Last week, I preached about averages and the risk that we run by ignoring true cost of being average. As a reminder, in 20 years, assuming everything is average – you can expect that the average American will - incur $210,033 of long term care support & services, and (on average) lost wages as... Continue Reading →
Averages
In this week’s Coffee Break, Elaine, Niki, Jen and I discussed averages and the longevity of a long term care claim. If you have not taken time to view it, please do – we share some interesting information and Jen has one heck of a piece of trivia for you to use. I’m going to... Continue Reading →
Asset Care Insures a Buy-Sell
The June Coffee Break focuses on businesses and premium deductions that are available when funding an Asset Care policy. To learn more about this opportunity, check out our June broadcast of Coffee Break by following this link or clicking on the Coffee Break image to the right. And, last week’s Fridays with Fisher, I shared a... Continue Reading →
Section 162 Executive Bonus
In our June edition of Coffee Break, we shared some tax opportunities that businesses have when funding Asset Care. Simply, the premiums for the long term care portion of the policy can be deducted. To learn more about this opportunity, check out our June broadcast of Coffee Break. Please check it out. With this in... Continue Reading →
Maximizing Your Annuity Concept
Last week , I set the table for this part of the conversation about maximizing your annuity. Please, take a minute to refresh your memory of the opportunity. This is not a MYGA or rate chasing strategy, but a strategy where we are able to transform taxable gain into tax free income if it is... Continue Reading →
Maximizing Your Annuity
I’ve been riding this topic hard for the last few months and for a good reason! One of the best funding sources for long term care comes from nonqualified deferred annuities! And, with the unofficial start of summer a few days ago, we all know that now is not the time to take the foot... Continue Reading →
Benefit of a Cap to Self-funding
Last week’s Fridays with Fisher was about a strategy to cap the risk that a self-funding strategy presents. A lot of people reached out to me and told me that they did not like it. I hear what you say and understand why. One thing that I believe that many people did not pick up... Continue Reading →
Self-funding Cap
Last week, I started a conversation about self-funding a long term care and I shared a few examples of potential future costs. As a reminder, OneAmerica offers an Interactive Cost of Care Map that can help you find the cost of care anywhere in the country. It’s a great tool to have on your mobile... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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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