Description: Those with ADL and/or cognitive needs and their family caregivers are in great need of support across their acute medical and long-term care custodial requirements. Today many entities are supporting families with integrated care delivery and financing approaches.

Description: This game-style session will test your knowledge on several topics related to Supplemental Benefits. Our panel of carrier representatives will offer a range of industry perspectives, and our live studio audience will learn new industry insights and have some fun!

Description: The article summarizes some of the key changes in modeling, assumptions, underwriting, and design for long term care combo products over the past 30+ years. The objective is to inspire an innovative spirit that adapts to changing market needs, for example, dealing with long COVID

Description: In the United States, individuals needing long-term services and supports (LTSS) access care, utilize services, and pay for their services in various ways. The authors explore how the need for, utilization of and payment for long-term services and supports differ in the U.S. by population cohorts. Their primary focus is disparity by race and ethnicity, but they also consider variations by geography, family structure, age, sex, gender and other socioeconomic factors.

Description: Learn how modernization of data, models, and technology are influencing workflows. This webcast will address how workflows are changing in response to new regulatory requirements and the impacts the changes have on modeling and end-to-end future state operating models. Industry leading actuaries will discuss: How team collaboration can increase quality and speed of reporting to internal and external stakeholders How to strengthen controls and compliance frameworks across finance and actuarial departments How to modernize actuarial input/output for strategic analysis and insights How to attract and retain top talent by improving opportunities for actuaries There will also be dedicated time to ask questions of those who have made the transition.

Description: The pandemic and other current events have greatly impacted the risks that individuals face during retirement. Join us to explore this topic as the results of the Society Actuaries 2021 Retirement Risk Survey are presented. Discover the findings regarding retirement concerns, preparedness and understanding individuals in the U.S. nearing retirement or those who are already retired. This marks the 11th iteration of this biennial survey completed through the SOA Research Institute’s Aging and Retirement Strategic Research Program.

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: The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 established the nationwide expansion of a Long–Term-Care Partnership program into which any state can choose to participate. This article describes that program and what it means for a person insured under a qualifying long-term-care insurance policy.

Description: Robert Eaton, Principal and Consulting Actuary at Milliman dives into the regulation of long term care. He discusses NAIC the National Association of Insurance commissioners and their part in shaping LTC regulation. Contributors: Robert Eaton, FSA MAAA Danica Turner, FSA, MAAA, CERA, Scott Allen, FSA MAAA Jon Forster, ASA MAAA

Description: Come check out opportunities and challenges associated with using predictive analytics for LTC. You'll learn how carriers are using predictive analytics to support a range of business functions, including: - Pricing - accelerate underwriting without jeopardizing the risk profile for your new products - Experience studies - enhance your understanding of block performance and capture more granular experience trends in your assumptions with less subjectivity - In-force management - facilitate insight-driven interactions that improve policyholder satisfaction and optimize operational costs Expect panelists to discuss the infrastructure required to deploy predictive analytics and the ways in which predictive analytics can help drive key outcomes, including, improved market competitiveness, enhanced understanding, improved efficiency, and better policyholder outcomes. They will also talk about key hurdles to adoption, and considerations for overcoming these hurdles.