 11/23/2017 Friday 11/24/2017 Monday 11/20/2017 Friday 11/17/2017
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Categories: Critical Illness, Disability Income Insurance, Industry News, Life Insurance, Long-Term Care, Medicare Supp./Adv., and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Critical Advantage Available In Additional States In November

On November 1st, 2017, Mutual of Omaha will be releasing the Critical Advantage portfolio in Arizona. Critical Advantage is critical illness, cancer, heart attack and stroke insurance policies that provide a lump-sum benefit upon diagnosis. And on November 11, 2017, Mutual of Omaha will be releasing the Critical Advantage portfolio in California.   Features with Critical Advantage Benefit amounts from $10,000-$100,000 payable upon diagnosis Individual, Individual plus child/children, or family coverage options Underwriting The Critical Advantage portfolio has the following underwriting criteria: Express underwriting For benefit amounts $10,000 to $50,000 The application simple “yes or no” knock-out health questions Simplified
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Categories: Critical Illness, Industry News, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Save Time with the Critical Advantage e-Application

The Critical Advantage e-App can easily be completed at point of sale. It can be used with all products in the Critical Advantage portfolio. e-App Advantages When you use the e-App you’re showing how easy it is to do business with you and Mutual of Omaha. Saves you time, ensures accuracy Easy to understand process for you and your client Conveniently includes all required forms Provides quick-issue in days. Fast coverage for clients, fast payments for you Offers signature collection options so you can choose what’s best e-App Features There are great features built in so you can sail through
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Categories: Critical Illness, Industry News, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).