Happy Fourth of July!!
Enjoy the holiday -- we all deserve a little fun -- and stay safe 'cause we care about you!
Our office will be closed on Monday, July 5th, so our employees can enjoy a long, well-deserved weekend!
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Securian:
Looking for something festive and delicious to make over the holiday weekend? Securian recommends this: Grandma Jo’s Red, White & Blue Berry Cheesecake Salad - RECIPE
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Principal Restructuring Announcement
Earlier this week Principal announced a new strategic direction. We wanted to fully explore this announcement before we shared it with you. We still don’t have all the details but this is what we can tell you at this time:
Principal will discontinue sales of all U.S. consumer life insurance and retail fixed annuities and products by the end of the third quarter 2021.
LIFE INSURANCE: Their product portfolio will remain largely the same. What is different is they will focus exclusively on the business market, particularly small to medium-sized businesses (about 60 percent of their sales come from the business market). Brokerage general agencies, such as GPAgency, will continue to have access to these products.
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Our Current Annuity Rates |
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Sagicor's Milestone MYGA, is a single premium deferred fixed annuity with multi-year rate guarantees. By providing a guaranteed fixed rate of interest over a period of time, your money not only grows tax-deferred, but securely!
A Milestone MYGA can be a great way to help you reach your savings milestones with the right combination of growth, flexibility, and tax deferral.
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More States Enacting New Annuity Regulations
—Are You Ready?
See which states as well as full list of states where the regulation is already in effect. READ ARTICLE
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Carriers Beginning to Lift COVID Restrictions |
As carriers ease up on COVID restrictions, clients who were previously declined may now be eligible for coverage. It may be worthwhile to review your files over the past year.
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PennMutual Suspends Life Sales |
As companies continue to analyze their mix of business sources in this current environment, Penn Mutual has suspended life sales through brokerages through the end of the year. However, we will continue to have access to their fixed annuities.
We work with leading and top-rated life insurance carriers and have many options for competitive product solutions to meet your clients’ needs. We are happy to work with you on alternative solutions to the Penn Mutual Life product portfolio.
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Get Your Own Unique URL
Competitively-Priced Term Life Insurance in Less than 9 Minutes!
10, 15, 20, 25 & 30-year term life coverage: $50K to $1.5M.
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Get Paid Faster...
ADVANCE COMP!
Still Available!!
GPAgency's Advance Compensation program is for NEW Term and UL policies sold through Protective AND Legal & General.
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Nationwide Insurance's Social Selling Webinar |
In June, Nationwide conducted an interactive webinar on Social Selling for our agent partners. It was an informative program and if you were unable to attend, here is a LINK to our recording.
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American National: New IUL available July 1, 2021: Signature Protection Indexed Universal Life provides customizable death benefit protection, while also building wealth in an account that’s tied to the growth of the financial markets and protected from the downturns.
It's launching Two New Crediting Strategies Available July 1, 2021 for its ASIA PLUS 7 & 10 (Indexed Annuity Plus). These products will offer upside interest potential through seven different crediting options.
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Protective: Upcoming product changes for Protective Indexed Choice UL and ExtendCare Rider. Effective July 12, 2021, they will reprice the products to include lower premiums in key areas. In addition, they will... READ BULLETIN
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Equitable: More clients eligible for Easy Underwriting Maximum age limit for Easy Underwriting expanded to 60. BULLETIN
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Symetra: Now available: Symetra SwiftTerm -- the application process is automated from start to finish. Clients can apply, pay and get their term policy online in as little as 25 minutes. WATCH VIDEO
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Sagicor: Important update on processing times: Due to the increase in business from their Summer Kick Off MYGA Rate Special, Sagicor’s processing of PAPER applications, producer appointments and non-electronic new business requirements is taking approximately 7-10 business days. Electronic applications are still processing within their stated 2-4 business day service levels.
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AIG: Their non-medical underwriting process is evolving and has a new name: Agile Underwriting+ (AU+). It is available on all its permanent products: Max Accumulator+ II and Value+ Protector II offer AU+ for clients who are aged 50 or younger and whose initial death benefit is $1,000,000 or less. AU+ includes a vendor completed tele-interview where the client may be eligible to receive an offer with no lab work, exam, or APS!
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Prudential
Executive Bonus: Attracting and Retaining Key Talent Webinar
Reward employees who are critical to a business.
Thursday, July 15, 2:00 PM ET
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Assurity
The Term-Perm Solution
LIMRA reports whole life policy sales growth in the first quarter was the sharpest growth in decades.
Assurity's perm-term sales idea, a great combination of Whole Life coverage with the Level Term Rider.
With available term periods of 10, 20 or 30 years, the Level Term Rider can help your client bolster their coverage with up to 10 times their base benefit amount – and have the option to convert to permanent coverage later on.
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Legal and General
How to Play It Safe This Summer:
Tips for you and your clients on having fun and protecting your family
L&G put together a list of summer safety tips, including the importance of protecting your family with life insurance, that will help keep you and your loved ones protected all season long.
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Insurance Information Institute
Should I Buy Long-Term Care Insurance?
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North American
Women and the Financial Professionals They Work With
When North American conducted research on women and their retirement planning, they uncovered some key insights comparing and contrasting those who currently have financial professionals with those who do not. VIEW VIDEO
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Equitable
Help Minimize Your Clients' Taxes
Not to be confused with asset allocation, asset location is a tax minimization strategy that optimizes tax-free and tax-deferred accounts during your clients' retirement years. Learn how it might work for your clients.
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Pacific Life
How to Soft Sell Life Insurance and Why It Works
Soft selling can be a great way to engage prospects to make a sale without coming off as pushy. It involves using a conversational, casual, and friendly tone to present products to prospective buyers. Learn tips about this consultative approach that creates a low-pressure sales experience in this edition of Broad Market Insights.
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MassMutual
9 Financial Questions to Ask Mom
If your mom does not have certain plans in place, she may be vulnerable to financial risk.
How to shop for a mortgage
This step-by-step guide will show you how to shop for a mortgage, calculate what you can afford and look for a fair deal.
Types of annuities and how they work
Annuities can be a useful wealth management tool but they come in many varieties with different benefits.
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Assurity
Great opportunity for low-cost prospecting and nearly limitless ways to start conversations are at your fingertips with Assurity's new quoter for Single Premium Whole Life insurance. This flexible product can provide tax breaks, living benefits and more:
- Immediate increase in estate value with no future premium payments
- Tax-deferred accumulation of cash value
- Access to cash values at any time through policy loans
- Accelerated Death Benefit Rider gives clients the option to access a portion of their death benefit if they’re diagnosed with a chronic or terminal illness
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Illinois Mutual
Financial Pyramid: Explain DI in Less Than 2 Minutes
This financial pyramid flyer offers a quick visual to show your clients the value of disability income insurance (DI).
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Principal
Help Businesses Plan for the Future with a Complimentary Informal Business Valuation
Many small business owners need help determining what their business is worth. According to a 2021 Principal Business Owner Survey, conducted by Dynata:
- 37% of owners still don’t have a business succession plan for death, disability, or retirement.
- 52% of owners have never had their business valued.
Their Individual Disability Insurance Solutions:
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Have a great day!!
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