Prescreening LTCi Applicants is Always a Good Idea

Did You Know? No one wants to tell a client their LTCi application has been declined or their policy must be rated up. Let Mutual of Omaha help you avoid these awkward conversations. Prescreening your LTCi applications is the best way to know what rate class to quote or even whether the case should be submitted. Mutual of Omaha makes prescreening fast and easy. They offer this guarantee: send an email to ltcunderwriting@mutualofomaha.com and you’ll have a response in four hours. Be sure to include information like: Dates of doctors’ visits Specialty physicians the client may be seeing Pending surgeries
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Categories: Industry News, Long-Term Care, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Strength Through Teamwork: LTC Association Marketing Discounts

Strength Through Teamwork! Our new flyers and brochures are a great way for you tell the story about our how long-term care products can benefit association members. Getting Started This brochure provides some of the key reasons and ways you can grow your business by working with associations, including which products you can offer. The Guidelines This flyer lists association requirements and provides a step-by-step association approval process, from submitting a proposal to receiving approval.   For more details and additional materials, visit our dedicated Association Marketing page on Sales Professional Access.   Strength Through Teamwork: LTC Association Marketing Discounts
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Categories: Industry News, Long-Term Care, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Mutual of Omaha – Wild Kingdom Moment

Mutual of Omaha has been committed to protecting the natural world for decades with conservation efforts and our beloved “Wild Kingdom” television series. Our instinct to protect the Wild Kingdom lives on today. Check out this month’s Wild Kingdom Moment: Ili Pika The Seal. Ili Pika is a seal pup who was stranded on an oyster trestle on an Irish beach. She was rescued and returned to the ocean. Watch Video   #goldencareagent #mutualofomaha #wildkingdom
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Categories: Industry News and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

FAST FACT | 200% Professional Home Health Care Benefit

What is the Mutual of Omaha’s MutualCare 200% Professional Home Health Care Benefit? Click Here to listen to Jeff Clark’s Fast Fact on this unique benefit!     If you’re already appointed through GoldenCare, but are not yet taking advantage of all we have to offer, call your Regional Director at 800-842-7799!         #goldencareagent
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Categories: Fast Facts, GoldenCare News, Industry News, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Optimizing Thrivent’s CareForward for long-term care benefits

Designing CareForward to optimize LTC benefits Running time: under 5 minutes How do you best design a CareForward solution to provide your clients with the most long-term care benefits for their investment? Join Dean Anderson, Thrivent product specialist as he walks you through the moving parts of CareForward in less than 5 minutes.   CareForward Sales Strategy This new Sales Strategy flyer walks you through two hypothetical scenarios. One shows how to fund CareForward using an annuity settlement. The other shows what it looks like if harvesting gains from managed accounts. Access Sales Strategy     #goldencareagent #thrivent
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Categories: Industry News, Linked Benefit/Hybrids, and Thrivent.

How We Stack Up to the Competition

Our How We Stack Up to the Competition Brochure This brochure outlines some of the competitive advantages you get when working with a carrier fully committed to traditional LTCi. From the training and support we provide to our financial strength and experience in the LTCi world… it’s all there. See the details.   If you have questions, please contact your Sales Director or Account Executive.   How We Stack Up to the Competition   #goldencareagent #mutualofomaha
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Categories: Industry News, Long-Term Care, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Inforce Rate Adjustment New Quote Request Best Practices

After notification letters are sent, policyholders may choose to learn more about the options available to them for lowering premium. They should do so by contacting their agent or Mutual of Omaha’s customer service team. For policies issued 1987-2004, please call 1 (800) 228-7104 For policies issued 2004-2013, please call 1 (877) 894-2478 or email mutualofomahaltc@ltcg.com The expected turnaround time for quotes is 6-10 business days. If submitting a request through email on behalf of your client, please adhere to the following process: Submit the request to mutualofomahaltc@ltcg.com Ensure the subject line reads “Quote Request” followed by requester’s last name
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Categories: Industry News, Long-Term Care, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Inforce Long-Term Care Insurance Rate Adjustments Effective July 1, 2022

Mutual of Omaha actively monitors our inforce long-term care business, filing rate adjustments when necessary to ensure we keep our promises to policyholders and remain competitive in the marketplace. We will be implementing the following inforce rate adjustments effective July 1, 2022: Impacted Policy Forms Impacted States LTC04I Georgia, Minnesota and South Dakota LTC04G Georgia, Minnesota and South Dakota LTC04I7 Georgia, Minnesota and South Dakota LTC09M Georgia, Minnesota and South Dakota LTC06UI Georgia, Minnesota and South Dakota LTC09U Georgia, Minnesota and South Dakota LT50, NH50, HCA, NHA & LTA Connecticut, Louisiana and Minnesota HCAQ, NHAQ and LTAQ Louisiana and Minnesota
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Categories: Industry News, Long-Term Care, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Good News | May Is Disability Insurance Awareness Month

Put DI in Focus this May – Disability Insurance Awareness Month May is Disability Insurance Awareness Month, and an excellent opportunity to have the income protection discussion with clients. To help you put DI in focus this May, we’ve gathered some valuable resources for you to share and start the discussion: DIAM Resource Flyer: Use this flyer to view our newest content, including even more ideas to help clients bring DI into focus. MutualIncomeSolutions.com: This is your one-stop-shop when it comes to getting to know our newest income protection solution, Mutual Income Solutions. If you’re already appointed through GoldenCare, but
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Categories: GoldenCare News, Industry News, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Updated Premier Underwriting Guide

Updated Premier Underwriting Guide We have updated our Premier Underwriting Guide to include more information on Major Depression. The updated guide is now available on the Agent Resource Center under Reference Guides in the Sales & Marketing tab. Click below to download a PDF copy of the Premier Underwriting Guide and the Major Depression, Anxiety, and Long Term Care Underwriting flyer. Please note, the Premier Underwriting Guide is available for use in the following states: AK, AL, AR, CO, DE, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ,
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Categories: Industry News and National Guardian Life.