Life insurance grace period extension update Amidst current events surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic, Securian Financial’s Individual Life Insurance Division established a grace period extension for individual life insurance policies. Policies that were set to lapse had their grace period extended as a courtesy to our policyholders and to comply with any state mandated leniency requirements. Beginning mid-June 2020, notices will be sent to policyholders: Payment Notices: For those policies with no state guidelines, or state guidelines with specific end dates, payment notices will be sent that acknowledge the grace period has come to an end, the payment amount due, and
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REMINDER: Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Refresher Training
As REQUIRED by federal regulation, all producers writing permanent life or annuity products must complete the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) training. Each producer that completed AML training prior to January 1, 2020 is required to complete AML renewal training by June 30, 2020. The renewal course is titled “Money Laundering and Cybercrime – Anti-Money Laundering for Insurance Review” will automatically be assigned by LIMRA and takes approximately 30 minutes to complete. Mutual of Omaha has contracted LIMRA to provide anti-money laundering training at no cost to you. Once you’ve completed the course, LIMRA will automatically send Mutual of Omaha a notification.
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IUL Express and GUL Express – Now Available on e-App!
We are excited to announce IUL Express and GUL Express are now available on the iPipeline e-Application. Not only will you be able to submit your applications electronically, but both products will feature Automated Underwriting, Mutual of Omaha’s point-of-sale instant decision process. We created the producer training videos below to walk you through the different processes for both IUL Express and GUL Express. Training Videos IUL Express Email Signature Method IUL Express In Person Signature Method GUL Express Email Signature Method GUL Express In Person Signature Method Preferred Browsers Please make sure you are using the current version of one
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Administrative alert! Product updates to SecureCare Universal Life
Administrative alert! Product updates to SecureCare Universal Life Securian Financial is committed to building secure tomorrows by doing the right thing today. To deliver on this promise and in response to the historically low interest rate environment, Securian Financial will implement the following product updates to SecureCare in all Compact states1 and South Dakota on July 18, 2020. These updates will be implemented in other states as they are approved. Please note: these changes impact new business only, there are no changes to in-force policies. There is no change to the product structure, contract language, forms, compensation or types of
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Heritage Whole Life Update: Social Security Drafting Information
Heritage Whole Life Update Social Security Drafting Information When selecting Social Security Drafting for GTL’s new Heritage Plan Whole Life Product, if approval date is after the selected draft option, please select an effective date for the policy to be the 1st of the following month in order to have the draft occur on the next expected Social Security payment date. Example 1 The client wants a July 1st effective date and a 2nd Wednesday drafting is requested. ► The first policy draft will occur on Wednesday, July 10th. Example 2 If the policy is effective July 15th and a
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Attention Agents Selling New Whole Life Product
Proof of your AML completion is required in order to get your new Heritage Whole Life policies issued. If you are planning on selling GTL’s new Heritage Plan Whole Life Product and you have not yet done so, please send proof of your AML completion (e.g. an image) to agency@gtlic.com. If you have not completed AML training or have a completion date of older than 24 months, you can visit WebCE, QuestCE or Kaplan for online training. Thank you for your business! Attention Agents Selling New Whole Life Product #goldencareagent #gtl
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ePolicy Delivery now available for SecureCare
When in-person isn’t the best option Our ePolicy Delivery capability is now available for SecureCare Universal Life1! ePolicy Delivery provides a paperless delivery experience so your clients can still get the coverage they need – even if you can’t meet with them in-person. New challenges call for new solutions. Check out our “How to write SecureCare remotely” e-toolkit to find the tools you need when meeting clients face-to-face isn’t the best option: 12 tips for web meetings with clients: hold an effective virtual meeting with clients – no matter where they are. Why SecureCare consumer brochure: personalize it with your
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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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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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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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