Description: Long-term care policy buyouts have been discussed within the industry lately as an additional policyholder option alongside a premium rate increase. This article discusses potential advantages and disadvantages of long-term care policy buyouts from the perspective of insurance carriers, regulators, and policyholders. It also explores certain key actuarial considerations relating to long-term care policy buyouts including potential approaches to valuing a buyout, adverse selection, and reinsurance.

Description: Mortality data and results for care home residents in England and Wales. Looking at numbers of death may indicate that there are fewer rate, but diving deep into various sub segments and looking at death rates, tells a different story.

Description: This article covers a panel discussion on “The Future of Long-Term Care” at the 1987 annual meeting.

Description: Review of non public options to finance care including personal savings, revers mortgages, family care and private insurance.

Description: The summary and introduction of an SOA research paper that explores valuable insights and recommendations for insurance companies considering entering the market of commercial long-term care insurance (LTCI) in the Asia-Pacific, based on individual health status.

Description: At this session of the SOA 1995 Vancourver Spring Meeting, members of the Long Term Care Insurance Valuation Methods Task Force present the conclusions and rationale found in their final report. Assumptions, methodology, and NAIC's view of the report are discussed.

Description: Four experts offer their insights into long term care and long term care insurance.

Description: This article provides a high-level overview of the 2015 Intercompany Long-Term Care Insurance (ILTCI) Conference that was held March 22-25, 2015, at the The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs. The article contains a summary of all conference activities, including various networking and educational opportunities. The main objective of the conference is to provide an information sharing and collaborative environment for insurance professionals, regulatory authorities, insurance educational institutes, actuaries and other special groups with an interest in long-term care (LTC) insurance.

Description: This article focuses on strategies that long term care insurance companies are using today to invest assets more profitably and manage risks more effectively to help ensure that they can meet their obligations and move forward in an uncertain market.

Description: The Society's Group Disability Insurance Experience Committee has completed their study of termination experience for the period 1997-2006.