Gerber Life Agent Portal Updates Coming Soon

Agent Portal Updates Coming Soon   We are excited to announce some updates and changes taking place within the Gerber Life Agency Portal effective March 16, 2021! Our goal is to make your daily transactions with Gerber Life as simple as possible. With that focus we have improved several areas to make it easier for you to keep track of your applications and policies. Gerber Life will no longer offer applications in Puerto Rico. We have expanded our Case Status section to include the following updates: License and/or Appointment Review: Within the case status section on the Agent Portal, if
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Update to Gerber Life’s pre-assigned ID contracting process

Pre-Assigned ID Contract Processing Temporarily On-Hold   Thank you for your partnership with Gerber Life Insurance. Our goal has always been to provide you with the best service possible. To improve our appointment turnaround time, we are changing the focus on how we process contracts. We are temporarily stopping the option for Pre-Assigned ID’s and going back to Just-In-Time (JIT) processing. What does this mean for you and your Agents? Just-In-Time states: Your Agents first piece of business should be submitted via paper along with their contracting Call Center: Your Agents contracting should be submitted prior to submitting business Pre-Appointment
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Gerber Life Insurance CSO Mortality Table Transition

Gerber Life Update Important Changes to the Gerber Life Grow-Up® Plan, Young Adult and Guaranteed Life CSO Mortality Tables.   The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has adopted the 2017 Commissioners Standard Ordinary (2017 CSO) mortality tables. Life insurance policies are required to use the updated 2017 CSO Mortality Tables by January 1, 2020. Additionally Guaranteed Life Issue policies will continue to use the 2001 CSO Mortality Tables. As a result the following changes will be made: Grow-Up® Plan and Young Adult Grow-Up® Transitions to the 2017 CSO Mortality Tables All Grow-Up® Plan and Young Adult Grow-Up® policies issued
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Gerber Life’s email domain name is changing

Gerber Life Update Important Changes to all Gerber Life Email Addresses   As you know, Gerber Life Insurance Company was acquired by Western & Southern Financial Group, effective December 31, 2018. As part of the transition, the domain name is changing for all Gerber Life emails, including individual email addresses. On October 21, 2019, the domain name for all email addresses will change from @us.nestle.com to @gerberlife.com. For your convenience, we have provided a full list of frequently used email addresses below: Department Email Agency Operations usgerberlifeagencyops@gerberlife.com Licensing glic.appointment.status@gerberlife.com Commissions glic.agency.commissions@gerberlife.com Underwriting glic.agency.underwriting@gerberlife.com Pre-Sales Support gerberlifeagencysales@gerberlife.com   Please update your
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Gerber Life – Reducing your clients pain points

Gerber Life Operations Update Agent Trends and Handling Your Client Pain Points   Gerber Life Insurance is always striving to make doing business with us easier. The Agent Trends flyer outlines 5 key areas that have been identified as pain points for clients. It also provides guidelines to Agents on how to properly handle these situations. By identifying these trends, Gerber Life Insurance is able to provide our agents with enhanced support and a better understanding of our processes. Our goal is to decrease trends in these areas and to determine if agents need additional information on our products, the
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Gerber Life Discontinuing Medicare Supplement New Business Sales

July 03, 2019 Closing New Business Effective August 1, 2019 Gerber Life Insurance Company will no longer accept new business applications for Medicare supplement sales. Inforce Business There is no impact to existing business. Gerber Life will continue to service all existing Medicare supplement policies. Agent Contracting New producer contracts will no longer be accepted for Medicare supplements as of July 3, 2019. Medicare supplement contracts and appointments will be terminated. Agents contracted with Gerber Life to sell both Medicare supplement and Gerber’s other product lines will only have their Medicare supplement contract terminated. The agent’s Gerber appointment for life/health
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Assistance To Oklahoma Residents Impacted By Severe Weather & Flooding

Oklahoma Governor had issued an Executive Order 2019-19 which has been amended declaring a disaster emergency for all seventy-seven (77) Oklahoma counties due to severe weather and flooding. The Oklahoma Department of Insurance issued a Bulletin 2019-01, dated May 24, 2019, to comply with the Executive Order. The Bulletin, in part states the following: Requires insurance companies to grant an extension of the grace period for customers residing within the impacted areas. Storm victims can get a copy of their insurance policy free of charge. This includes a moratorium on policy cancellations due to non-payment of premium. The moratorium is
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Arkansas Residents Impacted By Severe Weather & Flooding

Arkansas Governor had issued an Executive Order 19-05 declaring a state of emergency due to severe weather and flooding. The Arkansas Department of Insurance issued a Bulletin 4-2019, dated May 30, 2019, to comply with the Executive Order. The Bulletin, in part states the following: Requires insurance companies to grant an extension of the grace period for sixty days beginning on May 21, 2019 and continuing until July 20, 2019 for policyholders residing within the impacted areas. This includes a moratorium on policy cancellations due to non-payment of premium. The moratorium is effective May 21, 2019 through July 20, 2019.
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Ohio Residents Impacted By Severe Weather & Flooding

Ohio Governor had declared a State of Emergency on May 28, 2019 for Greene, Mercer and Montgomery counties, and any other counties that subsequently declare an emergency due to dangerous and damaging conditions resulting from the severe weather and tornadoes. The Ohio Department of Insurance issued a Bulletin 2019-03, dated May 29, 2019, to comply with the State of Emergency. The Bulletin, in part states the following: Requires insurance companies to grant an extension of the grace period for sixty days beginning on May 28, 2019 and continuing until July 28, 2019 for policyholders residing within the impacted areas. This
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Important Information Regarding Gerber Life’s Pre-Appointment States

Gerber Life Operations Update Important Update to Gerber Life’s Pre-Appointment States Effective June 1, 2019   Dear Valued Partner, Gerber Life Insurance Company received notification that Texas will no longer allow appointment backdating. As a result, Texas will be considered a pre-appointment state effective June 1, 2019. Agents submitting business in Texas must be appointed with Gerber Life in advance. Thank you for your continued support!   Gerber Life’s Pre-Appointment State Include: AL, LA, OK, PA, TX and Puerto Rico     Important Information Regarding Gerber Life’s Pre-Appointment States   #goldencareagent #gerber
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