Description: veteran insurance producer, who specializes in LTC planning and insurance, discusses a range of issues from his perspective, as well as HNW clients, their financial advisers and a prominent actuary. The author describes his approach to solution development using the products currently available. He also provides excerpts of his conversation with Doug Burkle, ASA, MAAA regarding industry trends.

Description: Review of FASB's proposed "Targeted Improvements" to long duration insurance accounting and how they will impact valuation processes for Long Term Care.

Description: Update on LTC Section activities and other issues from the perspective of a Society of Actuaries' staff actuary.

Description: As the topic of affordable long-term care (LTC) insurance comes into focus in political conversations, we often find ourselves thinking, “What is going to happen to the private LTC insurance industry going forward?” The need for LTC in the United States is not going away, especially as the population continues to age. With this in mind, this article explores three possible future paths for LTC insurance funding and the associated implications for the private LTC industry.

Description: Chairperson' column for the October 2019 issue of Long-Term Care News.

Description: Feature article discussing how leveraging intelligent automation can help financial services firms to automate processes, increase efficiency and consistency, and allow existing human labor to focus on more strategic activities while also improving customer experiences.

Description: To help agents advise their clients on analyzing their LTCi rate increase options.

Description: The barrier between humans and machines continues to blur, but curiously, this may have been prediction thousands of years ago in ancient myths. This article looks to how some of the early legends are becoming manifest in modern technology, particularly in the area of elder care. From automation, to humanoid assistants, to mind clones will the age of technology bring a new utopia?

Description: Part 2 of a two part article on Long-Term Care Insurance and suitability between a recommended product and the client's. From Long-Term Care Newsletter, October 2000, Issue No. 3.

Description: Despite a clear need and demographics which should be favorable to LTCI growth, the market remains stalled due to lack of understanding on the consumer side, and uncertainty on carriers' side. The 3 key risk areas for carriers are morbidity, terminations, and investment earnings. Financial market innovations which can address these include: repackaging risks as derivative securities, interest rate swaps and options, and inflation swaps.