Description: Insolvency Due to Long Term Care resulting from deficiencies in underwriting, contract language and claim processing. From Long-Term Care Newsletter, August 2001, Issue No. 5.

Description: Description of benefit reduction options that are available to insureds at the time of a rate increase and how regulators may view them.

Description: An introduction to other articles in this issue about Medicaid abuse and genetic testing.

Description: The LTC Section chairperson announces the new council roster, and discusses the goals of branding the profession, building community, supporting education needs, and commitment to reserach projects.

Description: Summary of long-term care insurance options available for designing the right policy for your clients.

Description: A few large insurers dominate the Long Term Care market. This article discusses how smaller companies can overcome the hurdles to entry.

Description: This article discusses the mechanics of a prospective approach to calculating LTC rate increases and compares it to approaches defined by previous model regs.

Description: The author discusses changes in LTC insurance transactions.

Description: Results of HIAA’s 1999 Study of LTCI Contract Reserves by William C. Weller from Long Term Care Newsletter, April 2000, Issue No. 2.

Description: This article distinguishes pseudodementia from true dementia, discusses pseudodementia’s causes, characteristic signs and symptoms, diagnosis and treatments, and covers its most important mortality concerns.