WEBINARS
May 6 @ 9am
Mutual of Omaha LTCi Solution Sales Tips
Join Mike Anderson to get an insider's view of how to make the Mutual Custom Solutions product the best possible fit for your client. Find out why ca$h matters and how to use the new Points, Increments and Caps to make inflation affordable.
May 9 @ 9am
American General’s Critical Illness Policy
Join American General’s Bob Clancy for an in-depth overview of their critical illness policy.
NEWS
Change the Conversation to the Facts
The most common mistake a financial advisor makes is his or her approach to the discussion about LTC. Try getting a fact-based estimate of what those long-term care costs may be and work to build a plan from there. Four in five advisors say they know if they can have these discussions, their clients will be more likely to stay with them. - Read more
Ambulance Fraud Rampant in Medicare
Medicare paid $5 billion to ambulance companies in 2012, more than went to cancer doctors or orthopedic surgeons, according to newly released federal data. In one case, the patient smoked cigarettes in the passenger seat of the ambulance every week, chatting with the driver while taxpayers foot the $1,000 bill to drive him four blocks for his dialysis treatment. The routine was part of a $1.5 million scheme to defraud Medicare by Penn Choice Ambulance Inc., according to an indictment against the Philadelphia company. - Read more
MutualCare Software Update
Effective May 1 MutualCare® Solutions software will be making an enhancement to the Alternate Coverage Option printout page. The option of “No Inflation” will be added as a field with a disclaimer of “Not Partnership Qualified for ages under 76”. Updated software can be downloaded at WhyAIM.com/Software.
Product Spotlight
- Genworth TLC
Includes a built-in Guaranteed Minimum Benefit Rider (GMBR) that helps protect clients from falling interest rates and increases to the cost of insurance. It guarantees that they will always have long term care (LTC) and death benefits. - Read more
- MedAmerica
Has developed a snazzy new calculator for its Transitions product. - Read more
Care giving is a hot button topic and starting with this edition of AIM’s newsletter, we’re making available caringnews.com -- a compendium of care giving resources – to our agents. - Read More