Rate Adjustments Effective October 1, 2020

Long-Term Care insurance (LTCi) is a core product for Mutual of Omaha, and we intend to remain a key player in this market for years to come. To fulfill this commitment, we actively monitor emerging industry trends and make any adjustments necessary that enable us to keep our promises to policyholders and remain competitive in the marketplace. For this reason, we will be implementing the following rate adjustments effective October 1, 2020: Block of Business Impacted States LTC06UI Arizona   For a complete rate history, see the state approval grid on Sales Professional Access. Policyholder Notification Process Policyholders will receive
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Categories: Industry News, Long-Term Care, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Quotes on the Go

Quotes on the Go — Try our Mobile Application Today! Mutual of Omaha’s mobile app is available for all Android and Apple devices and allows you to customize the view to the products that you sell including Priority Income Protection. Producers can customize the product view to products you sell. Download the app today →   If you have any questions, please contact your Mutual of Omaha’s Sales Support at (800) 693-6083 or email sales.support@mutualofomaha.com.   Quotes on the Go   #goldencareagent #mutualofomaha
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Categories: Critical Illness, Dental, Disability Income Insurance, Industry News, Life Insurance, Long-Term Care, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Preparing for the Health Interview

Preparation is the key to a successful health interview. You just completed a long-term care application. Before you head out the door, make sure your clients know what happens next. Preparing clients for the underwriting process can go a long way toward ensuring their applications get issued. Why? An interviewer may mistakenly assume confused applicants have cognitive issues that make them uninsurable. In reality, an applicant may simply be distracted or not fully prepared to answer questions about their health, their doctors and their medications. Mutual of Omaha has a handy leave-behind brochure you can use to walk your clients
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Categories: Industry News, Long-Term Care, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

LTC Sales Idea: Inflation Protection

There’s no one-size-fits-all long-term care insurance policy. Instead, you and your clients tailor a policy to meet their unique needs. That means they can select from a variety of optional benefits, like an inflation protection rider that allows policy benefits to grow over time. Historically, the cost of long-term care services has increased approximately 5 percent per year, and that trend is expected to continue. Adding an inflation protection rider is a good way to ensure the policy your clients purchase today provides adequate coverage 20 years down the road when they’re likely to need care. Read how it works
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Categories: Industry News, Long-Term Care, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Lifting LTC Restrictions in Ten Additional States

Lifting LTC Restrictions in Ten Additional States Effective July 20, 2020, Mutual of Omaha is pleased to announce additional states where the age restriction will be lifted for LTC applications age 65 and over. Please refer to the Frequently Asked Questions document for a current list of all states and effective dates. Kentucky Maine Minnesota New Hampshire New Mexico North Carolina Ohio Pennsylvania Vermont Virginia We continue to evaluate lifting restrictions for the remaining states of California, Oregon and Washington. Until then, these states must follow the guidelines and processes outlined in our temporary underwriting guideline communication. Reminder: Underwriters will
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Categories: COVID-19, GoldenCare News, Industry News, Long-Term Care, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Thrivent LTCI: July 2020 Updates

July 2020 Updates Please be aware of the following administrative or new business updates. Cost of Care tool temporarily removed from illustration software Thrivent’s Cost of Care calculator is currently being updated. The link to this tool in the Illustration software and the eApp Illustrations has been temporarily disabled. If you currently click on this link, you will receive an error page. Thrivent hopes to have this functionality restored before the end of the month. Policy Issue Age – Clarification To ensure that the issue age of an approved LTC policy for a client with a recent birthday is that
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Categories: Industry News, Long-Term Care, and Thrivent.

Thrivent launches national ad campaign

National awareness campaign launches July 6 On July 6, Thrivent is kicking off its first-ever national advertising campaign with a media blitz that will include advertisements around the TODAY Show, The Wall Street Journal and much more. This comprehensive campaign will continue through the end of the year and will help raise awareness with consumers around Thrivent. Some highlights: National TV placements (see the ad below) On July 7, ads appeared on the TODAY show, LIVE with Kelly & Ryan and The Wall. After July 7, the commercial airs on: Network programs: Dateline, 20/20, 60 Minutes, 48 Hours and more.
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Categories: Industry News, Long-Term Care, and Thrivent.

Care Solutions News

Product News Changes to Asset-Care® in California launching on July 25 OneAmerica is committed to the asset-based long-term care market and to offering products that bring value to both our agents and their clients. To maintain the viability of Asset-Care® in California and continue offering it until the enhanced product is available in this state, we are making key updates starting July 25.   Coming soon: Asset Care quotes are getting an upgrade Your Asset Care quote outputs will soon be much easier to understand. We heard your feedback, and we’re adding a page to Asset Care quotes that breaks
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Categories: COVID-19, Industry News, Linked Benefit/Hybrids, and OneAmerica.