Survey: Less than Half of Employed Americans Have Workplace Group Life Insurance

When asked if they had auto, health or home insurance, 80 percent of Americans say they have at least two of these. But over half of employed Americans (55 percent) don’t have voluntary group life insurance provided by their employer. In a March 2017 survey conducted online by Harris Poll1 on behalf of OneAmerica® only 45 percent of employed Americans claim to have voluntary group life insurance provided by their employer. But the survey of 2,167 U.S. adults ages 18 years or older, among whom  more...

A.M. Best Affirms Superior Rating for OneAmerica Companies

Outlook Remains Stable

OneAmerica® announced today that insurance rating agency A.M. Best has affirmed the A+ (Superior) financial strength rating of American United Life Insurance Company® (AUL) and its affiliates, The State Life Insurance Company® (State Life) and Pioneer Mutual Life Insurance Company® (PML), all OneAmerica companies.  The A+ (Superior) rating is the second highest of 16 rating categories assigned by the agency in evaluating financial strength. “As we celebrate our 140th year as a mutual  more...

New Research Shows All LTC Protection is Not Created Equal

Asset-based long-term care stands out as leading option for consumers due to premium and benefit guarantees

A recent concept report based on research by Wade Pfau, Ph.D., CFA, and Michael Finke, Ph.D., CFP® illustrates the impact of various types of long-term care (LTC) protection on retirement income. The concept report, 'Planning for Every Possibility,' compares outcomes from self-funding LTC, health-based LTC insurance and asset-based LTC protection for two hypothetical couples at different stages of preparing for retirement.  Using averages for various levels of care at today’s costs, the  more...

OneAmerica Announces Rollout of Advisor-Friendly Revenue Accounts

Created at plan level, revenue accounts don’t require deductions from participants’ accounts

As the retirement and financial industry shifts to comply with the ever-evolving world of fiduciary regulation, OneAmerica® today announced the debut of revenue accounts to help ease the burden on both customers and financial advisors. In the company’s latest effort to increase transparency around compensation and conflicts of interest, OneAmerica revenue accounts offer a shift from commission-based payments to fee-based payments for financial advisors. Created at the plan level, revenue  more...

OneAmerica^® achieves various financial records in 2016; $5.9 billion in benefits paid to customers

Growth driven by strong sales across all divisions; supported by strong capital position

OneAmerica® announced today another record-breaking growth year in 2016, marked by all-time highs in revenues, assets under administration, capital and benefits paid to customers.   “We’re proud to call attention to the $5.9 billion in benefits we paid in 2016. That number represents 5.9 billion moments of truth where everything we work for is delivered to a person, family or business who placed their trust in us,” said Scott Davison, OneAmerica chairman, president and CEO. “Our sales growth  more...

OneAmerica Offers Enhanced Online Retirement Readiness, Wellness Tools

Website resources include One Day is Today®, Pete the Planner® materials

OneAmerica® today announced the launch of a redesigned retirement readiness website where plan sponsors and plan participants can seek out vital information to fill the knowledge gap identified in a OneAmerica survey conducted last year. With an extensive library of materials, the retirement readiness pages, prominently featured on the website of oneamerica.com, allow Plan Sponsors to focus on specific topics and resources that will resonate most with their employees. Likewise, participants  more...

Scott Davison named chairman of OneAmerica® Board of Directors

OneAmerica Financial Partners, Inc. today announced its Board of Directors has unanimously elected Scott Davison as the next chairman, effective immediately. He succeeds Dayton Molendorp, who has served as chairman since 2007 and who will remain on the board. In addition to serving as chairman of the Board of American United Mutual Insurance Holding Company, Davison will continue to serve as president and CEO of OneAmerica®. “OneAmerica will celebrate its 140th anniversary this year, and  more...

OneAmerica® Completes Key BMO Cutover 60 Days Ahead of Schedule

Wisconsin, Kansas City technology now completely integrated with OneAmerica

OneAmerica® today announced a successful completion of the integration of BMO Financial Group’s Milwaukee-based retirement division into the OneAmerica network, 16 months after the acquisition officially closed and nearly two months earlier than projected. “Our goal was to deliver a best-in-class transition for our associates, clients and their employees while combining the forces of two historically great service-oriented companies,” said Bill Yoerger, president of Retirement Services for  more...

OneAmerica® Introduces New Indexed Dividend Crediting Option Rider for Whole Life Policies

Unique product allows policyholders to say “I DO” to market upswings without sacrificing whole life guarantees

OneAmerica® today introduced the Indexed Dividend Crediting Option (IDO) Rider – a unique product that allows Legacy and Legacy 121 policyholders to participate in market upswings without sacrificing whole life guarantees, including a steady cost of insurance and increasing cash value. With IDO, a policyholder may earn up to double their dividend in any given year by selecting all or a portion of their dividend to be connected to S&P 500® performance. If the market underperforms, all whole  more...

New Research Shows All LTC Protection Is Not Created Equal In Product Features Or Consumer Appeal

Asset-based long-term care stands out as leading option for consumers due to premium certainty and guaranteed benefit

A new white paper authored by Wade Pfau, Ph.D., CFA, and Michael Finke, Ph.D., CFP® explores the impact of various types of long-term care (LTC) protection on retirement income and offers insight into the reasons consumers choose to either purchase or avoid certain types of LTC protection.  The research demonstrates that all LTC protection is not created equal in product features or in appeal to consumers, and asset-based LTC protection stands out as a leading option because of the product’s  more...