Long-Term Care Planning
Long-term care insurance news and analysis, including coverage of short-term care insurance, long-term care hybrid products, and other arrangements for paying for long-term and post-acute care.
Prudential Updates Individual LTC Policy
By Staff WriterNU Online News Service, March 28, 2005, 3:05 p.m.Prudential Financial Inc., Newark, N.J., has launched a new individual long term care policy that offers ...
February 17, 2005
AIG Unit Enters Vision MarketNU Online News Service, Feb. 17, 2005, 3:22 p.m. ESTA New York insurer says a property-casualty unit is setting up an eye care insurance ...
January 21, 2005
Kanawha Unveils LTC ProductNU Online News Service, Jan. 21, 2005, 6:07 p.m. ESTA Lancaster, S.C., insurer has introduced a long term care insurance policy.[@@]The insurer, Kanawha Insurance ...
January 12, 2005
Researchers: Hospital Deals Weaken CompetitionHospitals really are teaming up to raise prices for managed care plan patients.[@@]Alison Evans Cuellar, a researcher at Columbia University, and Paul Gertler, a ...
January 12, 2005
LTC Costs Averaged $72,000 Last YearByThe average cost of long term care in the United States was $72,240 in 2004, according to a newly released study by Genworth Financial Inc., ...
December 15, 2004
LTC Carriers Upgrade ProductsLong term care insurance carriers are adding new product features in an effort to improve sales.[@@]- Aetna Inc., Hartford, has added a number of ...
December 15, 2004
Insurers Hopeful LTC Slump will Be short-livedInsurers Hopeful LTC Slump Will Be Short-LivedByA trend to higher premiums for new long term care insurance policies and continuing departures of insurers from the ...
December 13, 2004
CIGNA Announces $11.55 Million Settlement ProposalNU Online News Service, Dec. 13, 2004, 5:26 p.m. ESTA Bloomfield, Conn., managed care company has negotiated an agreement that could resolve litigation with ...