Sales Idea: Selling LTCi to Middle Market Clients

There are a variety of options available to help with long-term care planning. While each may have unique benefits for your client, when it comes to the middle market, standalone LTCi may make more sense. Understand the middle market buyers – their motivations, needs and hesitancies when it comes to LTCi by viewing the Sales Idea flyer below: Selling LTCi to Middle Market Clients   Sales Idea: Selling LTCi to Middle Market Clients   #goldencareagent #mutualofomaha
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Categories: Industry News, Long-Term Care, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Errors and Omissions Insurance

Mutual of Omaha and its affiliates (United of Omaha and United World) require Errors and Omissions Insurance in the amount of $1 million (per claim) prior to selling the following insurance products: • AccumUL Answers • Term Life Answers • Income Advantage IUL • Lifetime Protection Advantage IUL • Bonus Flexible Annuity • Ultra-Secure Plus • Ultra-Premier • Income Access • Ultra-Income • Critical Illness (aka Critical Advantage) • Disability Income • Long-Term Care • Prescription Drug Plans As a GoldenCare producer, you have the ability to get this valuable coverage at a discount! Check out our Errors and Omissions
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Categories: GoldenCare News, Industry News, Long-Term Care, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Mutual of Omaha Underwriting Leadership Announcement

From the Desk of Tess Grace Marty Johnson, Vice President, Head of Individual Life and Health Underwriting has announced his retirement at the end of 2022. Marty has been instrumental in building strong relationships with our brokerage partners and developing effective underwriting practices for Mutual of Omaha’s Individual Health and Life product lines. We thank Marty for his dedication to Mutual of Omaha and the industry. As you may know, Virginia Craig joined Mutual of Omaha as Vice President of Individual Underwriting in January of this year in anticipation of Marty’s retirement. She has been actively involved in getting acquainted
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Categories: Industry News, Long-Term Care, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Consumer-Approved Educational PowerPoint Presentation

Use our consumer-approved PowerPoint presentation* in your next seminar with LTCi prospects. * Ensure you provide the correct version for clients’ state of residence by downloading through your normal ordering channels You’ll find details about Mutual of Omaha’s LTCi products on Sales Professional Access. Go to MutualofOmaha.com/sales-professionals and select the long-term care page.   Consumer-Approved Educational PowerPoint Presentation   #goldencareagent #mutualofomaha
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Categories: Industry News, Long-Term Care, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Customizable Prospecting Postcard

How will your clients pay for long-term care services? Customizable Postcard — Send this customizable postcard to prospects to encourage them to talk with you about protection from the high cost of LTC services. View the Consumer Postcard > Order now through your normal ordering channels.   Customizable Prospecting Postcard   #goldencareagent #mutualofomaha
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Categories: Industry News, Long-Term Care, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

New Enhanced EssentialLTC State Releases

New Enhanced EssentialLTC State Releases Effective September 2, 2022, the states of AZ, CT, FL, IN and the District of Columbia will receive the Enhanced EssentialLTC. Get your applications in now to use the current rates before then! Features For joint policies, when one insured passes away the premium will now decrease to an amount specified on the illustration and Policy Schedule for each person. The Waiver of Premium Rider for Home and Community Care Services is now built into the policy and premium when Comprehensive Coverage is selected. The 10-Year Premium Payment Option is now fully guaranteed and will
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Categories: Industry News, Long-Term Care, and National Guardian Life.

Now Earn Double Credit on Ten Pays | NGL’s Producer Circle

New enhancements to help you qualify! Double credit on placed Ten Pay Premium LTC To help increase your chances to qualify for NGL’s Producer Circle, you will automatically receive double credit on placed Ten Pay Premium LTC from 08/01/2022 – 12/29/2022. Earn a $1,000 Amazon gift card The producer who places the largest aggregate premium of Ten Pay LTC from 08/01/2022 – 11/30/2022 will earn a $1,000 Amazon gift card.   NGL’s Producer Circle Requirements Producer’s personal production only will be applied toward contest total. Only long term care production will be credited. Single premium payment options will be credited
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Categories: Industry News and National Guardian Life.

LTC COVID-19 Underwriting Guidelines Update

From the Desk of Allen Gregoire Mutual of Omaha has been closely monitoring our new business and underwriting practices since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, periodically making business decisions regarding our underwriting guidelines. We are pleased to announce that we are updating our long-term care insurance guidelines effective immediately. The following updates apply to all submitted and pending in-house LTCi cases: If the proposed insured, or any member of their household, has come into close contact with anyone known to the insured to have tested positive for COVID-19 and is asymptomatic, there is no required waiting period if the
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Categories: COVID-19, Industry News, Long-Term Care, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Update to the Premier Underwriting Guide

Update to the Premier Underwriting Guide At NGL, we adapt our LTCi underwriting practices as medical science continues to evolve and more information becomes available. We have identified scenarios where it may be acceptable for an applicant to have two first-degree relatives with dementia. It is now recommending that you prequalify these scenarios with the type of dementia, the age of onset of symptoms and the age of diagnosis. Some scenarios may be acceptable and others will not, depending on the details. We have updated our Premier Underwriting Guide to reflect this.
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Categories: Industry News, Long-Term Care, and National Guardian Life.

All Thrivent LTCi solutions now at your fingertips

Our Materials-at-a-Glance one-pager has live links to the key consumer and producer pieces for both the traditional LTCi solution and CareForward. This piece will auto-update as pieces are revised. Download to your computer, and then click a link to open a document. Materials-at-a-Glance   #goldencareagent #thrivent #careforward
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Categories: Industry News, Linked Benefit/Hybrids, and Thrivent.