The nation’s long-term care insurers paid out $11.6 Billion in 2020, an increase over prior years according to the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance (AALTCI). “Every year benefit payouts grow to individuals needing care and purchased long-term care insurance for that very real risk,” reports Jesse Slome, AALTCI’s director. ”The $11.6 billion paid in 2020 represents an increase of $600 million over the total 2019 claim benefits paid and a significant increase from the $8.65 billion paid out five years earlier in 2016.” The amount reported represents claims for those owning traditional or health-based long-term care insurance. The Association
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The Hidden Costs of Waiting
We all know there are risks that come with waiting to purchase a life insurance policy: What happens if the client unexpectedly dies and doesn’t have the death benefit? What if the client is diagnosed with an illness that no longer allows him to be insurable? But with an accumulation-focused life insurance policy, there’s an additional consequence your clients may not be aware of. Waiting can also impact the amount of income your client can take from his or her policy down the road. Even waiting just a few years could change the income potential by thousands of dollars a
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Reminder: Transamerica to Discontinue Selling LTC
TRANSAMERICA TO DISCONTINUE STANDALONE LONG TERM CARE As a reminder, Transamerica will discontinue the sale of individual, standalone long term care insurance (LTCI) products on March 31, 2021. Also, acceptance of applications under approved multi-life cases (worksite and association) will end on June 30, 2021. The impacted products are TransCare® II and TransCare® III. These changes will not affect any LTCI policies previously issued to existing customers. The administration and service of in force policies will stay the same, and customers shouldn’t see a change in their experience. LTCG, a trusted leader in the LTCI business, will remain the administrator
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The Living Benefits of Term Life Express
Term Life Express offers simplified underwriting, competitive pricing, and attractive conversion privileges. Did you know that it also includes Living Benefit Riders at no additional cost (on TLE non-ROP policies)? The Living Benefit package includes three Accelerated Death Benefit Riders at no additional cost to the customer. Chronic Illness Terminal Illness Critical Illness Learn more about Term Life Express’s living benefits today using the TLE Living Benefit Rider Guide. The Living Benefits of Term Life Express #goldencareagent #mutualofomaha
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United of Omaha Products are Now Available on InsMark
United of Omaha’s Indexed Universal Life products are now available to bridge into the InsMark Illustration Software. InsMark is a third-party software designed to help create sales concepts that show the long-term benefits of purchasing permanent life insurance. If you are a current InsMark subscriber, you will see the InsMark bridge icon (shown at the right) when you run our indexed universal life insurance products in WinFlex Web. This bridge will take the data from our IUL illustrations and use it within the InsMark sales concept reports. Some examples of the available reports include: Permanent Insurance vs. Term Insurance Other
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Promote Our Company Strength When Promoting Life Insurance
At Mutual of Omaha, we exist for our customers. For more than 110 years, we have remained strong, stable and secure, guided by our mission to help our customers protect what they care about and achieve their financial goals. Our company overview flyer helps share our story by touching on our: Mission Strong Ratings Financial Performance Diverse Product Line-Up Community Involvement Solid History We are here to protect and serve our customers first and always. Promote Our Company Strength When Promoting Life Insurance #goldencareagent #mutualofomaha
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TLE Offers Life Insurance Protection Plus Living Benefits
Term Life Express offers simplified underwriting, competitive pricing, and attractive conversion privileges. Did you know that it also includes Living Benefit Riders at no additional cost (only on the TLE non-ROP policies)? The Living Benefit package includes three Accelerated Death Benefit Riders at no additional cost to the customer. Chronic Illness Terminal Illness Critical Illness Learn more about Term Life Express’s living benefits today using the TLE living benefit rider guide. TLE Offers Life Insurance Protection Plus Living Benefits #goldencareagent #mutualofomaha
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Term Life Express Customizable Postcard
Term Life Express offers affordable rates, a simple application process, and flexible products and features. Make buying life insurance quick and simple for your clients by promoting TLE using our customizable, consumer-facing postcard. The postcard features product highlights, a spot for your contact information and the ability to customize the issue ages and face amounts shown. To place an order, simply complete this order form and submit. Term Life Express Customizable Postcard #goldencareagent #mutualofomaha
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Transamerica Discontinues Selling LTC
TRANSAMERICA TO DISCONTINUE STANDALONE LONG TERM CARE As announced December 10, 2020, on Capital Markets Day by Aegon CEO Lard Friese, Transamerica will discontinue sales of our individual, standalone Long Term Care (LTC) business on March 31, 2021. In addition, acceptance of applications under approved multi-life cases (worksite and association) will end on June 30, 2021. LTC riders on life insurance policies are not affected. The only impacted products are TransCare® II and TransCare® III. It’s important that you know your clients with existing policies are not impacted. Their customer experience will stay the same, and they will not experience
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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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