Cascading waterfalls. Glistening beaches. Intriguing natural wonders. This is the 2017 Vanguard Conference! This is Paradise, Hawaiian Style! If you haven’t qualified for the 2017 Vanguard Conference in beautiful Kauai, Hawaii, don’t worry—you still have plenty of time. Qualification ends December 30, 2016. For some inspiration to push you to meet your goal, visit the… Read More
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Vanguard Conference: Surfing, Sailing or Spa?
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Lincoln® Changes Term Conversion Guidelines
Changes are coming to Lincoln Financial Group®’s term conversion guidelines. Term conversion options on new term policies with policy effective dates on or after September 12, 2016, will continue to have access to the full suite of competitive permanent products through policy year seven. After year seven, policies that are eligible may convert to one… Read More
Minnesota Life Presents: Life Insurance as an Investment Tool
Minnesota Life Presents: Life Insurance as an Investment Tool BGA and BGA Staff Webinar Thursday, June 30, 2016 1:00 PM CST Join TMA and Steve Sommer, Sales Manager, IDG of Minnesota Life for a presentation on “Life Insurance as an Investment Tool.” Learn how you can use life insurance to help your clients fill their retirement income… Read More
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REMINDER: Webinar #3-Using Qualified Funds Is Today
BGA Insurance presents OneAmerica Series of Webinars Focus of this Webinar = Using Qualified Funds for LTC Plan Continuous Pay - Premiums GUARANTEED NEVER to Increase. Optional unlimited LTC benefits rider. Husband and wife can be on claim at same time and each receive full benefit. Example - If benefit = $5,000/month, they could receive… Read More
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What is a Living Benefit?
Living Benefits: Changing Real Lives Robert Sanchez: $733,062.00 Isabella Martinez: $120,552.74 Rachael Roberts: $51,860.10 Bonnie Thomas: $234,364.24 What is a Living Benefit? In insurance terms, Living Benefits are Accelerated Benefit Riders (ABRs)1, which provide the option of receiving a partial or fill accelerated life insurance benefit if the insured experiences a qualifying medical condition. What… Read More
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Part 3: Niche Alert - You Don’t Know BOES-NQDC
Niche Alert: You Don’t Know BOES — NQ Deferred Compensation Did you know Principal’s nonqualified deferred compensation (NQDC) platform is available to all CreativeOne advisors and producers? What may not be apparent is how to use it to win cases and grow your revenue. Whether you need front-end resources like training and fact finders or largely misunderstood elements like… Read More
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Part 2: Key Person Insurance in Motion
The Sale Many advisors immediately think of a death benefit and a term insurance solution when processing a key person case. A more nuanced approach, however, uncovers many other aspects to consider and solutions besides the 10-year-term contract. Consider some of the ways a key employee may be lost to an employer: - Disability. -… Read More
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Part 1: Understanding the Difference between BOES and SERPs
Do you Understand the Difference between BOES and SERPs? Do You Know When to Recommend one Over Another? CreativeOne works in conjunction with the business experts at Principal® Financial Group. They live and breathe Executive Bonus Plans (BOES) and Supplemental Executive Retirement Plans (SERPs) every day, and are only a phone call away. Let us… Read More
Marrying life-expectancy and cash-accumulation strategies
Lifetime Foundation is a first-of-its-kind permanent life insurance product with death benefit guarantees that adjust to your clients’ changing needs. This innovative new approach offers more guaranteed coverage early on when their life insurance needs are likely the greatest, while maintaining a proportional death benefit guarantee in later years when their focus transitions to savings… Read More
Blueprint to Freedom: A Guide for Going Independent, Part IV
BLUEPRINT TO FREEDOM PART IV: IMPLEMENTATION You’ve taken the finals steps to freedom, and now it’s time to capitalize on your pre-planning efforts. By identifying those clients who make up your target market, you’ve begun building your awareness and branding yourself as “the expert” – two steps that are essential to growth. It’s at this point… Read More
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