Long Term Care
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Homework Assignment
In this week’s LTC Coffee Break, I shared with you 3 take-aways going into the Thanksgiving holiday. If you didn’t feel like watching the episode, they are pretty simple: The most important one of these, of course, is to review your plan. No one knows you better than you do. Your wants – your needs… Continue reading
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LTC Awareness Month Numbers
It’s is that time of year again. The time when “the industry” pushes out another LTC Awareness Month series of messages and carriers roll out campaigns talking about the long term care and the need to solve the funding dilemma. Every year, it is the same old thing. And every year, we yield the same… 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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New Jersey Follow-up
These past couple of weeks, I have spend time in New Jersey meeting with agents, advisors, their clients, and the brokerage agencies who partner the OneAmerica. One thing that continues to surprise me is the general disconnect with planning for a long term care need. Simply, most people instantly jump into a product pitch and… 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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An Idea From My Dad
Let me lead off with where I ended last week …. Give me a call with your next LTC case. At worst, I will confirm whether we can compete and win or not. At best, you have options that you might not have known about. I firmly believe that we can do more for you… Continue reading
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LTC Premium Did You Know
This past week, Kelly Hall from OneAmerica’s Advanced Markets team joined Michael and me on LTC Coffee break. If you did not have a chance to catch it, you can watch it or any of our past episodes on the LTC Coffee Break Channel. This week, I want to play a little game with you… Continue reading
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Indexed Annuity Care Compare
Yesterday, Michael Florio and I hosted a meeting at The Hartford Club where we focused exclusively on the Indexed Annuity Care product. A reminder, in Connecticut, it is the only PPA compliant deferred annuity; nationally, it is the only PPA compliant fixed indexed annuity. What that means is – when benefits are paid from the… Continue reading
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OneAmerica Underwriting Advantage
Here is a general statement about underwriting in the linked benefit / hybrid / asset-based long term care space … EVERYONE is willing to work with clients who are table 4 or better; EVERYONE offers streamlined underwriting (in one form or another); and EVERYONE offers products for people 75 and younger. ONLY ONEAMERICA offers you… Continue reading
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Less Than Perfect Client To Underwrite
This past week on LTC Coffee Break, we spoke with OneAmerica’s Care Solutions underwriting directors Diane Carpenter and David Gorman. If you didn’t have a chance to watch, check it out. For additional LTC Coffee Break episodes, you should go to the LTCCB Channel. Every Tuesday at 10 am, we release a new episode exclusively… Continue reading
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Pre-Work For Underwriting
This past week on LTC Coffee Break, we spent a little extra time talking about some of the tools that OneAmerica makes available to you in an effort to improve the underwriting experience. If you didn’t have a chance to watch, check it out. For additional LTC Coffee Break episodes, you should go to the… Continue reading
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