Description: Panelists provide an overview of long-term-care insurance. They present basic information relating to how the product works, unique pricing and risk considerations, marketing, and reserve and capital requirements. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 31, No. 1, Session 48

Description: Panelists discuss pricing considerations on long-term care inforce contracts including: · State & NAIC regulation on premium rate changes · Challenges in implementing premium changes · Product design features like rate guarantees and limited-pay contracts From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 3, Session 6

Description: The panelists at this session of the SOA 1998 New York Annual Meeting review the Long-Term-Care Intercompany Experience Study plus a non-insured study and model, and how to utilize the supplementary data included.

Description: Under the new long term care model regulation, initial filing requirements include a statement regarding underwriting practices, which makes an actuary's awareness of underwriting techniques even more important. This session discusses underwriting tools and strategies. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 1, Session 112OF

Description: Panelists discuss issues arising from the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 1.

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: Panelists discuss the pros and cons of using a care manager in order to receive either benefits or enhanced benefits in long term care plans. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 2.

Description: This session discusses strategic planning for long-term care insurance. Topics include product and pricing evolution, position in the product life cycle, requirements for success and options for entering the marketplace. Includes the perspective of an investment banker and venture capitalist. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 3, Session 86

Description: This session discussed about expected trends in medical care costs, changes in Medicare reimbursement practices and their short- and long-term effects, the emerging responsibility for providing long-term care, rise of managed health care, new and old participants, selection issues, multiple options, and small group market.

Description: Panel dicussion on the need for information to keep a block of long-term care insurance profitable: what the business risks are, what is being done to mitigate them, what kind of reports are needed, and how these differ from reporting on other types of health insurance.