Webinar 6/27: Thrivent Highlights, Taxation & Other Valuable Tips

Thrivent offers two powerful Extended Care planning solutions with their traditional LTCi and CareForward™ products. Join us with special guests from Thrivent, Joe Dunford & Anthony Vossenberg as they highlight niches and key market strengths of their traditional LTCi plan. They’ll share taxation tips putting CareForward at the top of your short list. And stay for a special new Sales Strategy being shared at the end! Thursday, June 27 10:00 AM Central Please check that you meet minimum system requirements and have the equipment needed to attend before downloading the latest version of GoToWebinar. Click Here for more information.  
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Thrivent Upcoming holiday schedule

Upcoming holiday schedule Please note that Thrivent will be closed on the following days: Monday, May 27 – Memorial Day Wednesday, June 19 – Juneteenth Thursday, July 4 – Independence Day   #goldencareagent #thrivent #ltc
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Thrivent offices and call centers closed for Presidents Day on 2/19

Thrivent offices and call centers closed for Presidents Day on 2/19 On Monday, Thrivent will observe Presidents Day — all corporate offices and call centers will be closed.   New mailing address as of 2/16/24 Newman Long Term Care 600 Portland Ave. S. Suite 100 Minneapolis, MN 55415-4402   Note: This address should only be used for mailings that are not time-sensitive. This is a mail-stop only. Mailed items may experience a delay as they are relayed to our remote teams. We encourage you to contact us before mailing anything. Applications or other time-sensitive items should be sent electronically by
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2024 Long-Term Care Insurance Tax Deductible Limits

Tax-qualified LTCi premiums are considered a medical expense. For an individual who itemizes tax deductions, medical expenses are deductible to the extent that they exceed current amount required to meet the individual’s Adjusted Gross Income (AGI). The amount of the LTCi premium treated as a medical expense is limited to the eligible LTCi premiums, as defined by Internal Revenue Code 213(d), based on the age of the insured individual. That portion of the LTCi premium that exceeds the eligible LTCi premium is not included as a medical expense. Individual taxpayers can treat premiums paid for tax-qualified long-term care insurance for
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Thrivent and LTCG/illumifin Labor Day holiday closures

Thrivent will be closed Monday, Sept. 4 Thrivent (and our underwriting partners at illumifin) will be closed on Monday in observance of Labor Day. Normal operations will resume on Tuesday the 5th.   #goldencareagent #thrivent #ltc
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Thrivent and LTCG/illumifin holiday closures

Thrivent and LTCG/illumifin holiday closures Thrivent and our underwriting partners at LTCG/illumifin will be closed July 4th in observance of Independence Day.   #goldencareagent #thrivent #ltc
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Upcoming Thrivent Holiday Closure – June 19

Thrivent will be closed June 19th In observance of Juneteenth, Thrivent and our underwriting partners at LTCG, will be closed on 6/19/23.   #goldencareagent #thrivent #ltc
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Upcoming Thrivent Holiday Closure – May 29

Holiday closure – May 29 Thrivent and our partners at LTCG will be closed on Monday, May 29th in observance of Memorial Day.   #goldencareagent #thrivent #ltc
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Paid Long-Term Care Insurance 2022 Claims Grow

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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2023 Partnership Minimum Benefit Requirements for CA, CT, IN and NY

Each year, the original Partnership states (CA, CT, IN and NY) revisit certain minimum benefit requirements to qualify for their Partnership programs. The requirements that are changing for 2023, as well as some (but not all) minimum Partnership requirements that not changing, are described below. Note: Updates to the minimum benefit requirements apply to newly-issued policies and may in some cases apply to benefit reductions on existing policies. California Partnership The minimum benefit requirements for Partnership in California are changing for 2023. Requirements 2022 2023 Minimum Daily Benefit $260 $280 Minimum Monthly Benefit $8,060 $8,680   Connecticut Partnership The minimum
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