Description: An overview of the various track topics and sessions in the 9th Annual ILTCI Conference.

Description: The benefits of touch-screen technology for senior citizens is discussed.

Description: The 5th Annual Inter-Company LTCI conference was a tremendous opportunity for the thought leaders in our industry to come together and exchange information on current claims practices.

Description: To increase awareness of current research, cognitive treatments, brain exercise programs and overall long-term care, we will be adding a regular feature to the LTC Section newsletter, tentatively called the “Cognitive Corner.” This feature will provide a place to share existing academic research and health-related outcomes related to cognitive factors. It is the hope that this information will spur thought-provoking discussions and debates that impact your work regarding these hypotheses.

Description: Article presents new course readings that cover hot health topics that will expand actuarial expertise in the Health Systems practice area.

Description: The author discusses the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 GINA and its ultimate effect on the long-term care industry in general, and on current and future insureds, specifically.

Description: For establishing the ongoing adequacy of claim reserves for blocks of long-term care insurance, retro testing is a blunt tool, the results of which are not conclusive. Claim reserve retro tests should be reviewed by claim duration, include the impact of interest consistently, and include updated assumptions that can have an impact on claim termination rates or other factors. The new NAIC LTC Experience Reporting Forms estimated to arrive for reporting year 2008 will help modernize LTCI retro tests, providing additional accuracy and standardization. Actuaries should not wait for these forms, but rather ensure that any claim reserve analysis moves beyond a basic calendar year retro test.

Description: Welcome to the first articles written for the Underwriting Network appearing in the newsletter. At the 5th Annual Inter-Company LTCI Conference, Dr. William Rodman Shankle and Dr. James M. Jacobson gave us a fresh look at cognitive testing.

Description: A study of disability experience examines cost burden and degree of disability, and how these measures vary across different subpopulations.

Description: This article discusses the pending Pension Protection Act and the opportunity it presents for products that combine LTC and Annuities.