How Section 7702 Changes Will Impact the Life Insurance Industry

In this Advanced Markets Minute, we look at the changes that were made to the definition of life insurance under Section 7702 of the Internal Revenue Code. Perhaps some of you have heard about the changes that were made. If you have, you may have even heard that this will allow more money to go into the cash value of life insurance. Or maybe you’ve heard that it is a good thing for whole life insurance. Maybe you’ve heard nothing or are just confused about the whole thing. This article should help you understand the changes and how they affect
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Customize a Living Promise Postcard

Living Promise Whole Life Insurance can help ease the financial burden associated with outstanding medical bills, debt and final expenses. It offers your clients affordable premium rates that never increase, no medical exam is required and the policy can’t be canceled as long as premiums are paid and there has been no material misrepresentation. Call Mutual of Omaha’s Sales Support at 1-800-693-6083 to customize our Living Promise rate postcard today!   Customize a Living Promise Postcard   #goldencareagent #mutualofomaha
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Medicare Solutions – Omaha Family of Companies

Medicare Supplement: Upcoming Rate Adjustments View upcoming rate adjustments for Iowa and South Dakota, effective March 1, 2021.   New Contact Card is Available Not sure who to contact, at Mutual of Omaha, with your questions? Check out our new, comprehensive contact card!   Dental: Spotlight on Dental- Our Product Only 12% of Medicare supplement clients have dental coverage, yet 87% of that group has their natural teeth? Find out why Mutual of Omaha’s Medicare supplement and Dental plans are better together.   Dental Rate Reductions and Discounts Effective February 1, 2021, New Jersey and Washington will be taking a
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Categories: Dental, Industry News, Medicare Supp./Adv., and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Cash and Reimbursement… The Best of Both Worlds

MutualCare® Solutions policies give your clients two options on receiving long-term care benefits – cash or reimbursement. Cash Benefit The cash benefit can be used for any services that supports the plan of care. Plus, there is no elimination period to meet before receiving the cash. Reimbursement Benefit After the elimination period is met, the reimbursement benefit allows your client to access covered long-term care services, reimbursed up to the selected amount each month. Best of all, your clients have the flexibility to switch between the cash or reimbursement benefit at any time. For more details on the MutualCare® Solutions
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Categories: Industry News, Long-Term Care, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Encourage Customers to Update Their Email on Customer Access

Over the past several years Mutual of Omaha has made a number of enhancements to our customer-facing systems. In doing so, we’ve increased the number of email notifications sent to our customers who have an email address on file. Please encourage customers to provide an email address so they can receive important policy-related communications, including: Payment notification emails: Upcoming automatic deduction Upcoming payment due (if receiving paper billing statements) Payment past due email Payment returned notification (i.e. insufficient funds) New Medicare Supplement Explanations of Benefits available Proxy voting information (Mutual of Omaha customers only; does not pertain to United of
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Categories: Critical Illness, Dental, Disability Income Insurance, Industry News, Life Insurance, Long-Term Care, Medicare Supp./Adv., and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

When You Think of Us, Think ‘Age Last Birthday’

Many companies set premium rates based on an applicant’s nearest birthday rather than using their actual age. Using age last birthday can: Save your clients when it comes to premium: The client is paying a premium based on their current age, not on the age they will be. Result in fewer underwriting tests: Underwriting requirements are based on age, so the client may have fewer tests when basing the requirements on the client’s current age. Less tests can help save your clients time. For the best possible rates, be sure you use your client’s date of birth when quoting United
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

LTC Sales Idea: Return of Premium

If you have clients who don’t want to end up paying premiums for something they may never use, there’s a feature of the policy that can help ease their concerns. Mutual of Omaha Offers Three Return of Premium Options: Add an optional Return of Premium rider to a long-term care policy. Here’s how it works: If the insured dies while the policy is in force, premiums paid minus any policy benefits received by the insured are refunded to the insured’s beneficiary. ROP Benefit ROP Three Times the Maximum Monthly Benefit Less Claims Paid ROP if Death Occurs Before Age 65
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Categories: Industry News, Long-Term Care, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Medicare Solutions – Omaha Family of Companies

Dental: Dental Insurance Applying Made Easy It’s easy to give your clients the dental coverage they need and it starts with the application.   Dental Rate Reduction and Multi-Policy Discount Release Effective in January 2021 our dental products in Pennsylvania will have a 10% rate reduction on our DNT5 product and 15% multi-policy discount when either DNT2 or DNT5 is written with our Med supp policy! Just one more reason to smile!   #goldencareagent #mutualofomaha
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Categories: Dental, Industry News, Medicare Supp./Adv., and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Simplified Issue Underwriting Quick Reference Guide

The Simplified Underwriting Reference Guide provides you with a quick overview of the underwriting requirements for Indexed Universal Life Express (IULE), Term Life Express (TLE), Guaranteed Universal Life Express (GULE) and Living Promise Whole Life (Final Expense). This downloadable one-page flyer provides the basic underwriting requirements by product, the build chart and a summary of some of the ineligible conditions. You can also download this flyer and other Simplified Issue marketing materials by visiting mutualofomaha.com/simple or by logging into Sales Professional Access (SPA).   If you have questions, please contact your Account Executive or Sales Director.   Simplified Issue Underwriting
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

This is the Consumer Presentation that has Sold MILLIONS in Long-Term Care Insurance

Written for seminars or individuals, this proven presentation has helped thousands make a decision about LTCi coverage.   Thurs, Jan 28, 2021 2:00 PM  to  2:30 PM CST       Questions or help registering? Call the GoldenCare Marketing Team at 800-842-7799! Don’t forget to subscribe to our News Digest for all the latest announcements from the Top Carriers! Check out GoldenCare News  
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Categories: GoldenCare News, Industry News, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).