Description: This session provides an exploration of the asset side as presenters discuss appropriate investment policies for LTC and asset/liability matching. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 1, Session 116

Description: This session is about managed-care risk-sharing arrangements. Topics include insurance company and HMO joint ventures, employer arrangements with insurance companies and HMOs, and HMO provider risk contracting. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 19, No. 1B

Description: In this session, panelists present their views on the future of managed care in light of the current environment. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 2, Session 118

Description: With the creation of 'qualified' long-term-care plans behind us, companies now have additional information regarding interpretations from the Treasury Department, regulations and directives from insurance departments, and feedback from the consumer. This presentation from Session 128PD of the SOA 1999 San Francisco Annual Meeting looks at what has been learned in the past two years about long-term care insurance and what state and federal regulatory changes may be on the horizon. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 3.

Description: Presented at October 1986 Annual Meeting. Discussion covers: how hospitals and hospital management companies are increasingly entering traditional indemnity insurance markets, hospital representatives address health care financing from the hospital perspective, the risks and financial incentives from the hospital's perspective, and whether hospitals are marginally pricing their health insurance products.

Description: This presentation from Session 111OF of the SOA 1999 San Francisco Annual Meeting covers the new medical technologies and how they affect the price of medicine, the delivery of health care, the cost of care, claims handling, utilization, and cost management. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 3.

Description: Presented at May 2000 Spring Meeting. This teaching session deals with the use of reinsurance in the strategy of carriers' approaches to the long-term-care marketplace. Specifically, it discusses the market potential of LTC and the benefits of reinsurer expertise, smoothing of claims variability and protection from excess risk, the pros and cons of selling another carrier's plan, and types of reinsurance.

Description: Panelists discuss areas that actuaries must address as long-term-care insurance [LTCI] becomes a material portion of a company's business. These areas include IT problems, setting assumptions and reserves, surplus strain, and capital requirements. From the 2002 Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 2. Session 14OF of the San Francisco Spring Meeting.

Description: Presented at October 2001 Annual Meeting. Discusses three key factors related to catastrophic health care events: • Trends in health care delivery and medical technology that are likely to impact catastrophic care costs • Methods of cost and risk control through early identification and specialized medical management • Modeling the cost of catastrophic events on health insurance programs

Description: This session discusses the impact of rising costs and increased litigation on managed care. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 1, Session 133