Description: The work of the Society of Actuaries’ Committee on Post-Retirement Needs and Risks—including focus groups and Risks and Process of Retirement Surveys—offers important insights into when, how and why people retire.

Description: Discussion of the recent promulgation of the mega rule interpreting HIPAA and GINA and the potential impact of the mega rule on long-term care insurers' use of genetic information in underwriting coverage.

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: The article focuses on some of the major challenges and considerations an insurance carrier faces with pricing, management, and administration of LTC Combo Products.

Description: Third article in a series on how to use predictive analytics to improve the development of long-term care projection assumptions.

Description: Combo long-term care insurance products provide a viable option for the insurance industry to offer a sufficient range and supply of private long-term care financing solutions.

Description: Long-Term Care Insurance Coverage: Educating Clients and Evaluating Its Merits as an Investment An Actuary’s Solution to the Consumer’s Dilemma by William A. Dreher from Long-Term Care Newsletter, December 2004, Issue No. 13.

Description: A study of disability experience examines cost burden and degree of disability, and how these measures vary across different subpopulations. This article summarizes a presentation given at the Society of Actuaries’ Living to 100: Survival to Advanced Ages International Symposium held on Jan. 7–9, 2008 in Orlando, Florida. An abstract of the author's paper was presented in the September 2008 issue of Long-Term Care News.

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

Description: This is a chart on missed assumptions impact on Long Term Care Insurance ROE from an article in The Actuary Magazine entitled Long-Term Care is Poised for Growth.