GoldenCare Newsletter | March 4, 2019

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. Update Your Contracts LTC CEO Office, Home and Internet Selling Tools Software has been updated! This Must-Have Resource can dramatically increase your LTC sales, providing sales presentations, calculators, pre-recorded training, instruction for successful Internet Selling, LTC resources, and  MORE! Get a sneak peek demo here and find out how you can get
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Categories: Genworth, GoldenCare News, Guarantee Trust Life, Industry News, Long-Term Care, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

New Extended Client Phone Interview Hours

At Mutual of Omaha, we always want to make it easy to do business with us. That’s why thanks to the success of Automated Underwriting for Living Promise e-Applications, we were able to reallocate resources and extend our underwriting client phone interview operating hours. The Client Interview team supports health history interviews for Life Express, Fully Underwritten Life, Priority Income Protection, Critical Advantage, and Fully Underwritten Disability Income products. (This team does not support the DI Tele-App process). Effective Monday, March 4, 2019 our client interview team, (800) 775-3000, will be open 1-hour longer Monday-Thursday and be open on Saturdays.
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Categories: Critical Illness, Disability Income Insurance, Industry News, Life Insurance, Long-Term Care, Medicare Supp./Adv., and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Mobile Quotes Update

On March 1, 2019, we will be enhancing the look of Quotes for Sales Professionals, our mobile quoting tool. You can expect the same easy-to-use app, but with a fresh new look. The first time you open the app after the install on March 1, a message will pop up notifying you that a new update is available. The updated mobile app will only be compatible with the following operating systems: iPhone® – 10.0 and higher Android™ – 5.0 and higher Don’t have the new app? The Quotes for Sales Professionals mobile app is free and available on the Apple
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Categories: Critical Illness, Dental, Disability Income Insurance, Industry News, Life Insurance, Long-Term Care, Medicare Supp./Adv., and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Automated Underwriting Update

In November we launched Automated Underwriting for Living Promise e-Applications – our instant decision tool. Overall we have been very pleased with the deployment of the tool and have seen increased usage of our e-Application. Since January 6th, 952 applications have been submitted. Of those applications, 63% were instantly approved and 72% of the referred cases were approved after review. As with any new system, there are opportunities for improvements. We appreciate your constructive feedback and are working on enhancements to the system. We’d like to provide you with an update on some of the recent enhancements/fixes and tips to
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Issue Age Notice for New York LTC Applications

  From the Desk of Steve Pike Effective March 1, 2019 the maximum issue age for Long-Term Care products in the state of New York is age 75. Any application received on or after March 1, 2019, with the client over the age of 75, will be ineligible for coverage. Mutual of Omaha’s Long-Term Care portfolio is very competitive with product pricing, built-in benefits and optional features, enabling you to easily tailor a plan which protects your clients’ financial future. Please reach out to GoldenCare or American Independent Marketing should you have any questions or to learn more about the
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Categories: Industry News, Long-Term Care, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Expansion of Underwriting Client Interview Hours

We are happy to announce that effective Monday, March 4th, we are expanding our client interview hours. We are staying open an hour later during the week and adding Saturday hours! The Client Interview team supports health history interviews for the Life Express, Fully Underwritten Life, Priority Income Protection, Critical Advantage, and Fully Underwritten Disability Income products. (This team does not support the DI Tele-App process). Current operating times — Central time: Monday – Thursday: 8 a.m. – 7 p.m. Friday: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.   New operating times — Central time: Monday – Thursday: 8 a.m. – 8
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Categories: Critical Illness, Disability Income Insurance, Industry News, Life Insurance, Long-Term Care, Medicare Supp./Adv., and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Same Great LTC Product with a Fresh, New Look

For more than 30 years, your clients have trusted Mutual of Omaha’s long-term care solutions to help protect their financial futures. With a product this flexible and popular, we didn’t need to make any changes to it. So we didn’t. But we are excited to let you know that our materials have been updated to better reflect the Mutual of Omaha brand, are easier to understand and are more consumer-friendly. The newly re-designed brochures are now available on Sales Professional Access (www.mutualofomaha.com/broker), or can be downloaded below: MutualCare® Custom Solution Brochure MutualCare® Secure Solution Brochure (National Versions) Please discontinue use
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Categories: Industry News, Long-Term Care, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Walk Through the Stages of Life with Critical Advantage℠

No matter what stage of life your clients are in, the products in the Critical Advantage portfolio are a perfect fit. Whether you’re working with young couples, retirees or business owners, we have a supplemental health policy that’s right for them. Check out this handy flyer that will help you move clients from prospect to policyholder in no time.   If you have any questions, please contact Mutual of Omaha’s Sales Support at (800) 693-6083 or e-email sales.support@mutualofomaha.com.   Walk Through the Stages of Life with Critical Advantage   #goldencareagent #mutualofomaha
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Categories: Critical Illness, Industry News, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Priority Income Protection® – Affordable DI Coverage

If you have clients who think income protection is too expensive, introduce them to Priority Income Protection. Your clients can choose the benefit amount that fits their budget. Below shows monthly premiums for $1000 a month benefit for 12, 24 and 36 months. Issue Ages 18-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-61 12M $13.83 $15.16 $16.93 $19.17 $22.20 $26.92 $32.94 $41.65 25M $18.17 $20.10 $24.14 $28.46 $34.12 $42.62 $53.26 $68.52 36M $20.72 $24.33 $29.32 $35.53 $43.55 $55.32 $69.83 $90.39 Benefit Period   Priority Income Protection is affordable off-the-job DI coverage designed for your middle-income clients. It can replace up
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Categories: Disability Income Insurance, Industry News, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Get an Underwriting Decision – Day or Night

Automated Underwriting for Living Promise e-Applications offers an instant decision while you’re with your client. In fact, during the past couple of weeks, 65% of applications submitted were instantly approved and 77% of the referred cases were approved after review. One of the best features? You can get an underwriting decision that fits with you and your clients’ schedule. New to the Automated Underwriting process? Find out how to complete the e-App.   If you have any questions, please contact Mutual of Omaha’s Sales Support at (800) 693-6083 or e-mail sales.support@mutualofomaha.com.   Get an Underwriting Decision – Day or Night
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).