Description: Following recent SOA Research, we look at how climate scenarios will affect Long Term Care assumptions and business.

Description: Mortality data and results for care home residents in England and Wales. Looking at numbers of death may indicate that there are fewer rate, but diving deep into various sub segments and looking at death rates, tells a different story.

Description: A study providing statistics on the Use of Nursing Home and Assisted Living Facilities Among Privately Insured and Non-Privately Insured Disabled Elders. From Long-Term Care Newsletter, April 2001, Issue No. 4.

Description: A discussion of reverse mortgages, and their suitability for meeting the long term care needs of seniors who want to stay in their homes.

Description: Article on the history of the Long Term Care Discussion Group, a Washington DC-based venue for discussing long-term care and related issues for over 20 years.

Description: While tax-qualified products meet an existing demand in the long-term care market, the statutorily required language of Section 7702B can present challenges as claims are presented. Every day, claims professionals grapple with whether the facts of a claim constitute substantial assistance or a severe cognitive impairment. “Close call” claims decisions continue to increase as claims volumes rise across the long-term care insurance sector. This article analyzes the Section 7702B language, identifies potential pitfalls in administering claims made on tax-qualified policies, and illustrates how to avoid such pitfalls through hypothetical scenarios.

Description: Bringing managed care concepts into LTC claims management could benefit insurers, policyholders, and providers. This article outlines the case for doing so, and articulates the benefits to each stakeholder in the LTC claims process.