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- The Institutional Investor in Long-term Care
- Practical considerations point to the benefits of institutional placement. It is helpful to consider the role of institutional investors in the context of several specific parts of the underwriting process. Specific credit concerns can also impact the amounts available to finance long-term care communities.
- White papers 2002-03-11
- Supplemental Disability Insurance and Long-Term Care Insurance: Building a Comprehensive Executive Benefits Package
- This article asserts that highly compensated executives typically have a strong appreciation of their special retirement planning needs given the severe limitations imposed on qualified retirement plans. The same is true with respect to their estate planning needs and the role life insurance plays in protecting their assets for their...
- White papers 2002-08-01
- Due Diligence in Acquisitions & Mergers of Long Term Care Facilities
- At a time of rapid consolidation in the health care industry, it is helpful for long-term care facilities to have some understanding of the acquisition and merger process. Apart from the negotiation of the terms of the deal, perhaps the most important aspect of mergers and acquisitions is due diligence-the...
- Case studies 2003-07-02
- Linking Reverse Mortgages and Long-Term Care Insurance
- As the retirement of the baby boom generation approaches, policy makers are considering ways to better prepare seniors for their retirement and long-term care needs. This paper reveals about the idea that has received recent attention is linking reverse mortgages to the purchase of private long-term care insurance. Regulations to...
- White papers 2004-03-18
- Dynamic Inefficiencies in Insurance Markets: Evidence From Long-Term Care Insurance
- This paper examines whether unregulated, private insurance markets efficiently provide insurance against reclassification risk the risk of becoming a bad risk and facing higher premiums. To do so, it examines the ex-post risk type of individuals who drop their long-term care insurance contracts relative to those who are continually insured....
- White papers 2005-01-01
- Private Information and Its Effect on Market Equilibrium: New Evidence From Long-Term Care Insurance
- This paper examines the standard test for asymmetric information in insurance markets: that its presence will result in a positive correlation between insurance coverage and risk occurrence. The paper shows empirically that while there is no evidence of this positive correlation in the long-term care insurance market, asymmetric information still...
- White papers 2003-09-01
- The Interaction of Public and Private Insurance: Medicaid and the Long-Term Care Insurance Market
- The paper shows that the provision of even incomplete public insurance can substantially crowd out private insurance demand. It examines the interaction of the public Medicaid program with the private market for long-term care insurance and estimate that Medicaid can explain the lack of private insurance purchases for at least...
- White papers 2004-12-01
- Supplemental Disability and Long-Term Care Insurance: Building a Comprehensive Executive Benefits Package
- Highly compensated executives typically have a strong appreciation of their special retirement planning needs given the severe limitations imposed on qualified retirement plans. The same is true with respect to their estate planning needs and the role life insurance plays in protecting their assets for their loved ones. As a...
- White papers 2002-06-14
- Evaluating Cost-Effectiveness and Outcomes of Asthma Treatments: Case Studies and Assessment Tools
- This article is designed to educate clinicians (physicians, nurses, etc.) and financial personnel (Business Managers, Chief Financial Officers, etc.) in the long-term care marketplace. It discusses Asthma and the acute treatment options available to patients who suffer from the disease along assessing financial implications of those options. Although asthma continues...
- White papers 2002-02-12
- Genworth Financial, Inc. Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions The first question comes from Eric Berg with Barclays Capital. Eric Berg - Barclays Capital My first question concerns your relationship with your distributors and in general the perception of third parties. It's encouraging to see that the lapse rate did not change in your...
- Earnings calls 2009-05-08
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- Healthcare Roundup: Surgical Checklist Surges, Rockefeller Cues EHR Mandate, Health Plan Enrollment Drops, ASCs Suck Straw, and More
- Good start for safety measure â€" In January, the Institute of Healthcare Improvement announced that it was trying to get all U.S. hospitals to test a surgical checklist by April 1. The checklist for ORs and surgeons has been shown to reduce complications and mortality. Although only 622 hospitalsâ€"about 10...
- Blog posts 2009-04-24
- Make sure baby boomers don't go bust. (federal retirement finance regulations must be reformed)(Editorial)
- Although the Kassebaum-Kennedy health care reform act has garnered more publicity, Congress also deserves congratulations for finally taking the first step toward an equally necessary and long overdue reform of the nation's retirement income system. Indeed, the pension simplification legislation, which was part of...
- Research articles 1996-09-23
- Health Care: What Comes Next
- By Jane Sasseen So now what? After months of debate, the Senate Finance Committee chaired by Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.) finally passed a version of a bill to overhaul the U.S. health-care system. The final tally for the Baucus bill, 14-9, came with a much-needed boost from Senator Olympia Snowe...
- News items 2009-10-14
- Health Care Reform: How It Will Affect You
- The bills moving through Congress could have a bigger impact on your financial future than any legislation in a long, long time. Here's all you need to know to follow the key issues. ...
- Articles 2009-08-07
- Whole Foods fans decry CEO's health care views
- Whole Foods aficionados who assumed the company's management was as crunchy as the brand are feeling betrayed. They have stormed Twitter, Facebook and the blogosphere to vent their rage at John Mackey, the chief executive. In an op-ed column in the Wall Street Journal last week, he argued for health-care...
- News items 2009-08-19
- Worries about Budget Deficits and Inflation: Let's Avoid Repeating Our Mistakes
- There is a lot of concern about the future course of the economy, and there are two separate worries that are getting confused. The purpose of this post is to distinguish between the two sets of worries, and to discuss whether the worries are justified. ...
- Blog posts 2009-11-25
- Boost Your Income on the Verge of Retirement
- Before the recession stormed in, Dan and Barbara Hoffa could see nothing but smooth sailing ahead. But now Dan is unemployed, Barbara's income has been slashed, and their comfortable $2 million nest egg has been crushed. Dan plans to file for Social Security in August 2010, when he...
- Articles 2009-09-15
- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. F2Q10 (Qtr End 07/31/09) Earnings Call Transcript
- Earnings Call ExcerptWal-Mart Stores, Inc. WMT F2Q10 Earnings Call August 13, 2009 7:00 am ET Executives Carol Schumacher - Vice President of Investor Relations Mike Duke - President and CEO Charles Holley - EVP of Finance and Treasurer Eduardo Castro-Wright - Vice Chairman Doug McMillon - President...
- Earnings calls 2009-08-13
- Healthcare Reform Kicks Into High Gear
- Just one month ago, the conventional wisdom in Washington -- here personified by inside-the-Beltway health guru Bob Laszewski -- was that the economic crisis and a vast federal bailout package had effectively killed any chance for an overhaul of the nation's creaky healthcare system. Don't count on...
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- Microsoft launches major MSN homepage overhaul
- On the heels of big redesigns at rival portals Yahoo and AOL, Microsoft is unveiling what it is calling the most significant overhaul of MSN.com in more than a decade. The home page's familiar blue background and long lists of links are being replaced with an...
- News items 2009-11-04
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