Description: This session from the 1993 Valuation Actuary Symposium covers problems and considerations for the valuation actuary with long term care insurance, NAIC risk based capital RBC requirements and their impact on LTC, the growth of LTC, cash flow testing, GAAP analysis of LTC and LTC claim reserve experiences.

Description: This panel discussion, which occurred at the May 1982 Society of Actuaries meeting in Colorado Springs, covered U.S. Social Security issues. Topics included: 1. Financial status of the Social Security program. 2. Changes recently adopted and proposed. 3. Impact of these changes on the private pension system 4. Role of the actuarial profession regarding the Social Security program. The following papers were referenced in this discussion: OASDI Earnings Test, by Warren R. Luckner Measures of Actuarial Status for Social Security: Retrospect and Prospect, by Dwight K. Bartlett III

Description: This session discusses strategic planning for long-term care insurance. Topics include product and pricing evolution, position in the product life cycle, requirements for success and options for entering the marketplace. Includes the perspective of an investment banker and venture capitalist. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 3, Session 86

Description: Panelists identify the unique challenges and risks associated with asset/liability management for long-term care insurance and explore possible solutions to the challenges identified. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 3, Session 28pd.

Description: This session from the 2003 SOA Spring Meeting discusses the results of the LTC Insurance Experience Study and how to apply to LTC pricing, setting long-term and short-term objectives and communicating the results through preparing and delivering the report. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 2, Session 55PD.

Description: Presented at May 2000 Spring Meeting. This teaching session deals with the use of reinsurance in the strategy of carriers' approaches to the long-term-care marketplace. Specifically, it discusses the market potential of LTC and the benefits of reinsurer expertise, smoothing of claims variability and protection from excess risk, the pros and cons of selling another carrier's plan, and types of reinsurance.

Description: This session provides an exploration of the asset side as presenters discuss appropriate investment policies for LTC and asset/liability matching. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 1, Session 116

Description: Panelists discuss the results of the SOA's Intercompany Experience Study dealing with long-term-care insurance. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 2.

Description: 2004 SOA Spring Meeting, Anaheim, CA. The panel discussed how to analyze LTC flows from an asset perspective, recognize embedded derivatives in LTC and determine strategies for hedging fair value. The goal was for the attendees to learn to view LTC from an investment rather than a liability perspective, recognize embedded risks in today's LTC marketplace, and deal with investment risks in LTC.

Description: The panelists at this session of the SOA 1998 New York Annual Meeting review the Long-Term-Care Intercompany Experience Study plus a non-insured study and model, and how to utilize the supplementary data included.