Thrivent and State Long Term Care Partnerships Thrivent offers unique inflation options to help design plans that meet partnership requirements, while maintaining affordability. The Flexible Increase Benefit (FIB) rider offers puts your clients in change of their benefit growth. The FIB option can be partnership qualified (dependent on age) in 26 states as long as you meet the buy-up requirements for that state. Learn about the FIB by clicking here. Annual Increase Benefits available include 5%, 3%, 2% and 1% compound. The 1% and 2% options are considered partnership-qualified (depending on age) in over 20 states. This can help make
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Thrivent LTCi partnership flyer now available
State Partnerships Flyer: Thrivent has just released a new consumer piece on the LTCi State Partnership Programs. This flyer gives prospects a better understanding of how the partnership programs work, along with an example showing assets with and without partnership protection. This piece is available at the links below. It can also be downloaded from the Marketing section of iPipeline’s FormsPipe tool. Hard copies can be ordered from www.tfltcstore.com (available to appointed producers only). State availability: Currently not available in Indiana, California (no partnership policy), or New York (no Thrivent policies). ICC Version Non-ICC Version Use for AZ, CT,
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Optimizing Thrivent’s CareForward for long-term care benefits
Designing CareForward to optimize LTC benefits Running time: under 5 minutes How do you best design a CareForward solution to provide your clients with the most long-term care benefits for their investment? Join Dean Anderson, Thrivent product specialist as he walks you through the moving parts of CareForward in less than 5 minutes. CareForward Sales Strategy This new Sales Strategy flyer walks you through two hypothetical scenarios. One shows how to fund CareForward using an annuity settlement. The other shows what it looks like if harvesting gains from managed accounts. Access Sales Strategy #goldencareagent #thrivent
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How does Thrivent’s CareForward compare to other linked-benefit solutions?
Competitive Comparison: See how CareForward stacks up against other linked-benefit solutions. We compare against: Lincoln MoneyGuard III Pacific Life PremierCare Choice New York Life Asset Flex OneAmerica Asset Care 2019 Securian SecureCare III Nationwide CareMatters II Brighthouse SmartCare UL Competitive Comparison Materials-at-a-Glance This one-pager has live links to the key consumer and producer pieces for both the traditional LTCi solution and CareForward. Download to your computer, and then click a link to open a document. Materials-at-a-Glance Marketing Tab added to FormsPipe We have added a section on iPipeline’s FormsPipe for consumer-facing pieces related to CareForward. Here you
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CareForward e-Application and Marketing Materials
e-App is now available on iGO The CareForward e-App is available on iPipeline’s iGO platform. You will access this via the same iGO portal you use to access Thrivent’s traditional LTCi e-App. Using the e-App will ensure your submission is In Good Order, and will greatly reduce your underwriting time. NOTE: Unlike the traditional product, the CareForward illustrations are not built into the e-App. Quotes must be run in WinFlex or on the Strategic Partners site (appointed producers only) and then attached to the e-App. E-App Guide Printable Applications While the e-App is the preferred method of application, there
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CareForward quoting and comparison tools now available
CareForward Linked-Benefit Solution Two tools related to the new product solution are now available: CareForward illustration: Create CareForward product proposals for your clients. Long-Term Care Comparison Tool: Use to compare LTCi product options for your client. Video Overview of Illustration and Comparison Tools CareForward – Illustrations The comprehensive illustration offers the capability to create product proposals showing the benefits and costs of the CareForward product for your clients. An iPipeline illustration is not available for this product. Highlights: Ability to design a case based on either the premium to be paid or the benefits required, including the LTC Maximum Monthly
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Introducing CareForward, Thrivent’s new linked-benefit LTCi solution
CareForward™ positions Thrivent as an industry leader in extended care planning At Thrivent, we believe everyone deserves a financial strategy. And a strategy is only as good as the solutions—products, services or tools—that put that strategy into action. That’s why we’re excited to introduce CareForward™ — our new combination long-term care (LTC) and life insurance solution that launches April 25th in all states except California and New York. CareForward is a combination of LTC insurance and life insurance. Clients can pay a one-time lump sum premium or pay a premium over a period of years. As LTC benefits are used,
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Processing times return to business as usual
Long-term care processing times return to business as usual Processing times for long-term care (LTC) new business applications have returned to business as usual. What you need to know Starting in late May 2021, an unprecedented number of LTC applications were submitted in response to the Washington Cares Fund. This one-time event resulted in industry-wide service delays and long processing times for new business. We have been working diligently the past several months to process the large inventory of pending cases and are happy to share that the new business backlog has significantly reduced, returning processing times for new applications
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Join Thrivent at the 2022 ILTCI Conference
Visit Thrivent LTCi in the exhibit hall at Booth 48 Thrivent is excited to be a Diamond Sponsor of the 2022 ILTCI conference in Raleigh, NC. Join us March 20-23 for the ILTCI in-person conference at the Raleigh Convention Center. With just under two months until it starts, there are already nearly 600 attendees and 70 exhibitors and sponsors. Seating will be limited, so please plan to join us for one of these two sessions. Monday, March 21 | 1:00 to 1:45 PM | Room 205 Tuesday, Marcch 22 | 1:00 to 1:45 PM | Room 205 We hope to
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Thrivent Survey: 70% Of Americans Have No Extended Care Plan
70% Of Americans Have No Extended Care Plan InsuranceNewsNet February 1, 2022 Ayo Mseka Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, a survey from Thrivent found that perceptions toward extended care planning haven’t changed, and a significant percentage of Americans have not documented their plans, should the need for extended care arise. Thrivent’s 2021 Extended Care Planning Survey defined extended care as non-medical care for those who need assistance with basic daily activities, such as dressing, bathing or using the bathroom due to a physical or cognitive impairment. It was conducted online in partnership with data intelligence company Morning Consult and polled 2,200
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