Description: This article explores several ideas about in-force management and product innovation that may help the industry to reboot, in order to continue protecting Americans against the financial

Description: Article on the history of the Long Term Care Discussion Group, a Washington DC-based venue for discussing long-term care and related issues for over 20 years.

Description: LTCI Pricing and Product Development Trends from an actuarial survey. by James C. Berger from Long-Term Care Newsletter, December 2002, Issue No. 7.

Description: This is a letter to Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [HHS] from the SOA and AAA. The letter asks that the law prohibiting use of genetic information in underwriting not be extended to Long-Term Care Insurance as has been proposed by HHS.

Description: Chairperson's update on the Long-Term Care Insurance Section

Description: Long Term Care Insurance Pricing Issues gender, underwriting classes, disability models, claim continuance, lapses, mortality. From Long Term Care Newsletter, April 2000, Issue No. 2

Description: This article describes how Long-Term Care products and riders may be filed with the Compact, and provides an update on current regulatory trends.

Description: Stakeholders in a specific state (Minnesota) were interviewed about the potential value -- and obstacles -- of a catastrophic backstop program to handle long term care (LTC) financing needs. The design would entail a payroll deduction which would produce a fund to pay LTC expenses once a deductible period (of 1 to 4 years, depending on income) was reached. This design was believed to encourage enrollees to cover the front end better than done today, whether by private insurance or other means.

Description: Following recent SOA Research, we look at how climate scenarios will affect Long Term Care assumptions and business.

Description: Read the August 2017 issue of Long-Term Care News published by the Long Term Care Section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary, articles on trends that impact sections and news about section activities.