Description: This article examines the shared challenges for primary writers and reinsurance including the older population, marketing, admin expenses, and regulations. Article from The Actuary, Volume 24, Issue 4

Description: Discusses variability in per capita health-care costs by health-care provider.

Description: Feature article featuring expert opinions on the future of health care

Description: The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 established the nationwide expansion of a Long–Term-Care Partnership program into which any state can choose to participate. This article describes that program and what it means for a person insured under a qualifying long-term-care insurance policy.

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.

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: This article is the first in a four-part series about what actuaries see as ideal components of a health care reform package. This part covers health care reform ideas explored at the Conference of Consulting Actuaries’ CCA 2009 Annual Meeting in Tucson, Ariz.

Description: Article discussing the use of enterprise risk management in the health care industry.

Description: This article is about how actuarial services can be applied to life care retirement communities.

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.