Description: This article contains a summary of some of the Product Development Section presentations given at the 2017 SOA Annual Meeting & Exhibit in Boston this past October.

Description: The Upside to Higher Persistency in LTC Insurance—Effects of Anti-Selection After Policy Issue By John L. Timmerberg from Long-Term Care Newsletter, September 2004, Issue No. 12.

Description: This table shows sample annual premiums for policies with compound inflation coverage at issue ages 40, 50 and 60, priced assuming investment income returns of 4 percent, 5 percent and 6 percent.

Description: Proposes new approaches to long–term care insurance products and marketing.

Description: Panel discussion of varying views on: substandard underwriting with prudent pricing, qualified vs. nonqualified plans and the need for IRS clarifications, rate stabilization and aggressive pricing, noncancellable products and product features.

Description: This discussion on long-term care [LTC] highlights secondary drivers in LTC experience in both insured and general populations. Practical applications of this new information for pricing, reserving and marketing is discussed. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 2, Session 42pd.

Description: Full version of Long-Term Care Newsletter, September 2004, Issue No. 12.

Description: Many insurers have one or more existing blocks of LTC insurance coverage. As products are revised, older policies are affected greatly. This session discusses possible strategies for dealing with older policies. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 2, Session 119.