Help Clients Plan for the Long-Term Care Needs with Life Insurance

Do your clients realize how expensive long-term care services can be? The costs can easily average more than six figures annually and only continue to rise. Help clients understand why it’s so important to have a plan in place for their long-term care needs, whether it’s through a Long-Term Care Insurance policy or our Long-Term Care Rider on our IULs. A long-term care rider on a life insurance policy is a good way for your clients to: Protect their loved ones in case of unexpected long-term care needs, Plan for their long-term care funding needs, and Provide a legacy for
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Inforce LTCi Rate Adjustments Effective August 1, 2023

Mutual of Omaha actively monitors our inforce long-term care business, filing rate adjustments when necessary to ensure we keep our promises to policyholders and remain competitive in the marketplace. We will be implementing the following inforce rate adjustments effective August 1, 2023: Impacted Forms Impacted States LTC04G Colorado LTC04I7 Colorado LTC09M Colorado LTC09U Colorado   For details on yearly rate adjustment percentages, view the supplemental grid here. Policyholder Notification Process Policyholders will receive a letter notifying them at least 60 days prior to the premium rate increase effective date as outlined above. Along with the premium rate increase notification letters,
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Categories: Industry News, Long-Term Care, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

The Book of Business Download is Here!

As of April 27th, the new Book of Business download IS HERE!!! You’re busy each day meeting with clients and submitting business. The last thing you want to do is spend a lot of time figuring out what types of policies each of your clients have. Worry no more! Our new Book of Business download on Sales Professional Access (SPA) will provide what you have been wanting—a complete list of the in-force Mutual of Omaha policies* you have sold in one easy-to-sort file. To learn more about this new feature, review the Book of Business Instructional Flyer.   *Prescription Drug
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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).

Strength and Stability You Can Count On

Over the past month you have probably seen a lot of product announcements from many carriers who are required to adjust their illustrations and products to comply with the new AG-49 revisions. You may be wondering when the Mutual of Omaha announcement would show up and here it is: “no changes required.” We do not need to make any changes to our indexed universal life (IUL) product portfolio or illustration software, we are already compliant. From the very beginning, we structured our IUL products to stand the test of time by building them with the lowest cost structure – no
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

At Mutual of Omaha, We Keep Our Promises

When helping clients navigate the various LTCi policies available to purchase, make sure that you provide clients with options from companies that have a long history of strength, security and stability. To help ensure the claims-paying ability of the company is there when clients need them most. As stated in this client brochure, at Mutual of Omaha, we have been keeping an important promise to our long-term care policyholders for over three decades…we’ll be here to pay their claims.   For any questions, please contact Mutual of Omaha’s Sales Support at (800) 693-6083.   At Mutual of Omaha, We Keep
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Categories: Industry News, Long-Term Care, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

New Underwriting Updates for TLE and IUL Express

We are excited to announce updates to our Underwriting Guidelines and application forms for Term Life Express and IUL Express. Effective April 22, 2023, the following changes will be implemented to help make our policies more accessible for your clients. We have lowered the age for Diabetes automatic declines. Diabetes will be automatically declined when diagnosed prior to age 45 (except in CA, the age is 50) Marijuana is no longer considered an “unlawful drug” for the purposes of the application and underwriting The lookback period for hospitalization due to High Blood Pressure or Mental Health has been reduced from
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Your Life, Simplified

Our Simplified Issue insurance products are exactly that – simple. They offer simplified underwriting and application processes, which means policies are issued faster, and you get paid sooner. With any of the products in our Simplified Issue product portfolio your clients won’t need to worry about blood draws, urine testing or paramed exams and you can easily submit applications online. Download the updated Simplified Issue product portfolio and find even more information on mutualofomaha.com/simple. No need to log in, just click and go!   If you have any questions, please contact your Mutual of Omaha’s Sales Support at (800) 693-6083
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Coming Soon: Book of Business

Coming soon!!! Get in-force policy information easier than ever. Soon, you will have access to a complete list of the in-force Mutual of Omaha policies* you have sold. The information will be available in one easy-to-sort, downloadable file. This is an option you have asked for and Mutual of Omaha is proud to deliver this exciting tool! You will receive an announcement when the Book of Business download is ready for use. Then, with a couple clicks of a button, you will have a list of all in-force policies you have sold. It will be that easy!!   *Prescription Drug
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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).

4 Quarters Club: Get in the Game

It’s hard to believe it, but the first quarter of 2023 has come to end. Thank you all for your hard work and business. We will be announcing the first-quarter winners via email in April so be on the lookout. And don’t worry if you didn’t quite make the cut in first quarter you have another opportunity at a 10% cash bonus in second quarter! For the qualification flyer, promo video and weekly standings check out our incentive page on Sales Professional Access (SPA).   4 Quarters Club: Get in the Game   #goldencareagent #mutualofomaha
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).

Mutual of Omaha Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Vendor Updates

Effective immediately, Mutual of Omaha will now accept Anti-Money Laundering (AML) training certificates completed through SuranceBay and Securities Training Corporations (STC). Mutual of Omaha accepts AML training from the following vendors: RegEd Sandi Kruise WebCE Kaplan SuranceBay Securities Training Corporations (STC) STC has other AML-related courses available, but we will only accept the certificate for the course “AML for Insurance Professionals”. Any certificates for other courses or certificates that appear to be altered in any way, will not be accepted. LIMRA (Life Insurance Marketing and Research Association) Once you have completed the course, LIMRA will automatically send Mutual of Omaha
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Categories: Industry News, Life Insurance, and Mutual of Omaha (& Affiliates).