Description: Panelists provide an overview of the current long-term-care [LTC] market and trends. They cover recent hot topics such as pricing, rate stabilization, administration, marketing, and hybrid/combo products. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 31, No. 2, Session 16

Description: This is the sixth Intercompany Study of Long–Term Care Insurance. This report combines and analyzes data received from 35 insurers. Available data was collected on policies issued between January 1, 1984 and December 31, 2007. Claims incurred on policies during this same timeframe were followed from claim inception through the earlier of claim termination or June 30, 2008.

Description: 1992 Valuation Actuary Symposium. This session on Long Term Care Insurance provided an update on the Society's Task Force on Valuation Methods for Long-Term Care Insurance, methods and assumptions that are being used for policies, premiums, and reserves on long-term care policies, and the regulatory environment.

Description: The first Intercompany Study of the Long-Term-Care Experience Committee and the first public report on experience of lives insured under private insurance plans. Includes incidence rates, lapse rates and claim costs. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1993-94 Reports

Description: Article examines consistency across different underwriting manuals for LTCI.

Description: This paper sets forth hospital utilization data from 1978 by age and sex for both prepaid hospital contracts and contracts supplementing medicare. In addition, hospital continuation data from 1977 is provided from regular contracts. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1983, Vol. 35.

Description: Panelists discuss opportunities to improve medical cost trends through underwriting, healthcare benefit designs, contracting, network management, claims operations, and medical management. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 31, No. 2, Session 40

Description: This session discussion is about nonforfeiture values for long-term care: valuation of different approaches [cash surrender value, return of premium, reduced paid-up, extended term, shortened benefit period], sensitivity testing, implications for marketing and regulatory status. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 19, No. 1A.

Description: This final report is a SOA Task Force response to a NAIC request to develop valuation recommendations for long-term care insurance. Two basic sets of tables are provided: one for institutional benefits [nursing home] and one for noninstitutional benefits [home health care]. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1995, Vol. 47.

Description: This session presents results from the 4th SOA-sponsored long-term-care [LTC] intercompany experience study. From Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 30, No. 3, Session 9