Income Advantage IUL can provide your clients with valuable life insurance protection. It also offers the opportunity to accumulate cash value* for future needs, such as supplementing the client’s retirement income. Teaming an Income Advantage policy up with a term life insurance policy may be an ideal solution for clients who want to plan ahead for retirement, but also have a larger temporary life insurance need. Learn more about how this works by looking at our Satisfy the Need for Accumulation and Protection flyer. It includes: A case study showing how this concept works A comparison of taking income immediately
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Contracting and Appointments – Service Level Update
At Mutual of Omaha, we remain committed to meeting the needs of our business partners, producers and customers. Recently, you may have noticed some delays in the processing of Contracts and Appointments. Several factors have impacted our services levels, including: Significant delays in receiving criminal records from counties in nearly all states which has impacted how long our background checks are taking to complete Our transition to a remote work environment which has required us to adjust our workflow management and has resulted in processing delays Higher than normal call volumes What We Are Doing: We are making several changes
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LTC Age Restrictions Now Lifted in All States
LTC Age Restrictions Now Lifted in All States Mutual of Omaha will begin accepting LTC applications for clients age 65 and over in California, Oregon and Washington effective immediately, August 24, 2020. Reminder: Underwriters will initiate scheduling the face-to-face assessments for LTC applicants age 65 and over after medical records have been received, reviewed and considered favorable for insurability. This new process ensures we are only requesting face-to-face assessments on individuals who are indeed insurable, subject to the completed assessment. Restrictions are now lifted for all 50 states. For a complete list of effective dates, please view the Frequently Asked
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Important Announcement | Omaha LTCi Changes Taking Effect In 32 States 9/1
Important Update LTC New Business Rate Refresh and Benefit Changes Mutual of Omaha will be refreshing our rates and implementing benefit option changes to the MutualCare® Solutions Portfolio effective September 1, 2020. IMPACTED STATES: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wyoming RATE ADJUSTMENTS – Premium adjustments may vary by age, sex and benefit selection. You may view the new rates by referring to the quoting software beginning September
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LTC New Business Rate Refresh and Benefit Changes
As a leading long-term care insurance carrier, Mutual of Omaha has a responsibility to our policyholders and distribution partners to ensure our pricing strategy and product offerings are effective. We have been monitoring industry trends, internal claims data and the economic environment over the past several years. As a result, we are refreshing our rates and implementing benefit option changes to the MutualCare® Solutions Portfolio effective September 1, 2020. The details are outlined below: Impacted States Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio,
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Good News | Help Keep Clients OUT of Nursing Homes with This Unique Rider
Get Maximum Benefits for Professional Home Health Care If staying at home is your client’s top priority, here’s a way to ensure the policy provides maximum benefits for home health care. The Professional Home Health Care rider, available only on a MutualCare® Custom Solution policy, makes additional funds available for long-term care services provided by a nurse or skilled health-care professional. These extra funds can make it possible for some of your clients to stay OUT of a nursing home. Click the link below to learn how this optional rider works, and for an example: Get Maximum Benefits for
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GoldenCare Newsletter | August 10, 2020
Read Full GoldenCare Newsletter, August 10, 2020 Edition In this GoldenCare Newsletter Edition From GoldenCare: Diversify your portfolio for greater sales success! Join us for product and sales live and prerecorded training. Stay up-to-date on all the latest and greatest in the industry. For a list of current topics and to get in on the discussion Click Here. Appoint with all the Top Carriers LTCCEO Updates: NEW UPDATE! If you haven’t updated yet or you haven’t got your copy, contact us today to find out how! Current installs: Double click “Check for Updates” on your desktop to receive
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Premium Repayment Plans
Mutual of Omaha remains committed to helping our customers during these challenging times. We continue to follow regulatory guidance on a state-by-state basis regarding extending grace periods and/or non-cancellation/non-renewal requirements on insurance policies. In certain circumstances, clients who have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic may be eligible for repayment plans on their deferred premiums. Please direct any clients who inquire about their repayment options to contact Policyowner Services at 800-775-6000. Premium Repayment Plans #goldencareagent #mutualofomaha
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System Maintenance This Weekend
Beginning this Saturday evening we will be completing required system maintenance to our servers. During the maintenance window Sales Professional Access and iPipeline e-Application will be inaccessible. The planned outage will last 7:00 p.m. (CST) Saturday, August 15, 2020 through 7:00 a.m. (CST) Sunday, August 16, 2020. For consideration of additional time zones, the outage window will be: Eastern – 8:00 p.m. Saturday through 8:00 a.m. Sunday Mountain – 6:00 p.m. Saturday through 6:00 a.m. Sunday West Coast – 5:00 p.m. Saturday through 5:00 a.m. Sunday After the brief outage you will be able to access Sales Professional Access and
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Good News | Electronic Health Records Pilot Launches Monday For Omaha LTCi
Human API Pilot for LTC Applications Beginning August 10, 2020, Mutual of Omaha will launch a new pilot with Human API to obtain your clients’ electronic health records as part of our underwriting process. This pilot will include Fully Underwritten MutualCare® Solutions Long-Term Care products where ordering of medical records is required. By partnering with Human API, we can provide your clients a simple and secure way to share their health data with Mutual of Omaha. Client participation is completely optional. Click for more information and access to an FAQ Click Here to add additional carriers & products
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