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.
Training Financial Advisors To Sell LTC Insurance
By Amy PollockMost financial advisors avoid selling long term care insurance because they lack the knowledge, training and experience to do so. To effectively sell LTC, advisors ...
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 ...
November 30, 2004
Pinnacle: Put Medical Care Under The TreeNU Online News Service, Nov. 30, 2004, 4:44 p.m. ESTA company that runs 12 walk-in clinics in Arizona is selling health care gift cards.[@@]Pinnacle ...
November 30, 2004
New Features May Help Group LTC Insureds Stay HomeNU Online News Service, Nov. 30, 2004, 5:52 p.m. ESTAetna Inc., Hartford, is beefing up its group long term care insurance benefits package.[@@]The company ...