Can a stroke survivor qualify for long term care insurance?

While problematic, it is possible to obtain long term care insurance with stroke history.

A stroke is the second leading cause of long term care insurance claims...

Review of Pacific Life Premier Care Long Term Care Insurance

"What if you never need long term care?"

Often times this is the biggest stumbling block to buying long term care insurance.

It is an understandable concern because long term care...

Genworth Ceases AARP Long Term Care Insurance Plans

Sadly, a five year relationship will be coming to an end next month.

This week, Genworth Financial Inc. announced it will stop new sales of AARP-branded long-term care insurance...

Northwestern Mutual offers long term care insurance through its wholly owned subsidiary Northwestern Long Term Care Insurance Company. 

We receive a lot of inquiries about Northwestern LTC policies.  Let's take a look to see how...

Genworth Financial has announced its intentions to reprice long term care insurance rates so that women will be charged higher prices than men.  Pricing changes are expected to be implemented in April 2013.  The rates for women are...

Buy Your Policy Early

Long term care insurance rates are based upon age.  The younger you are when you apply, the lower your cost will be.  Additionally, the cost of waiting to buy a policy can be significant, especially when...

Genworth Privileged Choice Flex Discount Changes to take effect

Genworth Financial has announced immediate future pending pricing changes for new business applications on its industry leading long term care insurance policy, Genworth Privileged...

The underwriting of long term care insurance differs dramatically from the underwriting of life insurance, or even health insurance for that matter.

In our experience, cancer is the 4th most common reason for admission into a long term care...

Sharing Your Long Term Care Insurance Benefits

One of your choices when buying long term care insurance is to choose a benefit period.  The benefit period is the minimum amount of years your policy will pay your monthly benefits to...

Long Term Care Insurance Costs and Rates

The number one question we receive every day is, "How much does long term care insurance cost?"

This is somewhat of a tricky question because unlike the cost of, say, a term life insurance policy or a...