Fourth of July Office Closing 2018

Mutual of Omaha and its affiliates (United of Omaha and United World) will be closed on Wednesday, July 4th for Independence Day. 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, Wednesday 7/4/2018 Monday 7/2/2018 Monday 7/2/2018 Friday 6/29/2018 Friday 6/29/2018 Friday 7/6/2018 Weekly and holiday pay schedules are also available on the Sales Professional Access (SPA) website. If you have any questions, please contact your Sales Director
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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).

Medicare Supplement News – Omaha Family of Companies

Upcoming Rate Adjustments Please view the upcoming rate adjustments for NC, WA and WI. •  In-force Rate Adjustments — MOO- WA, WI •  Standardized Rate Adjustment — MOO – WA •  Plan N Rate Adjustment — UMS- NC •  Modernized Rate Adjustment — UW – NC   July Modernized Rate Release Please view the upcoming July Rate Release in AR, AZ, CA, CT, LA, MN, ND, and RI.   Rate Correction to OIC MO Plan N The Rate Adjustment communication that went out on June 6, 2018 for Missouri, Omaha Insurance Company, showed the incorrect rates for Underage 65 Plan
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Categories: Industry News, Medicare Supp./Adv., and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Transamerica Credit Card Process Change

Effective June 15, 2018, Transamerica is implementing a new process for all credit card transactions that will help to secure credit card and other private information used when transacting business. Transamerica will no longer accept credit card numbers. Instead, credit card numbers must be converted to a token number using our website. The token number is then placed on the application and in iGo or wherever a credit card number is requested today. New Business Agents will need to discontinue writing the credit card number on the paper application or putting it into the iGo web application. Instruct customers to
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, Medicare Supp./Adv., and Transamerica.

Sentinel Payment Processing Suspended June 15

Accounting Update to Cause Payment Processing Suspension June 15 An Accounting system upgrade will occur Friday June 15, 2018. As a result, we will not be processing payments on this day. We expect Monday, June 18th to be a normal payment day. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we take steps to improve our internal systems.   #goldencareagent #sentinel
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Categories: Industry News, Medicare Supp./Adv., and Sentinel Security Life.

GTL’s Medicare Supplement Rates Ranked #2 for June!

GTL has been rated #2 in overall Medicare Supplement premium rate competitiveness by CSG Actuarial for June 2018! Extremely competitive rates  •  Great household discounts 3-4 day turnaround time  •  Over 40 years in the market Available on our e-App  •  Get paid weekly National average rate increase of only 3.5% ORDER SUPPLIES   Available in 27 and more coming soon!   GTL’s Medicare Supplement Rates Ranked #2 for June!   #goldencareagent #gtl #medsupp
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Categories: Guarantee Trust Life, Industry News, and Medicare Supp./Adv..

Exciting Updates to Flexible Pay Options

Great news regarding in-force health policies! As of June 10, 2018, most in-force health policies that are set up as automatic withdrawal now provide clients a health pay any day option to pay premiums. Your clients can log in to Customer Access to select a flexible payment option starting June 10. Flexible payment options are listed below: Static dates: 1-28 each month Flexible day: Last day of the month Week/day combination customers can select a combination of the options below: Either the first, second, third, fourth or last week of the month and either Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday
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Categories: Critical Illness, Dental, Disability Income Insurance, Industry News, Medicare Supp./Adv., and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Medicare Supplement News – Omaha Family of Companies

Upcoming Rate Adjustments Please view the upcoming rate adjustments for IN, OK, TN and WI. •  Modernized Rate Adjustment — OIC- OK, TN SELECT •  In-force Rate Adjustments — UMS-IN •  Standardized Rate Adjustment — UW- WI   #goldencareagent #mutualofomaha
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Categories: Industry News, Medicare Supp./Adv., and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Medicare Supplement Launching in Rhode Island

Sentinel Security Life is excited to announce that their Medicare Supplement product will be available for sale in Rhode Island on Monday, June 11, 2018! Click on the link below to download the application packet and Outline of Coverage. You can also visit our Agent Portal to access any of the product forms and the Life & Health Premium Calculator.   Med Supp Application Packet – RI Med Supp Outline of Coverage – RI   #goldencareagent #sentinel
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Categories: Industry News, Medicare Supp./Adv., and Sentinel Security Life.

Medicare Supplement News – Omaha Family of Companies

Upcoming Rate Adjustments Please view the upcoming rate adjustments for AL, IA, IL, IN, KY, MO, NV, OH, OR, TX, WA and WI. •  Modernized Rate Adjustment — UW- OH supp/SELECT, TX supp/SELECT; UMS- WA; MoO- AL; OIC- MO •  In-force Rate Adjustments — UMS- AL, MOO – IL, NV; OIC- KY, OH (supp/SELECT) •  Plan N Rate Adjustment — UMS – IA, IL, IN •  Standardized Rate Adjustment — MoO- NV, OR, UW- IN; (Sept) UMS- WI   One Company/One State – KY and NJ Effective July 1, 2018 only applications underwritten by United World Life Insurance Company in
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Categories: Industry News, Medicare Supp./Adv., and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Aetna: Keep new Medicare numbers confidential

As a reminder, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently began mailing new Medicare ID cards to beneficiaries and this will continue through April 2019. The new cards have a unique Medicare identification number, also called a Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI). You can review our past communication here. Please note: In most cases, Aetna will receive the new Medicare numbers from CMS before our existing members get their new Medicare card and number in the mail. For example, the new Medicare numbers now appear in Individual Medicare enrollment and commission-related reports on Producer World for all existing membership.
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Categories: Aetna, Industry News, and Medicare Supp./Adv..