Category: Guarantees

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 →

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 →

More About Cash

Last week, I talked about cash and reimbursement policies.  A few people took exception to a couple of the points that I made which prompted this week’s FWF. Pertaining to cash benefits, the point that I am attempting to make is that there is an extra level of responsibility that comes with access to the... Continue Reading →

Consider the Funding Source

In last week’s Fridays with Fisher, I spoke about “self-directing” money from a qualified account into Asset Care premiums. I also advocated establishing a “protection bucket” as a dedicated pool to provide your primary resources for paying for long-term care services. I want to jump back into the “self-directed” funding discussion again.  I believe that... Continue Reading →

A little about informal care

Last week, I talked about a variety of types of care that are available when an extended care / long-term care situation arises.  Remember, there are two types of care – formal and informal. As a reminder, informal care is the most prevalent care provided and it generally comes from an untrained individual like a... Continue Reading →

Levels of Care

Last week, I shared with you a bit about Asset Care 2024 and how it offers more than simply money to pay for care. I shared the care benefit concierge (claims concierge), coordination of benefits provision, and caregiver consultant for those who elect informal care. One thing that I neglected to include in the Fridays... Continue Reading →

Thanksgiving Thought

I want to thank you for the opportunity to share my ideas and insights with you. Whether or not you wrote business with OneAmerica Financial this past year, I hope that I was able to help you help your family, friends, neighbors, and clients. I've shared the importance of planning and some consumer facing tools... Continue Reading →

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