Steep Hikes in Long-Term Care Insurance Premiums Jolting Many Consumers

John Rundin is outraged that his insurer wants to raise the premium for his long-term care coverage by 60 percent, and he’s convinced that this sharp increase, paired with the company’s admonition about more hikes in future, is a harbinger that long-term care insurance is on its last legs.

Consumers around the country have seen steep increases in their premiums on long-term care policies. In a 2016 survey, the consulting firm Milliman found that regulators approved rate increases of 40 percent or more on about half the requests that insurers made. A little more than a quarter of their requests secured premium increases of 20 to 39 percent. The Milliman survey’s 26 respondents had annual premiums that represented 73 percent of the long-term care industry.

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