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Published monthly by United American Insurance Company for the dissemination
of information to its Agents. Home Office permission must obtained prior to reproduction or other use of
this material.
© Copyright 2002, United
American Insurance Company, McKinney, Texas
All rights reserved.
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ProCare
Rate Approvals
A special mailing regarding 2002 ProCare Medicare Supplement
rates for new business and renewal rate information has been sent to
General Agents in Pennsylvania.
Check your state(s) ProCare rate memo
for complete effective date information and cut-off dates for
business written with old rates. If you did not receive this notice,
please contact the Agent Service Center at (800) 925-7355.
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2003
Medicare Premiums
The Part B premium payment automatically deducted from
Medicare recipients’ monthly Social Security check for 2003 will
be $58.70, and the Part B deductible will remain $100. For a
review of the new 2003 Medicare deductibles refer to the A/B chart
on Pages 9 and 10.
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Holiday
Schedule
This is a reminder that the Home Office will be closed
Thursday, Nov. 28 and Friday, Nov. 29, 2002 for the
Thanksgiving Day holiday.
The Home Office will be also be closed
Tuesday, Dec. 24 and Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2002 for the
Christmas holiday.
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Attn:
Utah Med-Supp Agents
Due to overwhelming requests from the field, United American is
switching from attained age pricing to issue age pricing on new
business ProCare Medicare Supplement plans in Utah.
Effective immediately, Agents
should begin writing issue age business. No attained age
applications will be accepted in the Home Office after Dec. 1, 2002.
A special mailing regarding these rates has
been mailed to General Agents in this state. You can order your
updated supplies by contacting Agent Supply.
Please discard
all Utah ProCare attained age rate cards and brochures.
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Interest
Rate Set
The Lifestyle Annuity new money interest rate for the month
of November is 4.00
percent. Rates will continue to be reviewed and
adjusted accordingly.
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New
General Underwriting Instructions
UA’s General Underwriting Instructions have been updated. You
can order your supplies by contacting Agent Supply at (800)285-3676.
Also, a full copy of these guidelines can be viewed or downloaded
from the UA General Agency Web site. Just log on to www.uageneralagency.com/office
and click on Underwriting Guidelines.
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