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Care Solutions University Invitation
Under ordinary circumstances, we bring 75 hand-selected advisors and marketers to our corporate headquarters in Indianapolis to spend 2 days learning about our Care Solutions Asset Based LTC solutions (Asset Care and Annuity Care) in detail and diving deep into the company story and building long lasting relationships. You are invited to our upcoming “Virtual… Continue reading
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Illustrating Qualified $
Thank you for everyone who joined me for my webcast yesterday where I discussed using qualified money to fund long term care. My next webcast is Thursday, April 9 at 11:00 when I discuss how to get tax-free long term care funding from the tax-deferred accumulation of a deferred annuity or cash value life insurance.… Continue reading
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What Asset Care Provides
For the past few weeks, I have shared ideas and information about using qualified money as a funding source for Asset Care. What I have not done is share with you what it offers your clients. Aside from using a resource that will be required to be tapped for income by the age of 72… Continue reading
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Qualified Money Funds LTC
You probably know some people with IRAs, 401(k)s, or 403(b)s – right? Qualified dollars have their issues You can’t avoid eventually paying taxes on pre-tax money that grows tax-deferred. Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs): Money needs to be taken out beginning at 72, whether your client wants it or not. When qualified money passes to heirs… Continue reading
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SECURE Act Creates Opportunity
The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019, better known as the SECURE Act, was signed into law on December 20, 2019. The SECURE Act is aimed at increasing access to tax-advantaged accounts and ensuring that older Americans do not outlive their assets. But, it also contains some changes that create an… Continue reading
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Asset Care Recap of Highlights
Since the roll out of our new Asset Care products over the summer, many of our current producers have been pleased by the new opportunities that have been created. Here are a few reminders: 1.) Our qualified money solution has been enhanced and rebuilt to maximize the long term care benefits while minimizing taxes. It… Continue reading
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The OneAmerica Difference
An interesting thing happened on my way to the office this morning. This time, my office wasn’t an airport, hotel room, meeting room, or automobile; it was my office at home. For the past 2 years I have written and distributed Fridays with Fisher hoping to provide ideas that might help you move the bar… Continue reading
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A Little Pool Anyone?
Here we go again – the discussion of addressing the extended healthcare (aka long term care) funding issue. For many, self-funding ends up being the answer. By default or by decision, people elect to bear the full burden of the cost associated with an extended healthcare event and not elect an insurance-based solution. So, here… Continue reading
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Asset Care Return of Premium
Live, Die, Quit – that has been the mantra for asset-based / linked benefit / hybrid Long Term Care solutions since their inception three decades ago. (Have I mentioned that only OneAmerica and one other carrier have that experience?) We often focus on the Live and Die scenarios. If you require care while you are… Continue reading
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It’s Long Term Care for a Reason
The fastest way to impoverishment or to destroying a retirement income strategy or to impact multiple generations physically, emotionally, and financially is not an extended healthcare event. It is not adequately planning for such an event. According to retirementliving.com, the cost of memory care in 2019 is: Average memory care unit $5,745 per month Highest… Continue reading
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Asset Care for Qualified Money
One funding approach that has been unique to Asset Care is the “self contained” funding strategy for qualified money and non-qualified deferred annuities. In the original series product, these were know as Asset-Care II (non-qualified money) and Asset-Care III (qualified money). We have made some enhancements to this strategy which, in my humble opinion, are… Continue reading
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Asset Care – Policy Changes
As with every product release, there are changes that come at the policy level. This is true with Asset Care. Here are a few changes that you MUST know. The Elimination Period to qualify for benefits has be altered to zero days for home care and 90 days for facility based care. Remember, those are… Continue reading
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