Important Password Reminder

Attention Agents: Recently, we’ve noticed a surge in brute-force cyber attacks across the insurance industry, where hackers attempt to gain access using repeated login attempts with various passwords. According to recent reports from Cyber News, in the first quarter of 2024, over 26 billion records were breached and combined in an easy-to-use directory for attackers. While we haven’t experienced any breaches, it’s crucial for everyone to remain vigilant. Please ensure that your GTL e-App password is unique and avoid using it elsewhere. Remember, using different passwords for different websites adds an extra layer of security.   Login to GTL Agent
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Categories: Accident Insurance, Critical Illness, Guarantee Trust Life, Hospital Indemnity Plan, Industry News, Life Insurance, Medicare Supp./Adv., and Short-Term Care.

Wellabe.com isn’t just for clients

Use Wellabe.com as a sales tool Wellabe.com has resources to help you communicate the importance of having supplemental health insurance and being well protected. Direct your clients to free checklists, such as the Best foods for seniors shopping list and the Fall prevention at home checklist, to help promote healthy living. Use What is Medicare? Learn the ABCs — and Part D with clients who are new to Medicare and need a little extra help understanding what the different parts mean. Cover the expected and unexpected with supplemental insurance breaks down the different types of supplemental insurance and helps clients
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Categories: Industry News, Short-Term Care, and Wellabe.

Upgraded Short-Term HHC | Now Available in Oregon!

NOW AVAILABLE IN OREGON! Innovative Support and Cash Benefits to Family Caregivers through GTL’s Short-Term Home Health Care product! The upgraded Short-Term Home Health Care product is now available in Oregon on GTL’s Agent Portal and available soon on the e-App! Guarantee Trust Life Insurance Company has enhanced our Short-Term Home Health Care product to also provide support and cash benefits for family caregivers provided by TCARE! That’s not all… Home Health Care Aide Benefits have increased: Plan A – $50 per day Plan B – $100 per day Plan C – $150 per day The maximum benefit period for
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Categories: Guarantee Trust Life, Industry News, and Short-Term Care.

Home Health Care Select is now available in Colorado, Illinois & Indiana

ManhattanLife is pleased to announce additional product availability for Home Health Care Select. As of Monday, March 25th, the Home Health Care Select plan became available in Colorado, Illinois & Indiana! All three states are now available for quoting and enrollment through the Agent Resource Center (ARC), on ManhattanDirect 2.0. The consumer brochure for use in CO, IL and IN is the generic HHC Select brochure – click here to view/download. Marketing materials are also available to download through ARC, via Downloads, Product Downloads, “Search by Product,” and choosing Home Health Care Select. Click below for the updated Home Health
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Categories: Industry News, Manhattan Life, and Short-Term Care.

Good News: Genworth’s 2023 Cost of Care Study Results Now Available

Genworth Releases Cost of Care Survey Results for 2023: Twenty Years of Tracking Long-Term Care Costs “The cost of long-term care services increased across all provider types and increased more substantially for certain settings, according to Genworth’s Cost of Care Survey 2023. The most substantial cost increases occurred in home health aide and homemaker services costs. Inflation and the shortage of skilled care workers are the core drivers of increases in the costs of care services” The latest Cost of Care Study Results are now available! Click here or to the left for Key Findings.   Visit https://www.genworth.com/coc now →
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Categories: GoldenCare News, Industry News, and Long-Term Care.

New application requirements are coming soon

Coming Soon: New Application Requirements Beginning April 1, 2024, you will be required to provide the Social Security Number (SSN) or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) for all new Health and Final Expense insurance applicants. This requirement will help streamline the application process by improving instant-decisioning and straight-through processing. SSNs and ITINs are a reliable and universal way to verify a person’s identity and will allow us to determine if someone already has coverage while reducing the number of duplicate accounts. We’ll also be able to properly identify household discount allocation for customers with multiple policies and verify coverage threshold.
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Categories: Industry News, Short-Term Care, and Wellabe.

In the Loop, a ManhattanLife Podcast Series

“In the Loop” A ManhattanLife Podcast Series We are thrilled to announce the launch of the ManhattanLife podcast series, “In the Loop“. This series was created to provide yet another resource for you, the producer, to ensure nothing slips past. In addition to product news and updates, we will have special guests and topics along the way. So whether you are tuning in during your commute, while working out, or simply winding down with a glass of wine at the end of the day, ManhattanLife has you covered. This is a podcast series dedicated to exploring all that is ManhattanLife.
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Categories: Industry News, Manhattan Life, and Short-Term Care.

Exciting Update: New Branding Guidelines for Agents & Partners

The ManhattanLife Corporate Communications team has worked consistently to present the company’s products, brand, and image with high quality, professionalism, and accuracy. One of our team’s tasks is to help you, ManhattanLife’s valued agents, promote yourself and your agency as you advertise the company’s products and services. In doing this, we have implemented several protocols to reduce the misuse of the company’s logo and preserve the integrity of its collateral. Most recently, Corporate Communications has developed and implemented expanded Company Branding Guidelines for agents and partners to help promote our brand. The main objective is to ensure that everyone’s marketing
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Categories: Industry News, Manhattan Life, and Short-Term Care.

The STC Industry Continues Its Evolution

The Short-Term Care insurance industry continues to evolve. In light of Wellabe’s recent expansion into 14 additional states, we have updated our quick-reference STC State Availability Map. Click here or on the image below to view/download:   This Extended Care industry holds an unimaginable amount of opportunity. Additional state approvals are still coming through. In fact, we’re aware of additional carriers showing interest in the market and designing their own STC plans! If you’re not already, partner with GoldenCare now to take advantage of this booming market! As this solution continues to develop, look to us for the most innovative
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Categories: GoldenCare News, Industry News, and Short-Term Care.