Description: Tax considerations in structuring and pricing long-term care transactions. Includes consideration around the form of reinsurance and the unified loss rules applicable to stock transactions where they is a bargain purchase (also known as a tax basis step-down)

Description: Discussion of Living to 100 Session 5A. The papers presented propose a new method to price the longevity risk premia in order to tackle the pricing obstacle and reviewed the insurance industry implications on retirement planning and the secondary market in insurance.

Description: View report on Long Term Care Experience Basic Table Development.

Description: Principal Analyst Laurie M. Orlov of the Aging in Place Technology Watch will present a roadmap for the technology and ITSS marketplace. She will explore where it has been, what it does best, where it is going, and the challenges it faces. She has been a leading researcher and independent analyst in this field for more than 20 years.

Description: Digital Long-Term Care Insurer for the Post-Coronavirus World.

Description: This is an article about claims and the growing impact they have on insurance companies financially.

Description: For establishing the ongoing adequacy of claim reserves for blocks of long-term care insurance, retro testing is a blunt tool, the results of which are not conclusive. Claim reserve retro tests should be reviewed by claim duration, include the impact of interest consistently, and include updated assumptions that can have an impact on claim termination rates or other factors. The new NAIC LTC Experience Reporting Forms estimated to arrive for reporting year 2008 will help modernize LTCI retro tests, providing additional accuracy and standardization. Actuaries should not wait for these forms, but rather ensure that any claim reserve analysis moves beyond a basic calendar year retro test.

Description: This article discusses the “Future of Long Term Care” Think Tank.

Description: Pitfalls with long-term care experience studies and tips for dealing with them.

Description: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched the GUIDE model, which represents a significant step forward in improving dementia care nationwide. Those with deep expertise in dementia recognize that family caregivers are the most powerful frontline defense to improve care for people living with dementia. It is thus not surprising that the GUIDE model specifically requires the inclusion of the family caregiver in the care team.