Advance Notice: End of Year Pay Schedule

As the holiday season quickly approaches, it’s easy to forget important dates with all the hustle and bustle. That’s why we are giving you early notice of our key end of year pay dates. Take a look and keep a copy with you to ensure you have the right dates. Mutual of Omaha and its affiliates (United of Omaha and United World) will be closed on the following days: Thanksgiving: Thursday, November 28, 2019 and Friday, November 29, 2019 Christmas: Wednesday, December 25, 2019 New Year’s Day: Wednesday, January 1, 2020 The past pay cutoff in 2019 for Life is
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Categories: Critical Illness, Disability Income Insurance, Industry News, Life Insurance, Long-Term Care, Medicare Supp./Adv., and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Provide Added Flexibility with Multiple GUL Policies

By choosing a Guaranteed Universal Life, your client receives life insurance protection that is guaranteed for a period up to their lifetime. The client also has flexible options for the future using the Guaranteed Refund Option rider, which is included at no additional cost on all qualifying GUL policies. Learn how purchasing multiple policies can give your clients added flexibility. View the sales idea flyer. This concept can be illustrated for your clients using our What If Report, available on the Winflex Illustration Software Reports tab.   If you have any questions, please contact Mutual of Omaha’s Sales Support at
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Strength Must Be Earned – Even in the Insurance Industry

When we offer a product, we know we’re staking a century’s worth of hard-won reputation on it. So we know our IUL products have to be honest and simple. It may sound easy, but the IUL products that are on the market today are growing more complex and increasingly difficult for clients to understand. But not ours. We pride ourselves on having the moral strength to do what’s right for clients and provide them with an IUL that does what they were originally designed to do – offer upside potential and downside protection. Simple. Transparent. Honest. Now that’s strong —
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

We’re Strongest When We Work Together

Nothing is More Powerful than Passionate People Working Together. Recently, we’ve seen the IUL industry beginning to use complex product features to enhance their hypothetical illustration values. This has taken the focus off of doing what’s right for clients and put it on to which company can manipulate their product to illustrate better values. Choosing a product based on these illustrated values might be appealing, but it may not be what’s best for our industry in the long run. We need to get back to selling IULs based on what they were designed to do and provide customers with a
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Strong IUL Products from a Company with a Strong Reputation

At Mutual of Omaha, we’ve spent more than a century earning our reputation of strength and integrity. And while the world looks pretty different than it did in 1909, our reputation endures. You don’t have to take our word for it though. Objective, third-party assessments validate and reinforce Mutual of Omaha’s financial strength. We have consistently earned strong ratings from agencies such as A.M. Best, Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s Investors Service. So, with our IUL products, you can focus on selling a strong, honest product without having to sell the company. We’re a name they know and trust, with
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Our IUL Products are Built Strong

Our strong IUL products keep it simple. At Mutual of Omaha, strong doesn’t mean fancy or complex, tricky or manipulative. It means being able to stand out in the light with products we’re confident in and offering them clearly and honestly — no frills, no fuss. That’s why we created our IUL products the way we did — straightforward, simple and low-cost. Our IUL products do what IULs were originally designed to do — offer upside potential with downside protection, and they do it simply enough for your clients to understand what they’re buying. Simple, honest IUL products that do
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Gerber Life Discontinuing Medicare Supplement New Business Sales

July 03, 2019 Closing New Business Effective August 1, 2019 Gerber Life Insurance Company will no longer accept new business applications for Medicare supplement sales. Inforce Business There is no impact to existing business. Gerber Life will continue to service all existing Medicare supplement policies. Agent Contracting New producer contracts will no longer be accepted for Medicare supplements as of July 3, 2019. Medicare supplement contracts and appointments will be terminated. Agents contracted with Gerber Life to sell both Medicare supplement and Gerber’s other product lines will only have their Medicare supplement contract terminated. The agent’s Gerber appointment for life/health
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Categories: Gerber Life, Industry News, and Medicare Supp./Adv..

The Extras on Life Protection Advantage IUL

Life Protection Advantage IUL has competitive long-term no-lapse guarantee premiums. But that’s not all. The product also comes with value-added features that many competitors don’t offer. A Guaranteed Refund Option Rider Unlike many other IULs, qualifying Life Protection Advantage IUL policies come with a premium refund option when clients pay the ‘guarantee to 85’ premium level. With this feature, if your clients no longer need their life insurance coverage, they have seven 60-day windows in which they can surrender their policy and receive their premiums back. A Terminal and Chronic Illness Rider — at no additional cost Life Protection Advantage
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Accelerate the Underwriting Process for TLA

Accelerated Underwriting for Term Life Answers® speeds up the traditional underwriting process and can provide you with an underwriting decision in 48-72 hours. How does it work? It’s simple. Submit a Speed eTicket (drop ticket). ExamOne will contact your client to complete the health interview. If approved through Accelerated Underwriting, no other requirements are needed – that’s right, NO paramed exam. If not approved through Accelerated Underwriting, no problem, the application will continue down the traditional underwriting path like normal. Our Accelerated Underwriting Program flyer explains the program in detail and can be shared with your agents..   If you
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Save Your Clients Money with Fit Credits

Our Fit Underwriting Credit Program can help your clients qualify for up to an additional two table credits from their base rating on both term and permanent products. When your clients get a better rating, they get additional cost savings. What makes the Fit Program unique? It is NOT a table shave program Clients as young as 18 years old can qualify It applies to both permanent AND term policies Take a look at the Fit Guide and be sure to complete the Fit Test with your clients to ensure they receive the best underwriting rating. If you have questions,
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).