Description: In the United States, individuals needing long-term services and supports (LTSS) access care, utilize services, and pay for their services in various ways. The authors explore how the need for, utilization of and payment for long-term services and supports differ in the U.S. by population cohorts. Their primary focus is disparity by race and ethnicity, but they also consider variations by geography, family structure, age, sex, gender and other socioeconomic factors.

Description: Discover new LTC product designs and their capability of meeting consumer needs during the Challenging the Status Quo: Emerging LTC Product Designs webcast. This learning opportunity presents you with the existing hurdles of these designs, then discusses how to successfully overcome them. Our speakers will highlight the current LTC product landscape and innovative product designs. The potential opportunities and challenges of each product design will be covered as well. By utilizing strategies discussed in this webcast, market penetration can become an easier task.

Description: Robert Eaton, Principal and Consulting Actuary at Milliman dives into the regulation of long term care. He discusses NAIC the National Association of Insurance commissioners and their part in shaping LTC regulation. Contributors: Robert Eaton, FSA MAAA Danica Turner, FSA, MAAA, CERA, Scott Allen, FSA MAAA Jon Forster, ASA MAAA

Description: In this discussion Arun Paul discusses the critical assumption of persistency in Long-Term Care insurance. This is a key driver in LTC pricing and reserve settling. Persistency is categorized into active mortality (for non-disabled policyholders), disabled mortality (for those on claim), and voluntary lapse rates. The conversation explores how active mortality is influenced by aging policyholders and the evolving demographics. It also delves into the patterns of disabled mortality, which tend to have an initial spike in the early claim period. Finally, Arun, discusses the impact of low lapse rates on LTC products, leading to increased costs for carriers and the introduction of options like rate increases and benefit buy-downs for policyholders. Contributors: Arun Paul, FSA MAAA, Juliet Spector FSA MAAA, Jeremy Hamilton FSA MAAA, Matt Morton, FSA MAAA , Jon Forster ASA MAAA

Description: Broaden your understanding of how long-term care (LTC) is provided and brainstorm with other actuaries on ways to help society fund future LTC solutions. How we fund and provide LTC for our loved ones has changed over time and will evolve still by the time we retire. In this session we will explore the variety of ways that we fund LTC services: out of pocket and with informal care, Medicaid, lifeplan communities (Continuing Care Retirement Communities and and the Continuing Care at Home model), private LTC insurance and more. You will leave the session appreciating that providing long-term care is a key feature of our aging society and understand the variety of ways that we fund LTC today and may in the future.

Description: Long-term care has been changed as a result of the pandemic. The consumer cost for home health care services of facility services have changed. Explore the drivers of these changes and how it affects long-term care insurers. By attending this session, you will leave with an understanding of the key considerations when setting a long-term view on cost of care, publicly available data resources to support an assumption and leading indicators within claim data.

Description: The Society of Actuaries Research Institute’s Aging and Retirement Strategic Research Program is pleased to make available a report that explores stakeholder views in Minnesota on the efficacy of a public catastrophic long-term care insurance program at the state level.

Description: Unmet needs and implications for long-term care financing in Singapore.

Description: The need for LTC services is projected to increase as the general population ages. Many LTC carriers have helped meet this demand but are looking for new ways to mitigate underpriced risks and to improve policyholders' quality of life. Aging-in-place interventions can be an effective method to mitigate financial risks and improve health outcomes. However, many carriers face challenges to prove financial benefits/ROI, quantify program effectiveness, or simply don't have clarity on how to start and implement these initiatives effectively or operationally.

Description: This report is the fifth in a series of studies conducted jointly by LIMRA and the SOA Long-Term Care Experience Committee. The report presents results for industry long-term care insurance (LTCI) persistency. Persistency is examined based on eighteen participating companies reporting lapse, mortality, and total termination activity for calendar years 2000 through 2016. The report and a supplemental Tableau database with several dashboard views can be accessed in the Materials section.