When tax season arrives, your clients are likely thinking about the past year and the one ahead. But it’s also a good time to talk about the future and their tax situation when they retire. A properly-funded Income AdvantageSM IUL policy is a good way to help your clients plan ahead and minimize their tax risks in retirement. Our newly updated Tax Bracket Risks brochure for 2020 can help you explain the advantages of an IUL policy to your clients. This updated brochure can be ordered through your normal supply channels beginning Friday, January 31, 2020. If you have
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TLE e-App Updates
Important TLE e-App Transition Update Beginning Wednesday, January 22, 2020, you will begin seeing a blocker page if you try to start a new application in the TLE – Traditional e-App on iPipeline. You can no longer start new applications using the TLE – Traditional e-App. To start a new e-App, please use the updated e-App, TLE – Point of Sale Decision. The blocker page will include the instructions below for completing a new application: Go to the Case Information page Select the “Find Available Products” button Select “Term Life Express Point of Sale Decision” as the product Complete the
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A Fresh New Look for Our IUL Materials
Our IUL products provide your clients with life insurance protection while also offering upside potential by linking the product’s accumulation value to the upside performance of a market index. On Life Protection Advantage, our protection-focused product, the accumulation value can help extend the death benefit beyond the no-lapse protection period. On Income Advantage, our accumulation-focused product, the cash value can help provide future supplemental income for retirement, college funding, or other expenses. We have just updated our IUL materials with a fresh, new look for the new year! The new materials are available for download on the Sales Professional Access
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Express Reference Guide, Life Insurance Products
United of Omaha’s Express Life Products Reference Guide can provide you with the underwriting requirements – such as the height and weight chart as well as examples of ineligible conditions – on our Simplified Issue products. United of Omaha Simplified Underwriting products include: Term Life Express, Guaranteed Universal Life Express, Indexed Universal Life Express, Living Promise Final Expense, Children’s Whole Life, and Guaranteed Advantage. This is a great piece to download and keep with you to use as a reference guide! If you have any questions, please contact your Mutual of Omaha’s Sales Support at (800) 693-6083 or email
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Our IUL Philosophy: Simplicity and Transparency
Simplicity: One of the things that sets our Life Protection IUL and Income Advantage IUL products apart are their simplicity of design. At United of Omaha, we do not believe that you need fancy (and oftentimes confusing) crediting strategies in order to offer your clients upside potential. By using only one index and a straightforward, annual point-to-point crediting method, our products are easier for you to explain to your clients. Our IUL Portfolio Flyer provides you with an overview of how our two IUL products work and the client-friendly features that differentiate our products. Transparency: At United of Omaha,
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Prepaid Debit Card Refresher
Some clients request to use a prepaid debit card or account to pay for their life insurance policy. While these cards can be convenient for the client, they can be tricky when processing recurring premium payments. Want to learn more about how prepaid debit cards work? Take a look at our FAQ below. Q: What is a prepaid debit card? A: A prepaid debit card is an alternative to a banking debit card. You load money onto the card and are only allowed to spend the money you have loaded. Q: Does Mutual of Omaha accept prepaid debit cards? A:
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Automated Underwriting for TLE is Here
Effective Saturday, January 4, 2020, Automated Underwriting, our instant decision tool, was added to Term Life Express e-Applications. Now all your TLE e-Apps will receive an instant underwriting decision after the health questions are completed. That’s not all, you will also see streamlined e-App screens along with great new features including bank validation, address lookup and touch to sign capability. We walk you through the updated TLE e-App in the training videos below. And for more detailed information, be sure to check out our automated underwriting program flyer and frequently asked questions document. Email Signature Training In-Person Signature Training Protect
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GUL Express Illustrations
Last February we announced we no longer require illustrations on most Guaranteed Universal Life Express policies. This allows you to simply use our mobile quoting app to quote GUL Express and submit the application. As a reminder, below is when an illustration is required. No Illustration Required Policies with no-cost riders using monthly or annual payments. Illustration Required Policies with cost riders and making payments using anything other than monthly or annual payments. Policies with any payment structure other than guaranteed term periods offered on the mobile quoting tool (age 80, 85, 90, 100, 120), such as short pay and
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NEW IUL Express Producer Training Video
Our new IUL Express producer training video provides you with everything you need to know about our newest simplified issue product, including the product features, who the target market is, how the indexing options work, the additional options available and more. Watch the Producer Training Video now > > Then, when you’re ready to sell, use the IUL Express process training video to learn how to illustrate the product and complete the application. Watch the Process Training Video now > > And, we even have a video that you can share with your clients to help you explain
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Final Reminder: Upcoming Changes to Our Life Portfolio
As a reminder, effective January 1, 2020, we will be making changes to our life product portfolio, including discontinuing our Guaranteed Universal Life product, repricing our Level and Graded Living Promise Whole Life final expense products, repricing our Term Life Express Non-ROP product and discontinuing our Term Life Express 20-Year ROP product. Read the Upcoming Changes to Our Life Portfolio article for complete details on the changes. Read the 2020 Life Product Changes: Transition Rules article to get the full transition rules. Read the FAQ document to get answers to any questions you may have regarding the upcoming changes. If
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