Description: Many Americans will need long term care in future years, yet only 10 percent of those 50 and over have LTC insurance, and public programs are not funded to provide care for all who need it. The Long Term Care Section and the Forecasting and Futurism Section have co-sponsored a Delphi study, code named “Land This Plane,” with a lofty objective: to create a vision for how America ought to deal with the impending Long Term Care crisis. This article describes the results of the study that were available at the time this article was written.

Description: For a long time the primary focus of private LTC insurance companies has been to educate the public about the need for private LTC insurance and to make the product more acceptable to a wider population. To this end there have been numerous changes to the product design to make this product more acceptable to general population. However, one of the things that may have been overlooked in those product design changes is the need for alignment of policyholder and insurance company’s interests, which is to make coverage more affordable and to reduce adverse selection. Incentivizing good behavior from policyholders can not only make LTC insurance policies less expensive but also help policyholders make better health choices, which can help them stay healthy for a longer time. These incentives may also reduce some of the inherent risks in a long term care policy and may help in increasing the sales of private LTC insurance.

Description: The article looks at potential changes in care provider demographics that could ultimately have an impact on the cost of long term care services.

Description: Look into history of long-term care insurance industry to understand the forces that shaped current industry's position and to identify new directions.

Description: Article about the future roles in health insurance.

Description: Will the Medicare Modernization Act Jump Start Growth in Employer-Sponsored Long- Term Care Insurance? by Allen J. Schmitz, FSA and Scott A. Weltz, FSA from Long-Term Care Newsletter, April 2004, Issue No. 11.

Description: This article discusses the mechanics of a prospective approach to calculating LTC rate increases and compares it to approaches defined by previous model regs.

Description: This article summarizes the presentations by the Society of Actuaries and the Academy of Actuaries at the January 2015 National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) Roundtables in Washington DC. SOA presented on the 2014 SOA monograph series "The Link between Retirement Security and Long-Term Care."

Description: A bipartisan Maryland effort created a PUBLIC/PRIVATE Governor's Task Force to develop recommendations to educate residents regarding LTC risk and planning.

Description: This article provides a summary of the 2016 Milliman LTC rate increase survey and additional commentary from our years of experience with rate increase filings.