Last week, I shared with you 3 of my goals for the first quarter of the year. One of them is to collaborate with agents & advisors to identify opportunities within their existing book of business. Regardless of how you dissect your book of business, there is one thing that you need to do –... Continue Reading →
Welcome to 2026
We are 1 day into the new year. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! One thing that we all do is make resolutions that we ultimately end up dismissing during the course of the year. I’m guilty – I do that and did that in 2025. This year, I took it up to do some thinking and research... Continue Reading →
Time to Get Personal
Last week, I talked about reviewing your book of business and combing for opportunities within your client base. This week, I will talk about reviewing someone’s long-term care plan. “You talk about that all the time,” you say. That is true. Today, however, I am making it personal. I want YOU to review YOUR plan... Continue Reading →
It’s time to start
According to estimates from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, over half of Americans turning 65 today will develop disabilities significant enough to require long-term support and services. This differs from the oft quoted and heavily criticized statistic of 70% of people age 65 will need some form of long-term support and service... Continue Reading →
Instant Approval
Last week, I shared some information about the Pre-Underwriting Inquiry opportunity for any client that you may have. Again, it is simply a tool that we encourage you to use BEFORE submitting a formal application. Today, with a mind toward underwriting, I am sharing with you an INSTANT APPROVAL underwriting opportunity. This is a very... Continue Reading →
I’ve got a client who
We've all said this at one time or another - "I've got a guy who ..." They have a few things going on with them medically where you're uncertain whether or not they would qualify for long term care coverage. I get it - there is nothing worse than putting a boatload of time into... Continue Reading →
Leverage is more than insurance
For the last couple if weeks, I have been sharing the terminology leverage as it relates to a long term care funding strategy. Of course, this is unique to insurance solutions where pennies are leveraged into dollars. Have you considered that there is another form of leverage that can be applied to the long term... Continue Reading →
My Leverage Conversation
I had a conversation a short time ago with an advisor asked him to prove to me his allocation strategy was solid enough to meet my two basic retirement objectives – income in retirement I will not outlive as well as leave some money for my children and grandchildren. It all went really well until... Continue Reading →
Leverage or Self-Funding
Here is a little nugget that is often overshadowed with false optimism. It comes in a few different forms but ultimately boils down to people thinking that it will not happen to them. Regardless of the reason – people believe that they are exempt from a long-term care situation. Worse yet is the cluster of... Continue Reading →
Planning for Tomorrow – LTC Outlook
Recently, Jeff Levin from OneAmerica Financial hosted a webinar focused on the LTC market outlook. Joining him were Amy Chinn and Jaime Meuller. The discussion highlighted 3 areas of significance; those were: Flexibility Simplicity Technology Simply – the world of LTC is evolving and we need to as well. Here is the full recording of... Continue Reading →
The Fed says …
Last week, I shared my opinion that we need to stop battling over which product design is best along with which claims payment methodology is superior. You know the stuff that we battle over inside the product ring. I also stated that we need to put our focus on planning. I’ve put some thought into... Continue Reading →
A Planning Problem
Quoting Bill Comfort, “A POLICY IS NOT A PLAN!” A policy is a means for funding a future obligation. That is the purpose for an insurance policy is to help people mitigate financial loss as a result of a certain event occurring. It is a risk management tool. That is all – it is a... Continue Reading →
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