Important Announcement AnnuiCare and FlexPlus products will no longer be available for new sales in 2024. At Guaranty Income Life (GILICO), we pride ourselves on offering you simple and competitive solutions to meet your clients’ needs. That’s the spirit that brought AnnuiCare to the market in 1999 as one of the industry’s first Long-Term Care hybrid annuity products. But AnnuiCare and FlexPlus products were not built to adjust for today’s technological advancements. We are proud of these products and the clients they have served. We will continue to service existing policies, but have removed product materials and app kits
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Nationwide CareMatters Together launching in AZ and DC
Nationwide CareMatters Together launching in AZ and DC on Sept. 11, 2023 Beginning September 11, 2023, CareMatters Together will be available in the state of Arizona (AZ) and the District of Columbia (DC). After September 11, 2023, CareMatters Together will not yet be available in California, Montana and New York. CareMatters Together will not be filed outside of the 50 states and the District of Columbia (DC). We will continue to offer Nationwide CareMatters® II for individuals seeking long-term care coverage for a single life. For pending applicants who wish to transition to CareMatters Together, additional paperwork or requirements could
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New Suicide Exclusion Endorsement
New Suicide Exclusion endorsement in Arizona, Colorado and Missouri The Compact approved certain amendments relating to life insurance suicide exclusions. These amendments maintain a maximum suicide exclusion period of up to two years and include an exception requiring a shorter maximum suicide exclusion period where required by state law. While the Compact default standard is a two-year suicide exclusion, some Compact states (AZ, CO, and MO) already require shorter suicide exclusion periods. These Compact amendments require that an endorsement be added to policies in those states. A letter explaining the change along with a copy of the endorsement will be
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OneAmerica® Expands Joint Asset Care Offering
OneAmerica® Expands Joint Asset Care Offering Effective July 26, 2023, the joint option on OneAmerica Asset Care will include the 4% acceleration option. Just like the clients we mutually serve, there is no one-size-fits-all approach to long-term care protection. The addition of a 75-month shared benefit pool expands our ability to provide meaningful and flexible benefit options for cost-conscious clients, and our unique lifetime benefit will now be more affordable in many situations. For details, please review I-31591 Care Solutions Product Guide. (The 75-month option currently is not available in California, however.) OneAmerica is committed to continually improving the new
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An opportunity for inherited qualified funds
The SECURE Act An opportunity for inherited qualified funds On December 20, 2019, Congress passed into law provisions from the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act. This landmark legislation provides the most significant changes to the retirement industry in more than a decade and makes investing for retirement more accessible to millions of Americans. How does this impact long-term care planning? First, the legislation eliminates the concept of “stretch IRAs,” which extended the tax-deferred status of an inherited IRA when it passed to a non-spouse beneficiary. The beneficiary could “stretch” the life—and the associated tax advantages—of
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First Premium Payment Methods Are Changing
Effective June 28, 2023 Due to our vendor’s processing change, we will no longer be able to accept credit cards as a method of payment for the first premium payment as of June 28, 2023. For a client’s first premium payment we accept: Personal check Cashier’s check Electronic check or eCheck OneAmerica® accepts checks made payable to OneAmerica or to The State Life Insurance Company®. Pay by eCheck tip Complete the Electronic Premium Payment Authorization, I-34818. The form authorizes one-time or recurring debit payments from a checking or saving account. Make sure the client has their bank account and
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Help is One Phone Call Away with OneAmerica
Supporting Customers Through Long-Term Care Events Retirement comes with endless possibilities, but also added risks. The more we age, the more likely we are to need long-term care. One way for your clients to continue to be there for their loved ones is to have a plan. In case of a long-term care event, your customers can make sure not only that they will have the means to pay for it, but that their loved ones will have the support they need. Help is Only One Phone Call Away Our Care Benefit Concierge makes it easy for a power of
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Streamlining Electronic Sales with eApp
New enhancements to our eApp process are making it easier for you to submit new business with OneAmerica®. These new features and deep-dive resources are built to improve your virtual workspace experience as you continue to grow your business. They add value to your time while developing efficiencies in our current virtual environment. With eApp you can: Obtain signatures electronically. Run illustrations to prefill applications. Automatically order LTCG tele-interview. Eliminate application errors, no NIGOs. Reduce processing time by two to five days. Place your order with one click! No more calls for tele-interview orders! The new auto-order button automatically
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Care Solutions News, March 2023
Operations updates OneAmerica Closed on Good Friday OneAmerica will be closed on Friday, April 7, for the Good Friday holiday. Normal operations will resume on Monday, April 10. Process Solutions Based on your/client feedback, two enhancements were made to the Asset Care eApp process, to provide a new online option to complete the Part 2 questions and to help identify underwriting program earlier. In addition to the release above, here’s an updated eApp process video. It’s Almost Tax Time Annuity Care II is now offering more leverage on client dollars with activation of a 6-year Continuation of Benefits
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The Pension Protection Act and Long-Term Care FAQs
The Pension Protection Act and Long-Term Care FAQs The Pension Protection Act (PPA) deals with changes and reforms to pension governance, specifically with annuities, long-term care and new tax advantages. What does this mean for annuities? Cash value withdrawals from eligible annuity contracts for qualifying long-term care (LTC) expenses or qualifying long-term care insurance premiums are no longer taxable income. Can regular annuity withdrawals for LTC expenses be treated as tax-free distributions? An annuity policy must include language which makes it qualifying. This would preclude a “regular annuity” (an annuity with standard free withdrawal) from receiving the benefits of the
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