Chapter 7 : Long-term care insurance Flashcards
1
Q
What is long-term care?
A
LTC includes all forms of continuing personal and nursing care and associated domestic services.
2
Q
What customer needs are met by LTCI?
A
- Insufficient funds to pay for care in old age when care from state in unavailable or inadequate.
3
Q
What are the two different types of LTC?
A
- Pre-funded
- Immediate
4
Q
What are the risks to the insurer of LTCI
A
- CLaim inception and trasnfer probabilities (including anti-selection)
- Investment and expenses
- Selective and normal withdrawals
- Marketing risk
- Capital requirement could be extensive