AM Best Upgrades GTL’s Financial Strength Rating to A-

  We are extremely excited to announce that AM Best has upgraded GTL’s Financial Strength Rating to A- (Excellent) from B++ (Good) by AM Best! GTL’s Long Term Issuer Credit Rating was also upgraded to “a-“. In today’s press release, AM Best noted that the upgrade reflects GTL’s strong balance sheet strength as well as our strong operating performance. It also stated that “The ratings upgrade for GTL reflects favorable long-term trend of operating results attributed to its hospital indemnity product, Medicare Supplement and its short-term care premium growth.” View the Full Press Release   From all of us at
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Categories: Guarantee Trust Life, Hospital Indemnity Plan, Industry News, Medicare Supp./Adv., and Short-Term Care.

Tele-Underwriting for AnnuiCare® Starts Today

When AnnuiCare® launched in 1999, it was the first tax-qualified asset-based long-term care and annuity combo in the industry. Twenty years later, though many competitors have pulled their LTC offerings or increased premiums, our LTC premium rates remain unchanged and sales continue to grow. What’s different now is our tele-underwriting process which, in most cases provides an immediate underwriting decision.   While your client is in your office, follow these easy steps: Review the pre-interview checklist here. If the applicant can honestly answer ‘No’ to all seven questions, proceed to the tele-underwriting step. Call 888-390-5824 and an experienced, non-clinical interviewer
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Categories: Guaranty Income, Industry News, and Linked Benefit/Hybrids.