According to the 2021 Insurance Barometer Study from Life Happens and LIMRA, the Coronavirus pandemic has driven an increase in life insurance purchase intent, with 31% of consumers more likely to buy life insurance due to COVID-19. 1 The impact is even greater among distinct audiences, with the likelihood of buying increasing to 45% among millennials and 42% among respondents who have household incomes of $150K or more.1 This changing mindset seems to indicate that consumers are thinking of additional ways to protect themselves and their families and that life insurance has become more of a priority relative to other
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Update to Gerber Life’s pre-assigned ID contracting process
Pre-Assigned ID Contract Processing Temporarily On-Hold Thank you for your partnership with Gerber Life Insurance. Our goal has always been to provide you with the best service possible. To improve our appointment turnaround time, we are changing the focus on how we process contracts. We are temporarily stopping the option for Pre-Assigned ID’s and going back to Just-In-Time (JIT) processing. What does this mean for you and your Agents? Just-In-Time states: Your Agents first piece of business should be submitted via paper along with their contracting Call Center: Your Agents contracting should be submitted prior to submitting business Pre-Appointment
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Gerber Life Insurance CSO Mortality Table Transition
Gerber Life Update Important Changes to the Gerber Life Grow-Up® Plan, Young Adult and Guaranteed Life CSO Mortality Tables. The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has adopted the 2017 Commissioners Standard Ordinary (2017 CSO) mortality tables. Life insurance policies are required to use the updated 2017 CSO Mortality Tables by January 1, 2020. Additionally Guaranteed Life Issue policies will continue to use the 2001 CSO Mortality Tables. As a result the following changes will be made: Grow-Up® Plan and Young Adult Grow-Up® Transitions to the 2017 CSO Mortality Tables All Grow-Up® Plan and Young Adult Grow-Up® policies issued
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Reminder! Product portfolio changes and 2017 CSO updates
2017 CSO Updates: Important dates and transition timelines Beginning January 1, 2020, any new life products issued must use the 2017 Commissioners Standard Ordinary (CSO) Table. In an effort to streamline our product offerings and launch new, innovative life insurance products, there will be some changes to our product lineup through the end of the year (2019). Below is a summary of current products and corresponding replacements and retirements. Products that are already 2017 CSO/PBR (Principal-Based Reserving) compliant are excluded from this list. Indexed Universal Life (IUL) Current product Replacement product (2017 CSO/PBR compliant) Orion IUL Eclipse Accumulator IUL (coming
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Changes to life product portfolio: 2017 CSO updates
Important dates and transition timelines Beginning January 1, 2020, any new life products issued must use the 2017 Commissioners Standard Ordinary (CSO) Table. In an effort to streamline our product offerings and launch new, innovative life insurance products, there will be some changes to our product lineup through the end of the year (2019). Below is a summary of current products and corresponding replacements and retirements. Products that are already 2017 CSO/PBR (Principal-Based Reserving) compliant are excluded from this list. Indexed Universal Life (IUL) Current product Replacement product (2017 CSO/PBR compliant) Orion IUL Eclipse Accumulator IUL (coming December 14, 2019)*
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