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3 Mark's In The Loop Newsletter

07/15/2015

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In The Loop This Weeks Highlights

 Join us July 22 at 3:00 pm central for a webinar with your 3 Mark staff on Living Benefit and Long-Term Care Riders. 

One of the newest and most welcome addition to today's insurance contracts are accelerated benefit or living benefits riders. Join Bruce Alfredson and Sean Kramer as they discuss why consumers are anxious to learn more about living benefits for permanent or term life insurance policies.

During this presentation we will discuss:

  • Why agents and consumers are choosing to include living benefit riders on their life contracts.
  • Long-Term Care & Chronic Illness Riders
  • Reimbursement vs. Indemnity
  • How to qualify for benefits
  • How benefits are determined

  

Register Now

3 Mark Financial Announces A New Carrier

 Start growing your sales today with North American 

 We are pleased to announce that we have joined North American Company's Partner Program. In addition to North American's competitive product portfolio (including term, universal and indexed universal life insurance), the Partner Program offers a wealth of resources to help grow your sales. Start taking advantage of these key features:

North American understands our business goals and is committed to helping our agents grow their businesses. In addition to outstanding support, North American provides training tools, workshops, webinars and marketing materials.

Join us in celebrating this partnership with North American!


Stay tuned for more! 

Secret Word

Watch for the secret word to appear in future editions of In The Loop

 

Protective

Protection Plus Potential

Your clients want and deserve guaranteed protection, customizable coverage plus the potential for cash value. This Choice Series solution can give your clients everything they want with a variety of features.   Learn More

Nationwide

Valuable Insights on Retirement Health Care Costs

This special recorded webinar features health care and aging expert Mark Miller and covers important information for helping clients plan for these costs, including:

  • What Medicare covers — and what it doesn't
  • What health care costs clients can expect to pay out of pocket in retirement
  • How to help clients get a personalized estimate of their retirement health care costs

Watch Now

 

AXA

Long-Term Care Services Rider vs. Chronic/Critical Illness Riders

There are several ways to fund long-term care needs. One method is to elect an acceleration of life insurance death benefit rider with a life insurance policy, of which there are generally three types, all with essential differences.  Learn More

AIG

Even Lower term Rates

Help your clients choose their term life insurance wisely with Optionality.  AG Select-a-Term has new, lower, market-leading prices, 17 tactical term periods and lower rated-case pricing.  Learn More

In The Loop Life Insruance

John Hancock

A Modern Approach to Policy Management

This video features LifeTrack, John Hancock's new, industry-first, free policy management solution that helps ensure your clients' policies stay on track to meet their insurance goals.  Watch video

Allianz

How Long will Clients’ Retirement Money Last?

Once your clients begin drawing retirement assets for income, market volatility can have a big impact on how long those assets last. One factor in how big an impact is their sequence of returns. Client video. 

Life is a Journey

Guide your clients through he benefits of FIUL insurance with this consumer-approved video, Life’s a Journey. Use it as a tool to explain the benefits of a policy, including protection for policyholders and their beneficiaries with an income-tax free death benefit. Learn more. 

Mutual of Omaha

The Living Benefits of GUL

Help your clients take advantage of multiple living benefits with Guaranteed Universal Life and Guaranteed Universal Life Plus.   Learn More

Minnesota Life

Exit and Transition Terminology and Concepts

Every business owner will eventually transition out of his or her business. The primary challenge facing a business owner exiting a business is: "How will I turn my goodwill and hard work into cash at retirement?" A comprehensive exit and transition strategy makes it more likely that the business owner will receive value for the business.  Learn More

North American Company

Need a way to MAXIMIZE your Sales?

By using life insurance to maximize annuity funds, you can help provide your clients with the most value for their annuity funds, without the limitations of income or estate taxes. Watch this video to learn more.

Symetra 

Updated Reinsurance and Retention Limits for Classic UL and SUL-G

Update retention and automatic limits are now available for Symetra’s Classic UL and SUL-G products. With these new limits, Symetra can provide even more underwriting flexibility and competitive positioning in the universal life space.  Learn More

 

In The Loop Annuities / LTC

ASSET TRANSFER TIPS For all annuity carriers

Transferring assets, or exchanging money via section 1035 of the tax code, may have tax consequences. Any questions regarding taxation should be referred to a qualified tax professional.

1. Call the Financial Institution/Insurance Company to see what they require to transfer the money e. g. some financial institutions, like Fidelity, require a call from the client to release money, others like Northwestern Mutual require their own surrender form to accompany the 1035/transfer form from the company receiving the money.

2. Attach a copy of a current policy/ account statement for the funds being transferred to the 1035/transfer document.

3. Complete the 1035/transfer form carefully and completely. Be sure all necessary signatures are obtained.

4. Send original transfer forms with the application to 3 Mark for processing.

Rates

Principal

American National

Athene

Reliance Standard

Chick here for web based Product Specific Training for producers.

AIG

The American Pathway Deferred Income Annuity (DIA) in now available in New York  Read More

In The Loop Underwriting New Business

Prudential

Underwriting Improvement for Older Ages

Continuous improvements to underwriting and the latest medical research are resulting in liberalized ranges for Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) values for older ages. More of your clients who have had PSA values outside the traditional range may now be eligible to qualify for coverage.  Learn More

MetLife

Medical Underwriting at Work for You

At MetLife, Kidney Cancer, Sleep Apnea and Hepatitis C don’t necessarily preclude someone from obtaining a Preferred offer. Read these case studies and learn key questions to ask clients who’ve had these conditions. Learn more

New Underwriting Alert: Better Offers for Clients with Barrett’s Esophagus

Revised Medical Underwriting Guidelines for Barrett's Esophagus Could Result in More Favorable Offers. Learn more

 

Protective

Updated Guidelines for Foreign Travel and Nationals

Protective Life Insurance Company is pleased to announce two enhancements to their underwriting guidelines for foreign travel and foreign nationals that they believe will streamline the risk selection process and provide a more competitive approach for many cases.  Learn More

Accordia

Have you heard about Accordia Life Credits, a new approach to underwriting at Accordia? 

Mutual of Omaha

FIT Your Clients into Lower Rates 

Get the best rates for your clients with the FIT credit program, which can improve your clients rating by up to two tables.  Learn More

Symetra

External Term Conversion Program.  Click for Details.

In The Loop Carrier Announcements

MetLife

Introducing MetLife¹s Most Innovative Product

MetLife¹s research indicates there are two times as many surrenders and exchanges with clients¹ life insurance policies than death benefits paid out. This means that clients can change their minds. A lot. And their needs demand a product with the flexibility to change with them. Launching June 1, learn more about MetLife Premier Accumulator Plus, which will be available with MetLife Enhanced Rate Plus.  Learn More

 Allianz

Illustrating Sales Concepts Helps Tell More Compelling Story

Allianz has added various illustration sales concepts tot he life insurance illustration software for the Allianz Life Pro+ Survivor FIUL, including executive bonus plans, buy-sell agreements, and more.  Learn More

Mutual of Omaha

New 10-Year Term Now Available for Term Life Express

A new 10-year term has been added to the Term Life Express portfolio, offering your clients another option for their term life insurance needs.  Learn More

AccordiaLife

New Solve for Lifetime Foundation IUL

Since Lifetime Foundation Launched in March many of you have expressed a desire for increased flexibility when illustrating in competitive scenarios. Effective July 1, a new solve function is available that will provide increased functionality and allow you to more easily compare it to life expectancy products.  Learn More

Legal & General America

Cost of insurance increase will apply to select inforce universal life plans.   Read More

In The Loop Sales Incentives

American National

iPad Air 2 Contest - Qualify with as few as 9 life sales through iGO eApplictions from iPipeline.  Click here to learn more.  Contest runs 5/1/15 to 8/31/15.

 

Athene

Leaders of Olympus - Three programs with rewards Click here to learn more, including the Aruba trip.

ExamOne

ExamOne wants to help you grow your business with an opportunity to receive free life insurance leads.  Chick here to read the details. 

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