Description: This article is aimed at developing young actuaries and how the current LTCI market offers much opportunity.

Description: This article provides insight on how the worksite LTC market has evolved, and how new concepts like "Financial Wellness" are serving as a catalyst to engage employees in LTC Planning during their working years.

Description: Description * Coinsurance has not been widely offered as a benefit reduction option to offset long-term care premium rate increases. This article uses an illustrative example to evaluate the potential impact coinsurance could have on an insurance carrier's future claim liabilities and a policyholder's premium rates. It also explores various considerations insurance carriers, regulators, and policyholders should think about when evaluating whether coinsurance is the right option.

Description: 2nd part of a two part article on long term care insurance pricing. Covers investment earnings, RBC, long-term effects, lapses and loss ratios. From Long-Term Care Newsletter, October 2000, Issue No. 3.

Description: Managing the Risks at Extreme Age — Underwriting at Ages 80+. From Long-Term Care Newsletter, August 2002, Issue No. 6.

Description: Discussion of the items the AAA work group is reviewing with regards to the NAIC Model Regulation for Long-Term Care for premiums sufficiency and pricing. From Long-Term Care Newsletter, August 2002, Issue No. 6.

Description: Preview of the LTC section's sessions at the SOA Annual Meeting in October 2008, including claims management, litigation and public relations, preparing for PBA and stochastic modeling, pricing, research studies, and securitizations and reinsurance.

Description: Editor's comments on current issues in the LTC market such as Lyme Disease and new leadership in Washington, announcememt of the upcoming LTCI conference, and results from the latest LTC Section member satisfaction survey.

Description: An examination of LTCI rate increases from three different perspectives: the insurance company, the policyholder, and the insurance department.

Description: There are many ways to manage a long-term care closed block of policies but some of the common ones are rate increases, enhancement of claim practices and helping policyholders to remain independent and thriving at home.