From the Desk of Marty Johnson As the stay-at-home orders begin to lift and local businesses start to reopen, we are happy to announce that Mutual of Omaha is also lifting some restrictions on LTC applications where the ability to obtain face-to-face interviews has improved. With this good news, beginning June 15, 2020, Mutual of Omaha will accept LTC applications for clients age 65 and over in the following states: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah,
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Medicare Center: Text to Enroll!
Medicare Center: Text to Enroll! New for AEP 2021 Offering Agents the Greatest Flexibility in Telework, Customer Engagement and Increasing Medicare Enrollments. With easy and flexible functionality, all agents can build seniors’ trust and retain customers for life. Available for call centers and field agents to: PREFILL ENROLLMENT APPLICATIONS Send link via text or email for seniors to review, sign and submit their enrollments. BUILD RELATIONSHIPS Engage seniors on the phone and verbally communicate a personal code so they can enroll with your guidance right then and there. ENGAGE SENIORS THE WAY THEY WANT TO ENGAGE Let your customers
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iPipeline e-App Browser Update
From the Desk of Tess Grace and Marty Johnson At Mutual of Omaha we want to ensure you have the best user experience when you submit your applications. We are continuously working with iPipeline and other vendors to improve the application functionality in regard to using mobile devices and various browsers. In the meantime we want to provide you with a few tips and workaround options should you run into any issues or receive an error message. Term Life Express and Living Promise e-Apps: For the time being, do not submit applications using Safari on Apple devices. We are currently
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Give Them a Gift for Life
With a Children’s Whole Life policy you can help your clients create a solid financial foundation for their children and grandchildren– all for a modest premium. Children’s Whole Life also offers flexibility with a Guaranteed Insurability Rider. This rider allows additional policies to be purchased in the future at the time of several life events, without evidence of insurability. To learn more about Children’s Whole Life and other Simplified Issue products go to MutualofOmaha.com/Simple. If you have any questions, please contact your Mutual of Omaha’s Sales Support at (800) 693-6083 or email sales.support@mutualofomaha.com. Give Them a Gift for
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Selling Critical Advantage
Protecting your clients against financial burden is important to you and your business. Mutual of Omaha’s Critical Advantage portfolio helps protect your clients should they suffer from a critical illness. Our product pays a lump-sum benefit upon diagnosis of a covered condition and we pay it directly to the policyholder not the health care provider. Boost your Critical Advantage knowledge and sales with these Tips: Did you Know? Stand Alone product — The product was built specifically for a Critical Illness, Cancer, Heart Attack/Stroke. It is a stand-alone policy and not an add on feature on another product which means
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What are LTC Post Issue Requirements?
Below is an illustration of the typical LTC application process: STEP 1 Application Submission STEP 2 Risk Assessment STEP 3 Final Action STEP 4 Policy Delivery STEP 5 PIR Submissions You may think that your work is complete by Step 4: Policy Delivery; however, in some situations post issue requirements (PIRs) are needed. Awareness of potential PIRs will help you maintain customer satisfaction as well as monitor your cases until final policy delivery. So… What is a Post Issue Requirement? PIRs may include one or more of the following items: Outstanding Premium Total premium is due 60 days from
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Video Interview: LTC Underwriting Insights
Meet our underwriter, Bill Spano. Insurance is a family business for Bill Spano- he became an underwriter thanks to the encouragement of his siblings. It seems to be a good fit too, as he enjoys building relationships with agents and brokers, helping them out however he can. Take a couple minutes to check out Bill’s video and you’ll hear him discuss how you can get quick answers to your questions as well as some common application issues. Video Interview: LTC Underwriting Insights #goldencareagent #mutualofomaha #ltc
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Three Express Solutions – Which Should Your Client Choose?
At United of Omaha, we offer a variety of Express life insurance solutions. While each solution is a little different, they all have one thing in common – they all use simplified underwriting. Simplified underwriting means: No blood or urine No paramed exam No lengthy health inquiries This simplified process makes our Express portfolio ideal for clients who are looking to get coverage issued quickly. When it comes to the individual product solutions, it’s important to know the features and benefits of each product. Use our side-by-side comparison of Indexed Universal Life Express, Guaranteed Universal Life Express, and Term Life
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Financial Advisors Help Build Wealth – You Can Help Protect It
Financial Advisors Help Build Wealth — You Can Help Protect It Leave this flyer behind when meeting with financial advisors to help them start the conversation of LTCi insurance with their clients. Financial Advisors Help Build Wealth – You Can Help Protect It #goldencareagent #mutualofomaha
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Video Interview with Chief LTC Underwriter Carol Carville
Go behind the scenes with Carol Carville. We’re excited to show you a candid interview with LTC underwriter, Carol Carville. Carol has worked in group medical, life, disability and now long-term care, so her perspective is unique and varied. In the video, she talks about common application mistakes and why the relationships she has with producers in the field is so important to her and our business. Don’t miss it! Video Interview with Chief LTC Underwriter Carol Carville #goldencareagent #mutualofomaha
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