Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.) has co-authored legislation to regulate long-term care insurance, following a hearing where the senator called for stronger consumer protections and greater transparency in the industry.

Herb …  Read →

The Pennsylvania Association of Health Underwriters (PAHU), the state chapter of the National Assocaition of Health Underwriters (NAHU) recently sent an email to members outlining the organization’s stance on a …  Read →

The 2009 Long-Term Care Insurance Sourcebook, a compendium of the most current relevant research and data regarding long-term care and insurance products, has been published by the American Association of …  Read →

Employee-sponsored long-term care insurance buyers tend to be younger, select longer coverage and make claims on their policies sooner at younger ages than those who buy individual coverage.

These findings are …  Read →

In the dizzying array of press releases that cross my desk each day, this headline made me laugh – and read on: “No Bailout Needed: Long Term Care Insurance Leader …  Read →

Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Joel Ario missed the boat in allowing mega-size insurer Conseco to shirk its responsibility in honoring long-term care insurance policies that it sold through a subsidiary, Senior Health …  Read →