Carrier Announcements

LifeSecure’s Spring Sprint
April 14, 2025
The Spring Sprint Unlimited Cash Bonus puts extra cash in your pocket with every LifeSecure Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity policy you sell between April 1, 2025, and June 30, 2025 – with no cap on your bonus.

New Rates for SecureCare UL Now Available
April 7, 2025
Effective April 7, 2025, new rates for SecureCare™ Universal Life (UL) are now available in California. A major upgrade to SecureCare UL’s underwriting process has also been implemented: clients can now complete the underwriting questionnaire (part 2 of the application) online. This can reduce underwriting times by an average of one week!

Enhanced Electronic Payment Form Available
April 4, 2025
Beginning April 4, 2025, Securian is introducing its newly created electronic payment authorization form! This comprehensive yet easy to understand form is designed to cover all payment scenarios from new business to transactions in force. The new forms F107568 and FSL107568 (NY) will be available in the following areas: Securian Financial professional site and FormsPipe.

Improving Your ClientConnect e-App Experience
April 3, 2025
NGL has announced that effective April 12, 2025, the ClientConnect e-App platform will be updated based on feedback. The most important enhancement: You will be able to prefill applications up until the Passcode Verification and Client Signatures. Once you prefill and save the application, it remains in the system for 30 days, and you can resave the application or make changes to restart the 30 days.

Coming Soon: Lincoln MoneyGuard Fixed Advantage® (2025)
March 31, 2025
Effective April 14, 2025, and pending state approval, Lincoln Financial Group will launch Lincoln MoneyGuard Fixed Advantage® (2025), universal life insurance which provides a death benefit and long-term care coverage through a rider. The launch of MoneyGuard Fixed Advantage (2025) introduces the flexibility for a point of Claim Choice option for receiving LTC benefits through Reimbursement or Indemnity and incorporates a split premium design to separate Life and LTC premiums to allow for potential tax deductibility.

Introducing LifeCare in Florida, North Dakota, and South Dakota
March 31, 2025
John Hancock’s LifeCare, a hybrid indexed UL with long-term care benefits, is now approved in Florida, North Dakota, and South Dakota. With features that allow clients to protect their loved ones, invest in their wellbeing, address long-term care needs, and provide a potential hedge against inflation, LifeCare is designed to offer more when it’s needed the most.

Improving Medical Records Ordering
March 27, 2025
NGL has partnered with eNoah, a medical record retrieval service that electronically obtains attending physician statement (APS) records. This partnership will shorten turnaround times and help ensure business is issued and commissions are paid as quickly as possible.

Thrivent Refreshes Brand, Leans Into Purpose
March 20, 2025
Thrivent has announced a refreshed brand and new marketing tagline, “Where Money Means More™,” that reinforces its deep expertise as a Fortune 500 company that puts generosity at the heart of saving and investing. Brought to life through a $50 million national marketing campaign, the new look emphasizes Thrivent’s differentiated story at the intersection of financial planning and generosity, creating deeper connections with both current and prospective clients.

LTCI In-Force Rate Adjustments Announced for Illinois
March 19, 2025
Mutual of Omaha has announced in-force rate adjustments for certain LTCI policies in Illinois. The changes will go into effect on June 1, 2025.

Nationwide LTC Rider Updates for New York and California
March 4, 2025
New York: Nationwide’s Long-Term Care Rider II will be available beginning March 10, 2025, on the Nationwide No-Lapse Guarantee UL II, Nationwide YourLife® Indexed UL Accumulator, and Nationwide YourLife® Indexed UL Protector. In New York, the rider is referred to as the “Acceleration of Life Insurance Death Benefit for Qualified Long-Term Care Services Rider II.”
California: Nationwide’s Long-Term Care Rider on survivorship will be available beginning March 10, 2025, on the Nationwide® Survivorship Indexed Universal Life 2020.