Long-term care insurance companies paid out a record $13.25 Billion in 2022 according to the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance (AALTCI). “Claim benefit payouts for policyholders with traditional long-term care insurance coverage grew from $12.3 Billion in 2021,” reports Jesse Slome, AALTCI’s director. “The increase in benefit payouts is expected as policyholders age and start to require care.” For calendar-year 2018 the Association reported that long-term care insurers paid out $10.3 Billion. According to Slome, the amount reported represents claims for those owning traditional or health-based long-term care insurance. “Data for linked-benefit policies is harder to calculate because there
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NGL EssentialLTC Updated 2023 Tax Summary
Updated 2023 Tax Summary The Tax Summary has been updated to include the changes to 2023 Eligible Long Term Care Premiums (ELTCPs). The flyer is a great way to find out the tax advantages LTCi has for individuals and businesses. Below are last year’s and this year’s ELTCPs for your reference. 2022 ELTCPs: 2023 ELTCPs: The Tax Summary will be available on the Agent Resource Center under Marketing Tools category under the Sales & Marketing tab beginning Friday, January 13, 2023. For agent inquiries contact your dedicated Agent Services Team at 888-505-2332 or status@ngl-essentialltc.com. For sales questinos contact
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Advanced Markets Minute – January 2023
SECURE 2.0 Welcome to the Advanced Markets Minute in both print and audio form. Today we’re going to discuss key provisions of Division T of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, better known as SECURE 2.0 Listen Now After widespread bipartisan support, the long discussed SECURE 2.0 has passed both houses of Congress and was signed into law by President Biden on December 29, 2022 Just like the SECURE Act of 2019 made significant changes to retirement accounts, SECURE 2.0 implements many more changes and expands on some changes made by the original Act. The new law has close
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Advanced Markets Minute – December 2022
LTC Self-Insurance or Self-Delusion? Welcome to the Advanced Markets Minute in both print and audio form. Today’s article is called “LTC Self-Insurance or Self-Delusion?” Listen Now When it comes to planning for long-term care expenses some clients say they would rather self-insure, or in other words, pay the cost of care themselves. They probably don’t self-insure against auto accidents, home fires, or medical costs, but somehow self-insuring against the risk of needing long term care makes sense to them. Many who say that may not understand what the actual cost of long-term care will be and, in reality, cannot
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Advanced Markets Minute – November 2022
Protecting Your Greatest Assets for Life Welcome to the Advanced Markets Minute in both print and audio form. Today’s article is called “Protecting Your Greatest Assets for Life.” Listen Now Most people don’t think of asset protection until they have accumulated some wealth and are faced with a specific threat. But at any point in your clients’ lives they have two significant assets and need to protect them. First, they need to protect their ability to earn an income, and they need to protect what they have built so they can enjoy it in retirement. What if you could
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The LTC Download: Q3 2022
Welcome back to The Download LTC, your quarterly e-newsletter! Check out the latest LTC news below. LTC Awareness Month is Coming Soon As the lion is fearless, so should your confidence in our long-term care insurance portfolio. We have a great lineup of materials heading your way for LTCi Awareness Month! Get more details, including a full event schedule. The Double-Click Register now for our Long-Term Care Awareness Month Claims Webinar for a chance to win some Mutual of Omaha Wild Kingdom swag! We will be announcing 5 lucky winners at the end of the call. Register Now
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Sales Idea: Home Healthcare
7.6 million individuals currently receive care at home because of acute illnesses, long-term health conditions, permanent disability, or terminal illness. By comparison, there are just over 1.8 million individuals in nursing homes. Help your clients understand that their ability to remain in their home as they age is simplified by buying long-term care insurance. By walking through how LTCi provides in-home services, you can help clients feel more secure in their purchase of an LTCi policy … and, possibly help keep them in their home longer. Download the Sales Idea to learn more! If you have any questions, please
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The Download: Your New Quarterly LTC Newsletter
Welcome Back! In case you missed it… The Cost of Care Study results are in! To help you and your producers navigate the conversation about how clients intend to pay for their long-term care, we’ve updated and developed new cost-of-care tools. Check them out → Condition-Related Marketing: Physical Therapy If a client is currently undergoing physical therapy, there are some key best practices for producers to follow when taking their application. Learn more → Social Media Update: We’re on LinkedIn! Mutual of Omaha’s brokerage social media presence is expanding! Follow us on LinkedIn to get the latest
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Mutual of Omaha Advanced Markets Minute
The “Golden Age” for Long-Term Care? Welcome to the Advanced Markets Minute in both print and audio form. Today’s article is called “The Golden Age for Long Term Care.” Listen Now You’ve probably heard about the State of Washington’s Cares Fund, a state long term care benefit funded by a payroll tax. If you’re not in the State of Washington, you may have thought that you didn’t need to be concerned with any of it, and that your state would never do something like that. If you thought that, it is time to think again. The Washington law was
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The Download: Your New Quarterly LTC Newsletter
Introducing The Download: Your Quarterly LTC Newsletter The Download is your resource for all Mutual of Omaha long-term care insurance news. You can expect this quarterly e-Newsletter to provide you the newest and most important LTCi sales ideas, product updates, tools and resources. Make sure to keep an eye out for opportunities to give direct feedback on what you want to see from us as well as chances to win prizes in our contests! Condition-Related Marketing: Cancer Just because a client has a history of cancer, that doesn’t mean they can’t qualify for long-term care insurance. View our newest
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