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: Smaller Insurance Companies and Long-Term Care Insurance by Tony Proulx from Long-Term Care Newsletter, April 2004, Issue No. 11.

Description: The current design of group Long-Term Care LTC products does not optimally serve employers and employees, which is limiting growth in the employer market. Current employer LTC products fail to deliver in one very important way: too few employees participate in the coverage.

Description: December 2009 issue of the Long-Term Care Insurance Section newsletter

Description: Full Issue 24 of Long-term Care Newsletter for Jun 2013.

Description: Read the October 2019 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.

Description: Highlights from the 8th Intercompany Long-Term Care Insurance Conference held in March 2008, consisting of 56 sessions covering a range of long-term care insurance LTCI topics each with a track-specific focus.

Description: May 2011 issue of the Long-Term Care Insurance Section newsletter, Long-Term Care News

Description: Paying for Independent Providers (IPs) has been a significant development in the evolution of long-term care insurance (LTCI) as a product. A discussion about IP policy benefits and how they constitute a “must have” for LTCI policy sales for competitive reasons.

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