Description: This article summarizes the Society of Actuaries' Long-Term Care Insurance LTCI Section Think Tank event. This event focused on the most significant issues and trends that may impact long-term care LTC risks, care delivery and protection in the future.

Description: The risk/delivery/protection framework was first presented to participants in the SOA's Long-Term Care Think Tank seminar in a survey. That survey was designed to get participant opinions on how the system might evolve over the next five to 10 years. The results of the survey are summarized in the article.

Description: The public relations campaign for this year’s Centennial Celebration of the actuarial profession took off strong with the first “Forecast 2000” forum conducted April 25 in Miami. One of the forum's topics was a survey about long term care in the future.

Description: The Health Section Council received an excellent response to its announcement last year that a special issue of its newsletter would be devoted to papers on long-term care insurance. Ten papers were received and published in the May issue.

Description: Recently completed experience and research studies from the Society of Actuaries.

Description: This article is a review of Howard E. Winklevoss and Alwyn V. Powell's Continuing Care Retirement Communities: An Empirical, Financial and Legal Analysis. The book discusses the actuarial aspects of a CCRC, especially the establishment of fee structures.

Description: Article presents new course readings that cover hot health topics that will expand actuarial expertise in the Health Systems practice area.

Description: Editorial highlights the public's need for this product line and cites a previous article for The Actuary written by Heidi Rackley promoting this subject.