GoldenCare Newsletter | November 8, 2021

Read Full GoldenCare Newsletter, November 8, 2021 Edition We’re making it easier than ever to get a hold of us and have your favorite tools available at your fingertips! Click here to DOWNLOAD our electronic business card, and enter to win one of TEN $100 Amazon.com Gift Cards!     In this GoldenCare Newsletter Edition From GoldenCare:   Our Guest Articles in this edition “Caregiving Caused Me to Divorce My Siblings,” by Robert L. Peta, NextAvenue “Pandemic Takes Its Toll On Caregivers,” Advisor Magazine SPECIAL TRAINING: Today! Aetna’s Recovery Care vs GTL’s Recover Cash Thursday! Mutual of Omaha LTCi Product
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Categories: GoldenCare News, Industry News, Long-Term Care, Medicare Supp./Adv., Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates), National Guardian Life, OneAmerica, and Thrivent.

Thrivent LTC: Session timeouts while using e-App?

Experiencing session timeouts in the Thrivent e-App? iPipeline has determined this happens most often when users first access FormsPipe and then subsequently launches the e-App on iGO. If the user leaves FormsPipe open in the background, it continues to use the FormsPipe instance for the session timeout and not iGO. To prevent unexpected session timeouts, users should close FormsPipe so the session no longer times out in the background. iPipeline is working on a more permanent fix to the issue, and has this scheduled for their next product Sprint.       #goldencareagent #thrivent #ltc
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Categories: Industry News, Long-Term Care, and Thrivent.

Enhanced LTCi Prescreening Process

New prescreening team reduces turnaround times To improve the response time on underwriting prequalification requests, as well as to help expediate the cycle time for new business, Thrivent LTCi prequalification requests will now be processed by emailing LTCiPreQual@Thrivent.com. With our previous process, we strived for a 24-hour response time, but that should be greatly improved with our new process. We have successfully tested this approach in a pilot with a few select BGAs and have experienced greatly improved turnaround times. This experienced prescreening team is helping alleviate some of the burden from our underwriters at LTCG, helping to further reduce
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Categories: Industry News, Long-Term Care, and Thrivent.

Important Washington state updates as 11/1 deadline nears

Washington state LTCi updates: Processing solution as 11/1 deadline nears Thank you for your patience as we work diligently to process the significant influx of long-term care (LTC) application volume we’ve received as a result of the Washington Cares Fund. The surge in applications has put significant strain on carriers, underwriters and the vendors who support this business across the industry. We received triple the normal number of LTC applications throughout May, June and July. And while we have made meaningful progress, there are still a significant number of applications to process. Current projections indicate that we will return to
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Categories: Industry News, Long-Term Care, and Thrivent.

GoldenCare Newsletter | September 27, 2021

Read Full GoldenCare Newsletter, September, 27 2021 Edition We’re making it easier than ever to get a hold of us and have your favorite tools available at your fingertips! Click here to DOWNLOAD our electronic business card, and enter to win one of TEN $100 Amazon.com Gift Cards!     In this GoldenCare Newsletter Edition From GoldenCare:   Our Guest Article in this edition “Survey finds family caregiver burden is worsening,” by Diane Eastabrook, McKnight’s Senior Living   SPECIAL: Medicare 101 – Crash Course to Selling October 6th! Join Jeff Clark for a QuickStart crash course to selling Medicare products
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Categories: GoldenCare News, Guarantee Trust Life, Industry News, Long-Term Care, Medicare Supp./Adv., Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates), National Guardian Life, and Thrivent.

Thrivent LTC: Committed to supporting your business

Committed to supporting your long-term care business Know that our goals remains to get all LTC applications submitted prior to June 17 issued by Nov. 1. Our underwriting and case management team is currently working over-time and weekends to make this happen. We have done many things, including but not limited to adding staff, technology improvements, and offering overtime to help handle the increased volume. We are vigorously pursuing additional options to enable the team to work through the high pending volume and process this important business as quickly as possible. I’ll provide you another update early next month to
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Categories: Industry News, Long-Term Care, and Thrivent.

GoldenCare Newsletter | September 13, 2021

Read Full GoldenCare Newsletter, September, 13 2021 Edition We’re making it easier than ever to get a hold of us and have your favorite tools available at your fingertips! Click here to DOWNLOAD our electronic business card, and enter to win one of TEN $100 Amazon.com Gift Cards!   In this GoldenCare Newsletter Edition From GoldenCare:   Our Guest Article in this edition “How COVID-19 Has Changed Americans’ Views on Health Insurance,” by Michael Popke, ThinkAdvisor   Prepare for a winning AEP! TOMORROW! Demo: Expanded CSG Actuarial Tool Capabilities! Special guest speaker Anna Patrick will give a live demo to
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Categories: GoldenCare News, Guarantee Trust Life, Industry News, Long-Term Care, Medicare Supp./Adv., Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates), National Guardian Life, OneAmerica, and Thrivent.

GoldenCare Newsletter | August 23, 2021

Read Full GoldenCare Newsletter, August 23, 2021 Edition We’re making it easier than ever to get a hold of us and have our tools available at your fingertips! Text goldencare to the number below to download our electronic business card, we’re giving away TEN $100 Amazon.com Gift Cards   In this GoldenCare Newsletter Edition From GoldenCare:   Our Guest Article in this edition “Advisors, Take Fear Out of Long-Term Care Planning,” by Julie Pinkerton, U.S News & World Report   TOMORROW! Aetna’s Recovery Care vs GTL’s Recovery Cash Don’t miss the details about this breakthrough product in the fastest growing
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Categories: GoldenCare News, Guarantee Trust Life, Industry News, Long-Term Care, Medicare Supp./Adv., Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates), National Guardian Life, OneAmerica, and Thrivent.

Thrivent Long-Term Care Consumer Presentation

Consumer presentation: 4 Truths about Long-term Care This new workshop shows attendees how developing an extended care strategy may help them: Preserve independence Protect income and assets Reassure family about the future Audience Pre-Retired (51-64) Retired (65+) State-Specific Materials Presenters must be licensed in the states they are presenting in/to. Ensure that you are using only the appropriate materials for your state. Click the links below to download the appropriate state-approved materials. Appointed agents may also access these via www.tfltcstore.com   ICC States Presentation Facilitator guide Newsletter copy Non-ICC States: AZ, CT, DC, DE, FL, HI, IN, MT, NJ, ND and
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Thrivent LTC: Consumer presentation now available

Consumer presentation: 4 Truths about Long-Term Care This new workshop shows attendees how developing an extended care strategy may help them: Preserve independence Protect income and assets Reassure family about the future Audience Pre-Retired (51-64) Retired *65+) State-Specific Materials Presenters must be licensed in the states they are presenting in/to. Ensure that you are using only the appropriate materials for your state. Click the links below to download the appropriate state-approved materials. Appointed agents may also access these via www.tfltcstore.com. ICC States: Presentation Facilitator guide Newsletter copy Non-ICC States: Presentation Facilitator guide Newsletter copy Note: The consumer presentation is not
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Categories: Industry News, Long-Term Care, and Thrivent.