Description: LTCI Chairman discussion of current initiatives

Description: recap of the 14th Annual Intercompany Long-Term Care Insurance (ILTCI) Conference.

Description: This article discusses what options exist for people who don’t pass underwriting for long-term care (LTC) insurance.

Description: The SOA Committee on Post-Retirement Needs and Risks, working closely with the SOA Long Term Care Section, issued a call for papers in 2013: “Managing the Impact of Long-Term Care Needs and Expense on Retirement Security: A Holistic and Multi-Generational View.” The papers that were chosen were highlighted at the 2014 Annual Meeting and will be published as a monograph, both available on the SOA website. These papers add to the section’s and others’ ongoing discussions about the future of the long term care system including the “Land This Plane” project. Some of the items of greatest focus are integration with retirement security, impact on the caregiver and family, and integration with housing as well as offering an array of possible pubic policy reform.

Description: Both claim inflation rate and yield drive the loss ratio projection of long term care insurance (LTCi). The effects depends on whether a policy has inflation protection or not. A constant margin between claim inflation and discount rates does not produce a constant loss ratio. Considering the relationship between yield and claim inflation would improve the risk profile of LTCi.

Description: The author discusses health care practices in Japan and how the US could successfully adopt some of them.

Description: Results of the survey conducted just prior to the 2015 ILTCI Conference.

Description: Update on LTC Section activities and other issues from the perspective of a Society of Actuaries' staff actuary.

Description: Chairperson's update on the Long-Term Care Insurance Section with a focus on the progress made since the Think Tank meeting held in October and the addition of Rhonda Ahrens to coordinate outreach to regulatory members.

Description: This article provides a high-level overview of the 2016 Intercompany Long-Term Care Insurance (ILTCI) Conference. The article contains a summary of all conference activities, including various networking and educational opportunities. The main objective of the conference is to provide an information sharing and collaborative environment for insurance professionals, regulatory authorities, insurance educational institutes, actuaries and other special groups with an interest in long-term care (LTC) insurance.