Description: New for 2017, we are introducing a series of articles by experienced industry professionals who are relatively new to long-term care (LTC).

Description: Brief summary of Study Analyzing Demographic Experience of Continuing Care Retirement Community Residents. From Long-Term Care Newsletter, August 2002, Issue No. 6.

Description: Understanding long-term care insurance Risks At The Younger Ages through a Morbidity Experience Analysis. by Scott A. Weltz from Long-Term Care Newsletter, December 2002, Issue No. 7.

Description: First article in a series that walks through the progression from developing LTC assumptions using traditional methods to doing so using predictive analytics.

Description: New for 2017, we are introducing a series of articles by experienced industry professionals who are relatively new to long-term care (LTC).

Description: Discussion of a newly released LTC experience study, including description of data and its increased scope compared to the prior report, reporting specifications, and findings.

Description: To increase awareness of current research, cognitive treatments, brain exercise programs and overall long-term care, we will be adding a regular feature to the LTC Section newsletter, tentatively called the “Cognitive Corner.” This feature will provide a place to share existing academic research and health-related outcomes related to cognitive factors. It is the hope that this information will spur thought-provoking discussions and debates that impact your work regarding these hypotheses.

Description: This article discusses impact of Life Line Screenings on LTC policyholder claims results.

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: In 2015, LIMRA partnered with the SOA on a study that focused on examining individual LTC policy termination experience including both voluntary lapse and mortality results. This work was based on data submitted by 22 LTC carriers representing approximately 75 percent of the LTC lives inforce over the study period 2000-2011. This article discusses an area of emphasis for the policy terminations work which was to better understand the impact of data quality on reported results given the continued difficulty for insurers in accurately distinguishing voluntary lapse activity from deaths.