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Elevate™ provides advisors with a comprehensive cache of resources to enhance client relationships. Guidance on complex strategies from a team of industry professionals to lift your confidence and boost your value.

Resources That Matter

We curate resources that provide meaningful strategies, stay on the edge of today’s ever-evolving economic environment, and assist in ways that matter … all so you can deliver what your unique clients require. It’s our way to help you grow your business.

Annuity Strategies

Focused on meeting growth, preservation, and distribution goals of investors within distinct tolerances for risk.

Annuity Strategy: Income Bucketing 
Annuity Strategy: Conservative Allocation 

Income Planning

Help clients plan well and feel comfortable in the ever-changing economic climate

Annuity Strategy: Needs, Wants, Legacy 

Rollover Opportunities

Strategize rollovers to help position clients towards meeting long-term retirement goals.

Distributions Due to Divorce 
In Service Distributions 
NUA Employee Stock Distributions 

Legacy Planning

Advise clients to take a holistic planning approach for managing wealth while alive and after death.

Restricted Beneficiary Payouts 

Additional Reference Resources

More advanced planning in-depth resources to elevate your value.

Client Approved - IRS Rollover Chart 
Client Approved - The Essentials: A Retirement Spending Planner 
Zone Annuity vs. Non-Qualified Equity-Linked Notes 

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Marshall Heitzman

Marshall Heitzman, CFP®, ChFC, FLMI, CPCU, BFA™
CUNA Mutual Group | Head of Advanced Planning

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IMPORTANT DISCLOSURES
Annuities are long-term insurance products designed for retirement purposes. Clients should consider a variable annuity’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. The prospectus contains this and other information. Encourage clients to read it carefully.

CUNA Mutual Group is the marketing name for CUNA Mutual Holding Company, a mutual insurance holding company, its subsidiaries and affiliates. Annuities are issued by CMFG Life Insurance Company (CMFG Life) and MEMBERS Life Insurance Company (MEMBERS Life) and distributed by their affiliate, CUNA Brokerage Services, Inc., member FINRA/SIPC, a registered broker/dealer and investment advisor, 2000 Heritage Way, Waverly, IA, 50677. CMFG Life and MEMBERS Life are stock insurance companies. MEMBERS® is a registered trademark of CMFG Life Insurance Company. Investment and insurance products are not federally insured, may involve investment risk, may lose value and are not obligations of or guaranteed by any depository or lending institution. All contracts and forms may vary by state, and may not be available in all states or through all broker/dealers.

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