Description: This article discusses considerations for statistical biases that may arise in LTC blocks due to historical benefit reductions. The article explores these biases in the context of experience studies and experience projections.

Description: The traditional informal care of/by family has faced increasing geographic and economic challenges from changing family households and sources of family income. Financial planning and risk protection tools provide important resource in the changing retirement landscape toward optimal family support and crisis management, that is, with less duress and financial burden to affected family caregivers. Ultimately, maintaining family values and close communications through evolving family structures are key to a healthy society and economic welfare of the people.

Description: This article discusses the details of being classified as cognitively impaired, particularly the relationship between being classified as cognitively impaired and subsequent mortality experience and the effect of cognitive impairment on mortality rates.

Description: Recaps the highlights of last 12 months of activity and accomplishments by the LTC Section Council.

Description: This is the sixth Intercompany Study of Long–Term Care Insurance. This report combines and analyzes data received from 35 insurers. Available data was collected on policies issued between January 1, 1984 and December 31, 2007. Claims incurred on policies during this same timeframe were followed from claim inception through the earlier of claim termination or June 30, 2008.

Description: Implications of Demographic and Family Change on retirement and long term care. From Long-Term Care Newsletter, December 2002, Issue No. 7.

Description: The latest Long-Term Care Insurance Persistency Report covers a three calendar-year period, years 2005 - 2007. This is the Excel spreadsheet containing the lapse rates broken down by demographic and benefit categories as well as in total. Please see the SOA website for the complete report.

Description: This report is to estimate the burden of chronic disability on the U.S. elderly population, using unisex and sex-specific measures of long-term care service use, intensity and costs. It discusses disability prevalence, incidence, duration, and long-term care intensity and cost.

Description: Overview and summary of LTC First Principles modeling article series

Description: An interview with Dawn Helwig on developments in the Long Term Care market.