Description: This article summarizes the presentations by the Society of Actuaries and the Academy of Actuaries at the January 2015 National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) Roundtables in Washington DC. SOA presented on the 2014 SOA monograph series "The Link between Retirement Security and Long-Term Care."

Description: In 2015, LIMRA partnered with the SOA on a study that focused on examining individual LTC policy termination experience including both voluntary lapse and mortality results. This work was based on data submitted by 22 LTC carriers representing approximately 75 percent of the LTC lives inforce over the study period 2000-2011. This article discusses an area of emphasis for the policy terminations work which was to better understand the impact of data quality on reported results given the continued difficulty for insurers in accurately distinguishing voluntary lapse activity from deaths.

Description: The article looks at potential changes in care provider demographics that could ultimately have an impact on the cost of long term care services.

Description: Description of French long term care claim evaluation system

Description: Approaches to filing, approving and implementing LTC rate increases impact policyholder behavior regarding retaining/modifying their coverage.

Description: In the United States today, approximately 12 percent of individuals age 65 and over and 0.8 percent of persons 45–65 years old have Alzheimer’s disease AD or a related disorder ADRD1.

Description: This article provides a summary of the 2016 Milliman LTC rate increase survey and additional commentary from our years of experience with rate increase filings.

Description: A physician discusses white matter lesions on the brain - their nature, causes, severity, importance, associated risks, and underwriting implications for long term care insurance.

Description: Overview on current trends in medical practice impacting the LTC insurance business with a focus on dementia, risk stratification, and predictive modeling.

Description: A bipartisan Maryland effort created a PUBLIC/PRIVATE Governor's Task Force to develop recommendations to educate residents regarding LTC risk and planning.