Long-term care insurance policies may not be long for this world, according to a new Wall Street analyst report.
“Key credit considerations for the sector are the relative newness of long-term care insurance and the long-tailed and complex product structure, which make it difficult to price the product profitably and to reserve for,” wrote Moody’s Investors Service Vice President Laura Bazer in the report “Long-Term Care Insurance: Sector Profile.
LTC insurance carriers — at least the ones who haven’t exited the market — have hiked their prices and reduced the benefits, making plans less attractive to potential policyholders, according to Moody’s.
