Description: The purpose of this literature guide is to provide the reader with sources of information ranging, from introductory to advanced, in the areas of LTC insurance design, marketing, pricing, and valuation.

Description: This session discussion is about Long-Term-Care valuation issues: current industry practices, regulatory needs, and the SOA Task Force on Valuation Methods of Long-Term-Care insurance. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 18, No. 1B.

Description: 1993 SOA Annual Meeting, New York. This session is about underwriting of Long-Term Care. Topics discussed: 1. Certain aspects of the underwriting process. 2. Different generic types of underwriting. 3. Evaluating results and taking action. 4. Initial intercompany insured lives claim results.

Description: This article incorporates the NAIC long-term care insurance model regulation to discuss the appropriateness of rate increases by monitoring emerging experience to manage the risk. This includes experience analysis issues, maximum rate increase calculations, business considerations and valuation issues. From Long-Term Care, December 2003, Issue 10

Description: 1994 SOA Meeting, San Antonio. The chairperson and members of the SOA LTC Insurance Valuation Methods Task Force discussed the major conclusions and decisions found in the exposure draft of the Society's Task Force for LTC Insurance Valuation Methods.

Description: Panelists provide an overview of the current long-term-care [LTC] market and trends. They cover recent hot topics such as pricing, rate stabilization, administration, marketing, and hybrid/combo products. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 31, No. 2, Session 16

Description: 1992 Valuation Actuary Symposium. This session on Long Term Care Insurance provided an update on the Society's Task Force on Valuation Methods for Long-Term Care Insurance, methods and assumptions that are being used for policies, premiums, and reserves on long-term care policies, and the regulatory environment.

Description: Article examines consistency across different underwriting manuals for LTCI.

Description: This session discussion is about nonforfeiture values for long-term care: valuation of different approaches [cash surrender value, return of premium, reduced paid-up, extended term, shortened benefit period], sensitivity testing, implications for marketing and regulatory status. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 19, No. 1A.

Description: The latest Long-Term Care Insurance Persistency Report covers a three calendar-year period, years 2005 - 2007.