What Will You Do With the Power of the Drop?

Raging rivers, towering waterfalls and roaring tidal waves all started with just one drop. It’s proof that a single drop can change the landscape. And now you have the power to change the GUL Express landscape with just one drop. On October 1, 2019, GUL Express became even more competitive with some big changes. Find GUL Express sales ideas in our updated sales solution flyer. If you have questions, contact your Sales Director or Account Executive.   What Will You Do With the Power of the Drop?   #goldencareagent #mutualofomaha
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Advance Notice: End of Year Pay Schedule

As the holiday season quickly approaches, it’s easy to forget important dates with all the hustle and bustle. That’s why we are giving you early notice of our key end of year pay dates. Take a look and keep a copy with you to ensure you have the right dates. Mutual of Omaha and its affiliates (United of Omaha and United World) will be closed on the following days: Thanksgiving: Thursday, November 28, 2019 and Friday, November 29, 2019 Christmas: Wednesday, December 25, 2019 New Year’s Day: Wednesday, January 1, 2020 The past pay cutoff in 2019 for Life is
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Categories: Critical Illness, Disability Income Insurance, Industry News, Life Insurance, Long-Term Care, Medicare Supp./Adv., and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

IUL Express is Coming Your Way…

Can you hear that? That’s the sound of the new Indexed Universal Life Express (IUL Express) speeding this way! Once it’s here, you better be buckled up and ready to go, because it’s going to create some real momentum in the IUL market. Our IUL Express product has a lot of the same great features as our traditional IUL, but speeds it all up – faster underwriting, faster approvals and faster coverage for your clients. Beginning on November 1, 2019, this great new product will be available, featuring: Issue ages 18-70 with death benefits of $25,000 to $300,000* Permanent coverage
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Building Wealth Outside the Business

Listen to Steve Alloy in Advanced Markets as he discusses this topic:   Small business owners are smart to form their companies as LLCs, corporations and limited partnerships. Why? Those entities tend to do a pretty good job of protecting the business owners’ personal assets from the businesses’ creditors. So, on the one hand they have done fine. They probably have been successful. They probably got a nice return on the money that they reinvested in their business. They have not lost everything to a creditor. And their business didn’t collapse because of an economic downturn or a disruption of
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Holiday Telephone Solicitation Bans for the Month of November 2019

Please be aware of the following holidays requiring a holiday telephone solicitation ban for the month of November. On Friday, November 1, 2019: Louisiana prohibits unsolicited marketing calls to residents in observance of All Saints’ Day On Monday, November 11, 2019: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Rhode Island and Utah prohibit unsolicited marketing calls to residents in observance of Veterans’ Day On Thursday, November 28, 2019: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Rhode Island and Utah prohibit unsolicited marketing calls to residents in observance of Thanksgiving On Friday, November 29, 2019: Louisiana prohibits unsolicited marketing calls to residents in observance of Acadian Day Holiday Telephone
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Categories: Industry News and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Rate Adjustments Effective January 2020

Long-Term Care insurance (LTCi) is a core product for Mutual of Omaha, and we intend to remain a key player in this market for years to come. To fulfill this commitment, we actively monitor emerging industry trends and make any adjustments necessary that enable us to keep our promises to policyholders and remain competitive in the marketplace. For this reason, we will be implementing the following rate adjustments effective January 1, 2020: Block of Business Impacted States LTC04G Delaware, West Virginia LTC04I Delaware, District of Columbia LTC06UI Alaska, District of Columbia, Mississippi, North Dakota, West Virginia   For a complete
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Categories: Industry News, Long-Term Care, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Advance Notice: End of Year Pay Schedule

As the holiday season quickly approaches, it’s easy to forget important dates with all the hustle and bustle. That’s why we are giving you early notice of our key end of year pay dates. Take a look and keep a copy with you to ensure you have the right dates. Mutual of Omaha and its affiliates (United of Omaha and United World) will be closed on the following days: Thanksgiving: Thursday, November 28, 2019 and Friday, November 29, 2019 Christmas: Wednesday, December 25, 2019 New Year’s Day: Wednesday, January 1, 2020 The past pay cutoff in 2019 for Life is
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Categories: Critical Illness, Disability Income Insurance, Industry News, Life Insurance, Long-Term Care, Medicare Supp./Adv., and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

GUL Express Rates Are Dropping

On October 1, 2019, we will be making Guaranteed Universal Life (GULE) even more competitive, with rate decreases between 5 and 30 percent! Product Updates We will be decreasing rates – in some cases up to 30%! We will be expanding the maximum issue age for non-tobacco to age 70 (tobacco will remain at age 65) We will be changing the maximum face amounts to match Term Life Express. The maximum face amounts will now be: 18-50: $300,000 51-60: $250,000 61-65: $150,000 61-70: $150,000 The Disability Continuation of Planned Premium Rider will be introduced on GUL Express in California at
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Our LTC Rider Helps Clients Preserve Their Independence

When the need for long-term care arises, your clients’ primary concerns will be protecting their assets and preserving their independence. Our LTC Rider on Income Advantage IUL and Life Protection Advantage IUL helps your clients to do just that. We offer benefit payment options of 1%, 2% and even as high as 4% on face amounts up to $1.25 million. This allows your clients to purchase up to $50,000 in monthly LTC Rider benefits. And what’s even better, your clients are protected by a company with a proven track record. Mutual of Omaha has offered traditional LTCi for over 30
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

IUL Participation Rate and Cap Rate Changes

Effective November 10, 2019, we will be making changes to our participation rates and cap rates on our Income Advantage IUL and Life Protection Advantage IUL products. The slight decreases to the rates come as a result of the current rate environment and the increased market volatility, which causes an increase in options costs. These rate changes will apply to newly issued policies, as well as to any in force policies with a segment that is created (with new premium dollars) or renews on November 10th. With the sweep feature, all money received in the home office on or before
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).