Funding Sources
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According to Gemini – funding LTC
It’s August and hot and humid and energy sucking. Which means that I got lazy and used AI to prime the creative pump. I asked AI the following question: “what is the best strategy to fund a long-term care event” Before I go any further and share the response, you need to pay attention to… Continue reading
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Annuity Exchange
If you are not familiar with what a Pension Protection Act compliant deferred annuity does … this 1 minute video will give you a highlight of what it does. Remember this …. not all deferred annuities meet the requirements to be PPA compliant. This means that income doublers & confinement waivers DO NOT meet that… Continue reading
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Consider the Consequences
I’ve done this before – asked AI for their summary of a topic. Today, I asked it to explain the consequences of not having a long term care plan. Here is what it said. “Neglecting long-term care (LTC) planning can lead to the rapid depletion of life savings, loss of control over your care preferences,… Continue reading
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Enhance your default plan
Last week, I shared with you a little bit about the gap that self-funding poses based upon information presented on the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program website which made the case against self-funding LTC. I’d like to present an alternative to the risk-retention approach that most people accept. Using a similar set of numbers… Continue reading
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Qualified Money in Annuity Care Example
Last week, I shared information about using qualified money with the Annuity Care products. This week, I am sharing a quick example. Remember, this strategy employs both the base annuity and the continuation of benefits rider which means that the client needs to be insurable by Annuity Care standards. Remember, we can write up to… Continue reading
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Qualified Money with Annuity Care
A question that occasionally comes up is can I use qualified money with a product like Annuity Care? The answer is that we will accept qualified money in the base portion of Annuity Care 1 or Indexed Annuity Care. We cannot accommodate qualified money with Annuity Care 2. All of this comes with a giant… Continue reading
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Use Qualified Money
Last week, I spoke about using qualified money as a funding vehicle for an Asset Care policy. I even called out other carriers who offer something like the strategy using a Single Premium Deferred Annuity (which is not a turn-key solution). PLEASE NOTE: This is not an endorsement for any particular strategy. It is simple… Continue reading
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Just like OneAmerica but …
I’ve been on a tear for the past couple of weeks about other carriers being “just like OneAmerica”. The only thing worse is when they spin something that OneAmerica has done for decades as something new. It’s not new … it’s asset-based long-term care. That has been a planning solution for nearly 4 decades. And,… Continue reading
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Ask “what if” to that other annuity solution
Over the past few weeks, I’ve shared, thus the use of Annuity Care & Indexed Annuity Care for both a nonqualified and qualified annuity funding opportunity for LTC funding. Along with that, I shared the only turn-key strategy in the industry with Asset Care. They all garnered push-back from people telling me, “I can do… Continue reading
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Qualified Money Funding with Annuity Care
So, your advisor tells you that your “$1.5 million is enough to self-insure.” For over a month, I have challenged that premise using a scenario that represents an average duration situation 10 years in the future using today’s dollars as a cost benchmark. Needless to day, after a 3 year duration situation, the account value… Continue reading
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A million five and the qualified money idea
For the past few weeks, we have been focusing on the statement from an advisor that $1.5 million is enough to “self-insure” (his words not mine). Last week, I shared the leverage story of using annuity dollars and Annuity Care II as a way to improve the situation. As I have come to expect, the… Continue reading
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Leverage the annuity asset class
Last week, when we were looking at the million and a half of “self-funding”, I shared an idea to improve their “self-funding” strategy. That strategy calls for dedicating a pool of resources specifically for long-term care funding when it is needed. If you recall, the 70 year old couple had a portfolio comprised of 33.3%… Continue reading
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