EssentialLTC available in California The National Guardian Life Insurance Company (NGL) EssentialLTC Long Term Care insurance product is now available in California effective July 6, 2020. Click here to read the complete news release. “The comprehensive features available with NGL’s long term care product offer the residents of California another Long Term Care insurance option as they evaluate their coverage needs. Including an affordable Long Term Care insurance policy in their financial planning portfolio can provide peace of mind and help to protect families against the financial and emotional consequences of a long term care event,” said Joe Guyotte, NGL
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Medicare Solutions – Omaha Family of Companies
Medicare Supplement: Upcoming Rate Adjustments View Upcoming Rate Adjustments–AL, IL, NC, NV, OH, PA, TN, VA, WA, WI. NY Rate Filing Notice View filing notices for NY. July 2020 Rate Release View Rate Release information for the following states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Rhode Island. 2020 Marketing Credits Program View information about our Marketing Credits Program. Mutual Matters is Available on SPA View information on our Mutual Matters quarterly publication. #goldencareagent #mutualofomaha
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Reach Out to Self-Employed Clients
Reach out to your self-employed clients and discuss income protection. Disability income Insurance is the most overlooked and misunderstood of the major forms of insurance. Take a look at your business. Maybe you’ve sold a customer a one of Mutual of Omaha’s life or long-term care policies. You’ve already established yourself and developed a level a trust. Use disability income insurance to build upon that foundation. A loss of income due to an accident or sickness, even for a few months, may close the door on their dream of being a self-employed business owner. For more information, check out the
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Life insurance grace period extension update
Life insurance grace period extension update Amidst current events surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic, Securian Financial’s Individual Life Insurance Division established a grace period extension for individual life insurance policies. Policies that were set to lapse had their grace period extended as a courtesy to our policyholders and to comply with any state mandated leniency requirements. Beginning mid-June 2020, notices will be sent to policyholders: Payment Notices: For those policies with no state guidelines, or state guidelines with specific end dates, payment notices will be sent that acknowledge the grace period has come to an end, the payment amount due, and
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New Mexico requires “Coverage Options Flyer” | Updated Marketing Materials
New Mexico requires “Coverage Options Flyer” The state of New Mexico recently adopted a requirement for agents to provide the “Coverage Options Flyer” to all New Mexico applicants at time of application. The Coverage Options Flyer is available on the EssentialLTC Agent Resource Center under the New Mexico application documents. This can be accessed by selecting the “New Business” tab, then selecting the state of New Mexico from the “State-Specific Applications and Forms” drop down. You can alsoclick here to download the flyer. Updated marketing materials The Executive Carve Out flyer details benefits and advantages to implementing an executive carve
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There for You: Presenting the OneAmerica® 2019 Annual Report
Connect with Customers by Telling Our Story We’ve faced some big challenges this year, and we can be proud of the ways in which we’ve risen to meet them together. That commitment to being there for our customers is foundational to how we do business. Sharing Our Story Sharing our story with customers is a wonderful way to show them how we fulfill our promises. The OneAmerica® 2019 Annual Report is filled with examples of how people like you fulfilled our promise. We hope you’ll see yourself reflected in these stories, and that your customers will too. VIEW THE
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Underwriting update: A new normal
Underwriting update: A new normal In March, we announced several temporary changes to our underwriting processes that offered flexibility while the COVID-19 environment unfolded around us. Since then, we’ve stayed in close contact with our vendors and underwriters, and we’ve seen better than expected results for the completion of in-person underwriting requirements. Our key vendors have indicated that in nearly all locations, they’re able to complete exams and provide timely data back to insurers. This is consistent with the experience we’ve seen on our business. “New normal” for Underwriting As things begin to return to a more normal state
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REMINDER: Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Refresher Training
As REQUIRED by federal regulation, all producers writing permanent life or annuity products must complete the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) training. Each producer that completed AML training prior to January 1, 2020 is required to complete AML renewal training by June 30, 2020. The renewal course is titled “Money Laundering and Cybercrime – Anti-Money Laundering for Insurance Review” will automatically be assigned by LIMRA and takes approximately 30 minutes to complete. Mutual of Omaha has contracted LIMRA to provide anti-money laundering training at no cost to you. Once you’ve completed the course, LIMRA will automatically send Mutual of Omaha a notification.
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The Risk is Real
While most people don’t think twice about purchasing auto, homeowners’ or even life insurance, they often fail to realize that their most valuable asset is their ability to earn an income. Suffering a disability for any length of time because of a sickness or injury could have devastating financial consequences for clients. Here are some insights into how real the risks are: At least 51 million working adults in the United States are without disability insurance other than the basic coverage available through Social Security. Only 48 percent of American adults indicate they have enough savings to cover three months
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Administrative alert! Product updates to SecureCare Universal Life
Administrative alert! Product updates to SecureCare Universal Life Securian Financial is committed to building secure tomorrows by doing the right thing today. To deliver on this promise and in response to the historically low interest rate environment, Securian Financial will implement the following product updates to SecureCare in all Compact states1 and South Dakota on July 18, 2020. These updates will be implemented in other states as they are approved. Please note: these changes impact new business only, there are no changes to in-force policies. There is no change to the product structure, contract language, forms, compensation or types of
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