Important update regarding IUL policies with the Long-Term Care rider in the state of Washington

On July 21st, 2021, we announced an increase to the minimum face amount on all Income Advantage and Life Protection Advantage IUL policies with the LTC Rider to $250,000 in the state of Washington. Your business is important to us and we will make every effort possible to issue policies as soon as possible. However, we cannot guarantee policies will be issued by the Washington deadline. To give your applications the best opportunity of being processed before Washington’s November 1st, 2021 deadline, all applications should be received in the home office no later than Friday, August 6th, 2021. Thank you
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Updated Hours of Operation for the Client Interview Team

Our Client Interview Team will continue to offer expanded operating hours Monday – Thursday for your convenience. NEW Operating Hours (Effective 8/1/2021) Monday – Thursday: 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. (CT) Friday: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (CT) Client Interview Team The Client Interview team supports client personal health history interviews for the following product lines: Simplified Issue Life Fully Underwritten Life Critical Illness Disability Income Contact (800) 775-3000: Simplified Issue Life, Fully Underwritten Life, Critical Illness and Disability Income Interviews (800) 749-8652: Disability Income Customer-Assisted e-App Interviews ONLY If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your Sales
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Categories: Critical Illness, Disability Income Insurance, Industry News, Life Insurance, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Long-Term Care Rider Minimum Face Amount Increase in the State of WA

Effective Thursday, July 22, 2021, for the State of Washington ONLY, Mutual of Omaha is increasing the minimum face amount required on all IUL insurance policy applications that include the long-term care rider to $250,000. This action is being taken to prevent individuals from applying for a life insurance policy with LTC to avoid the Washington State’s Long-Term Care Trust Act payroll tax deduction with no intention of keeping the policy in force. Mutual of Omaha has a responsibility to our policyholders and distribution partners to ensure our product offerings are used as designed, offering lasting life insurance and LTC
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Who is the IUL Express Client?

People often ask us who this product is designed for or who the target market is. The truth is, the IUL Express product is versatile. It is flexible enough to work for a wide variety of your clients’ needs, but it’s one thing for us to say it and another thing for us to demonstrate it. So, we asked one of our sales directors to pull a random sampling of 10 cases all placed in one single day. Even we were surprised by the flexibility of the IUL Express product. Watch this short IUL Express video to see what we
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Mutual of Omaha Broker’s Facebook page

The Mutual of Omaha Brokerage Sales Team is now on Facebook! At Mutual of Omaha we value you and your business. One of our top priorities is to provide you with the best, most competitive marketing materials we can. In today’s digital world, that includes social media. This private Facebook Group has been designed specifically for Mutual of Omaha’s Brokerage distribution and will provide social media posts for Life, Accidental Death, Annuities, Long-Term Care, Disability and Critical Illness. Additionally, urgent announcements will also be released on our Facebook page. The posts will be pre-approved, and we encourage you to like
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Categories: Critical Illness, Dental, Disability Income Insurance, Industry News, Life Insurance, Long-Term Care, Medicare Supp./Adv., and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Exciting News Regarding Income Advantage IUL – 7702 & GRO Rider

Have you heard the news? Mutual of Omaha’s Income Advantage IUL product is now compliant with section 7702 as of July 8, 2021. This change has dramatically increased our competitive position in the “Cash Accumulation/Income” IUL marketplace. In addition, to our competitive position, the Income Advantage has some of the lowest internal costs in the industry. When you combine the GRO rider, low cost structure, competitive income values and our no cost Chronic/Terminal Illness or available LTC rider, the Income Advantage IUL should be considered one of your top “go to” IUL products. This change comes as a result of
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Understanding your Exposure with Telephone Solicitations

Telephone solicitations are an important aspect of insurance marketing. Unfortunately, this has become a high-risk endeavor. The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991, better known as the TCPA, was enacted to protect consumers from unwanted telemarketing calls and faxes. It imposes liability in the form of regulatory fines and incentivizes private plaintiffs to pursue claims with statutory damages of $500 to $1,500 per call, with no limit. Attorneys’ fees for defending TCPA actions can easily reach hundreds of thousands of dollars and multi-million dollar settlements are, unfortunately, a common occurrence. Agents and brokers are expected, and contractually required, to act
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Categories: Industry News and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Help Ensure the Continuation of the Family Business with IUL

Many small business owners would like for their children to continue the family business after their death. Help entrepreneurs imagine the fruits of their labor sustaining the next generation. Learn how Income Advantage IUL can be the tool to help with their estate equalization needs.   Help Ensure the Continuation of the Family Business with IUL   #goldencareagent #mutualofomaha #iul
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Independence Day Office Closing 2021

Mutual of Omaha and its affiliates (United of Omaha and United World) will be closed on Monday, July 5th for Independence Day. Additionally, our Client Interview Team will not have Saturday hours on July 3rd due to the holiday weekend. Below are the cut-off dates and times and the adjusted pay schedules. Holiday Pay Calculation Schedule Med Supp E-App & All Life Cutoff 3:00 PM Health Cutoff 3:00 PM Long Term Care Cutoff 3:00 PM Direct Deposit (EFT) Available Independence Day, Observed Monday 7/5/2021 Tuesday 7/6/2021 Tuesday 7/6/2021 Friday 7/2/2021 Friday 7/2/2021 Friday 7/9/2021   Weekly and holiday pay schedules
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Categories: Accident Insurance, Critical Illness, Disability Income Insurance, Industry News, Life Insurance, Long-Term Care, Medicare Supp./Adv., and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Simplified Issue Life: Weekly Time Service Update (6/7)

From the Desk of Marty Johnson Simplified Issue Life: Weekly Time Service Update Mutual of Omaha is pleased to announce our Simplified Issue Life Underwriting team has returned to normal time service levels! Thank you for your business, continued support, and patience as we worked to process your business. Our normal time service levels are listed below. Please note, business days do NOT include weekends. New business is reviewed within 1 business day from receipt Policies are issued on average 1-5 days after application review, depending on requirements needed Pending requirements are reviewed within 1-2 business days Post issue requests
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).