Description: Panelists discuss the latest trends in long-term-care product design and pricing issues. Topics include ASOP 18, combination disability products, morbidity & lapse assumptions, state regulations and underwriting. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 2.

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: Panelists at this session of the SOA 2001 Annual Meeting discuss pricing issues and business risks associated with life, annuity, medical expense and disability income insurance products and compare them to long-term care [LTC].

Description: 1994 SOA Spring Meeting, Orlando. In this session the speaker provided an overview of derivatives including: 1. Definition. 2. Uses. 3. Types of risks - market, credit, legal, and systems. 4. Risk management. 5. US regulatory guidelines and developments.

Description: This 1981 session dealt with individual accident and health rate regulation issues. Topics included the history of regulations and their primary purpose or need. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 7, No. 2.

Description: This discussion is on the availability of utilization and cost experience data for group medical care insurance coverages. Specifically, it highlights the role of the Society of Actuaries in intercompany data collection, employer demands for sophisticated utilization data for comparison by industry and geographic location, sources of industry-wide data, data resource potential of health claims processing by the National Electronic Information Corporation, and antitrust implications. From Record of the Society of Actuaries 1981, Volume 7, No. 4.

Description: The presenters will provide insights into fraud and abuse risk in the health insurance industry, including an examination of traditional and predictive modeling techniques for both prevention and detection. Emphasis will be placed on current and emerging risks. Canadian examples and perspectives will be offered, but the applications for attendees to use in practice are non-nation specific.

Description: This session takes a fresh look at the issues related to acute care focus and the challenges of providing coordinated care for chronic conditions in the United States. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 31 No. 2, Session 80

Description: 1992 SOA Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. This session on Long Term Care Insurance addressed the following topics: 1. Highlights of research that HIAA has completed on long-term care. 2. Regulatory developments of long-term care such as state legislation on nonforfeiture. 3. Congressional activity and tax policy. 4. Research on the affordability of various long-term-care products and nonforfeiture options.

Description: The presenters will explore the long-term care insurance product and its impact on potential transactions. Discuss why the inherent risks of this product create challenges for buyers and sellers in this market.