Companies are much more willing than they used to be to help workers pay for long term care insurance benefits.
The percentage of employers willing to pay a share of the LTC premium has increased to more than 90%, from almost none just a few years ago, according to Unum, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Unum LTC benefits sales were up 26% during the first half of the year, and the number of new enrollees was 54% higher than in the first half of 2006, Unum reports.