Annuity Care
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Self-funding Consider the Costs
There are lots of perspectives about long term care and how to pay for it. An insurance-based strategy is the most cost efficient method regardless of what someone’s net worth. Unfortunately, many people make the decision to self-fund their long term care. This week, let’s use some numbers to compare the scenarios. I am going… Continue reading
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Why? Annuities for LTC … Why Not?
I came across some interesting data a short time ago about annuity based long term care plans. Inside an article discussing “long term care annuities”, the following data from LIMRA was shared. According to the most recent sales data from LIMRA, stand-alone long-term care insurance sales declined 60% between 2012 and 2016, while sales of… Continue reading
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Annuity Care Underwriting & Prescreening
Earlier this month on Coffee Break, Niki Johnson shared the underwriting requirements for the Annuity Care products. If you have not taken time to watch the episode, please do. As Niki shared, we do underwrite our products. With Annuity Care products, the underwriting is never more than a phone interview, an MIB check, and a… Continue reading
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Claims – Make Sure You Know
Last week on Coffee Break, we shared a few pieces of information with you. Elaine Marvin discussed the history and timeline of Care Solutions. Niki Johnson shared the underwriting requirements for the Annuity Care products. And, Jen Wagoner examined claims being paid daily versus monthly. If you have not taken time to watch the episode,… Continue reading
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On the road again
This week’s FWF will be brief. Why is that? I’m on the road and time is limited. Speaking of on the road, once again, OneAmerica is blanketing the country with regional meetings. As we did last year, the whole objective is to provide agents and advisors with enough information about OneAmerica and the Care Solutions… Continue reading
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An Old Idea – Split Annuity
We have been on the tax-deferred to tax-free for LTC train for the past few weeks. It all started with our March episode of Coffee Break. If you have not seen that episode yet, please take a moment. I am sure that you’ll get a nugget or two of information from it. Remember, a new… Continue reading
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Does It Qualify
A couple of weeks ago on Coffee Break, we shared information about Annuity Care and, in last week’s Fridays with Fisher, I talked about the segment of the tax-code that creates the tax-free benefits offered by Annuity Care. One thing that I often hear is “XYZ indexed annuity includes long term care benefits”. As I… Continue reading
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Annuity Care as LTC Funding Solution
Earlier this week on Coffee Break, we discussed Annuity Care. This strategy happens to be one of the best kept secrets in the industry and it is hard to believe that because we have been offering the product since 1998. That’s right – for 25 years, Annuity Care has been a long term care funding… Continue reading
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State Sponsored LTC Webcast
Funny what a year can do. Think about that statement and where we as an industry were. The enrollment deadline for the Washington state Cares Act was looming, business was swamping carriers, and everyone seemed to be losing their collective minds from the chaos that resulted. Today, the waves has passed, the Act was paused… Continue reading
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Can Your Plan Do This?
While I was returning home from my vacation, I was doing a Google search on “why should I buy LTC insurance”. The first website that came up was a landing page for a LTC specialist with an interesting approach. First was a statement of what we value. Let me parapharase: Here is a point that… Continue reading
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Memory Care &OneAmerica
In last week’s Fridays’ with Feature, I requested your support for the Alzheimer’s Association and their Walk to End Alzheimers. As you are likely aware, the impact of Alzheimer’s and other memory issues is significant and one of the most quickly growing causes for requiring extended healthcare. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, the average duration… Continue reading
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September 21 – CSU in Mt. Laurel
If you happen to be in the Mt. Laurel area on September 21, I am hosting what we are calling our “Regional” Care Solutions University. Space is limited and registration is required. The agenda is pretty simple – over the course of the morning, we will focus on the OneAmerica Care Solutions products, sales ideas,… Continue reading
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