Iowa Insurance Department Product Training Requirements

All insurance producers selling Annuities, Long-Term Care or Indexed products in the state of Iowa are required to complete an online continuing education course prior to solicitation of the following products: Product Line Course Requirement Indexed UL One time — 4-hour CE course Annuity One time — 4-hour CE course Long-Term Care One time — 8-hour CE course and thereafter, satisfying the states annual requirements   Approved training courses to fulfill these requirements can be found on www.sircon.com. Click on the link “Lookup Education Courses or Transcript” Select Approved Courses Then, select Iowa and click Submit After, you can select
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, Long-Term Care, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

New pre-lapse notifications can help you save the sale

New pre-lapse notifications can help you save the sale Starting July 16, 2021, Great Western Insurance Company (GWIC®) will be rolling out new email notifications to writing agents and their immediate upline whenever clients have a Final Expense policy in danger of lapsing. You’ll receive emails five days into the customer’s grace period and have an opportunity to remind them to renew their contract(s). Retaining customers benefits us all. If you have questions, please call GWIC Agent Care at 866-252-5594, option 2, or by emailing m1agentsupport@americanenterprise.com.   New pre-lapse notifications can help you save the sale     #goldencareagent #gwic
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Categories: Great Western, Industry News, and Life Insurance.

Help Ensure the Continuation of the Family Business with IUL

Many small business owners would like for their children to continue the family business after their death. Help entrepreneurs imagine the fruits of their labor sustaining the next generation. Learn how Income Advantage IUL can be the tool to help with their estate equalization needs.   Help Ensure the Continuation of the Family Business with IUL   #goldencareagent #mutualofomaha #iul
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Independence Day Office Closing 2021

Mutual of Omaha and its affiliates (United of Omaha and United World) will be closed on Monday, July 5th for Independence Day. Additionally, our Client Interview Team will not have Saturday hours on July 3rd due to the holiday weekend. Below are the cut-off dates and times and the adjusted pay schedules. Holiday Pay Calculation Schedule Med Supp E-App & All Life Cutoff 3:00 PM Health Cutoff 3:00 PM Long Term Care Cutoff 3:00 PM Direct Deposit (EFT) Available Independence Day, Observed Monday 7/5/2021 Tuesday 7/6/2021 Tuesday 7/6/2021 Friday 7/2/2021 Friday 7/2/2021 Friday 7/9/2021   Weekly and holiday pay schedules
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Categories: Accident Insurance, Critical Illness, Disability Income Insurance, Industry News, Life Insurance, Long-Term Care, Medicare Supp./Adv., and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Simplified Issue Life: Weekly Time Service Update (6/7)

From the Desk of Marty Johnson Simplified Issue Life: Weekly Time Service Update Mutual of Omaha is pleased to announce our Simplified Issue Life Underwriting team has returned to normal time service levels! Thank you for your business, continued support, and patience as we worked to process your business. Our normal time service levels are listed below. Please note, business days do NOT include weekends. New business is reviewed within 1 business day from receipt Policies are issued on average 1-5 days after application review, depending on requirements needed Pending requirements are reviewed within 1-2 business days Post issue requests
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Why Mutual of Omaha for Long-Term Care? It’s the carrier your clients trust.

Mutual of Omaha … in 30 seconds We created our new producer-focused brand video, to share with your colleagues and associates, to show what makes Mutual of Omaha their carrier for life. Best of all, the entire video can be viewed in less time than it takes to get a cup of coffee. Not appointed with Mutual of Omaha?   Use our Contracting Made Easy or call us at 800-842-7799 to get appointed! Watch Video Producer Use Only. Not For Use With The General Public #goldencareagent #mutualofomaha
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

New! Text message notifications for SecureCare tele-interview

We are excited to announce an enhancement to the SecureCare Universal Life underwriting process: Beginning June 1, clients can receive text message notifications directing them to schedule their tele-interview. The tele-interview itself will still need to be completed over the phone, but the texts can be helpful reminders that a tele-interview is needed, making it easier to schedule an assessment and get in touch with an interviewer. How will this work? LTCG will still contact customers the same amount of times they do today, however, a contact attempt will now be defined as either a phone call or text message.
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Securian.

How COVID vaccination affects underwriting decisions

How we’re approaching COVID-19 vaccination Securian Financial remains focused on delivering high levels of service, helping customers with their insurance needs, and maintaining our 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. Over the past few months, much of our attention has turned to COVID-19 vaccinations. Not surprisingly, many questions have arisen on use of vaccination information in underwriting. In response, our Medical & Applied Research Services team has been actively monitoring vaccine efficacy, safety, availability and uptake, which
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Categories: COVID-19, Industry News, Life Insurance, and Securian.

New! Text messaging feature to help customers start their tele-interview

Life Insurance, Technology, Securian Financial | May 13, 2021 New! Text messaging feature to help customers start their tele-interview To make the underwriting process more convenient for our customers than ever before, we are excited to announce the introduction of text message notifications. In partnership with APPS, we are piloting text messages to customers who need to complete a tele-interview. The tele-interview will still need to be completed over the phone, but the text can be a helpful reminder that a tele-interview is needed, making it easy for your clients, to get in touch with an interviewer. How will this
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Securian.

S&P Rating Affirmation

S&P Global has re-affirmed Mutual of Omaha’s A+ (Strong) rating with a stable ratings outlook. The A+ rating is the second highest of 16 ratings issued by S&P Global, which assesses overall financial strength and ability to meet ongoing obligations to policyholders. If you have any questions, please contact Mutual of Omaha’s Sales Support Team at (800) 693-6083 or e-mail sales.support@mutualofomaha.com.   S&P Rating Affirmation     #goldencareagent #mutualofomaha #fortune500
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