Your clients are experiencing the greatest shift from the workforce to retirement – ever. With a focus on fiduciary responsibilities, we’ll position annuities and document when they’re in the best interests of your clients.
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Our retirement team is comprised of 60 dedicated individuals focused on solutions beyond the borders of a rate sheet. If there’s a new strategy or annuity product, we can help you understand how it works and when to use it. Bring on your retirement questions. We’re ready to answer.
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Everything is done online through an electronic contracting system called SureLC. You'll want to log in to the Advisor Portal. From the homepage, click on the Contracting tile, then choose Online Contracting.
For the initial setup, your information pulls directly from the National Insurance Producer Registry – it may be as easy as verifying no changes are needed or completing your profile that includes submitting your signature card, Errors and Omission coverage, AML, and if directly paid, direct deposit information.
After setting up your initial profile with our online contracting system, you can request additional insurance carrier contracts at the click of a button. You can also update any contracting documents such as AML, E&O, or bank information. No more unnecessary duplication of efforts, redundant questions or searching for up-to-date paperwork. It’s fast, paper-free, and it’s always available when you need it.
If you need help, our Commissions and Contracting team is available to make sure the insurance process never stands in the way of progress.
To annuitize is to convert the accumulated value of an annuity into a stream of income. The payments may be a fixed amount for a fixed period of time or for a lifetime.
A direct transfer is a method of moving qualified funds from one trustee to another without triggering a taxable event. Transfers often occur between two financial institutions but they can also be between contracts or accounts at the same institution. To qualify as a transfer:
- It must be between “like-kind” plans (e.g. Traditional IRA to Traditional IRA, TSA (Tax Shelter Annuity) to TSA
- There must be no constructive receipt of the funds. In other words, the check must be payable and directed to the receiving financial institution as trustee
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