Description: How does spousal contagion influence long-term care needs? This article provides high-level results of spousal claim analysis and discusses potential implications to the LTC insurance market.

Description: 2003 Intercompany LTCI Conference – Actuarial Track Highlights by Vincent L. Bodnar from Long-Term Care Newsletter, August 2003, Issue No. 9.

Description: You really can have it all: readily available and relevant information derived from consistent and understood data. Getting at the Truth requires a good datawarehouse design and an appropriate business data model. Add a powerful and flexible Web–based analytical interface to get at the data and success in the pursuit of Truth will happen.

Description: Report on meetings sessions in each of 5 tracks for Long Term Care professionals: Actuarial, Compliance, Operations, Policy and Provers, and Group.

Description: Growing in popularity, coverage of Independent Provider services under long-term care insurance plans providing home health care benefits presents unique challenges—from product design to claims practices.

Description: A wrap-up of the year’s activities, including supporting the educational needs of membership, focusing on sponsoring research, and developing community.

Description: A look at the Alzheimer’s Disease epidemic — demographics, diagnostic testing, risks, research and where to find support.

Description: The chairperson discusses the aspects of the private long-term care insurance market and asks readers to identify areas needing change, e.g., regulation, pricing and marketing.

Description: This article focuses on issues that arise when determining policyholder eligibility and provider eligibility under tax-qualified long term care insurance policies, and provides some suggestions and observations that should further improve claim handling and reduce litigation.

Description: Read the August 2016 issue of Long-Term Care News published by the Long Term Care Section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary, articles on trends that impact sections and news about section activities.