On Sept. 14, 2026, Nationwide is enhancing CareMatters II to provide greater client value and increase consistency across the CareMatters Suite. These changes include improved policy features and new options initially introduced with CareMatters Together that have been well received.

Effective Sept. 14, 2026, Nationwide CareMatters Annuity will be available for sale in additional regions. This includes Connecticut and the District of Columbia.

Effective immediately, Oklahoma has discontinued its Long-Term Care (LTC) producer training requirement. As a result, state-specific LTC training is no longer required for LTC business written in Oklahoma.

As of Aug. 17, 2026, Home Health Care Enhanced has launched in Montana and Nevada. It has been loaded on the ARC – both applications are state specific, and both use the generic rates. The product availability chart has also been updated.

Mutual of Omaha has announced in-force rate adjustments for certain LTCI policies in Georgia and West Virginia. The changes will go into effect on Nov. 1, 2026.

Mutual of Omaha has made a few updates to the MutualCare® Solutions Product Guide:

Added expedited/overnight premium payment mailing addresses for both USPS and FedEx/UPS. [Pages 24, 37, and 38]
Increased the combined traditional LTC policy maximum benefit limit from $500,000 to $720,000. [Pages 9, 10, and 17]

The updated Product Guide is now available on Forms & Materials and Sales Professional Access.

Home Health Care Enhanced has launched in the following states: AK, DE, ND, and OR. It will replace Home Health Care Select in the launched states. The product availability chart has also been updated.

Home Health Care Enhanced from ManhattanLife launched July 13, 2026, in Maine, New Hampshire, and Washington, D.C. This brings availability to 27 states.

Hospital Indemnity Select from ManhattanLife became available in Oregon on July 20, 2026, giving you another opportunity to help clients prepare for expenses associated with a covered hospital stay.

The first phase of ManhattanLife’s Unified Agent Experience is here, bringing a major refresh to the Agent Resource Center. The updated Agent Resource Center delivers simplified access, a unified dashboard, and improved performance. Additional ARC and EasyAppoint functionality will be introduced in future phases.