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Long-term care insurance in 2000-2001. (Health Care Industry).

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| April 30, 2003 | Coronel, Susan A. | COPYRIGHT 2003 Aspen Publishers, Inc. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

"In 2000 and 2001 alone, 137 companies sold over 1.4 million [long-term care insurance] policies. With this surge in sales, 8.26 million policies were sold as of the end of 2001. The market grew an average of 18% each year between 1987 and 2001.

As of December 31, 2001, approximately 80% of the 8.26 million policies had been sold through the individual and group association markets. In addition, 110 out of 137 insurers who participated in the long-term care market in 2000 and 2001 sold in this market.

About one-third of the 2001 long-term care insurance carriers sold policies in either the employer-sponsored or life insurance markets, compared with only 14% in 1988.

By the end of 2001, more than 4,700 employers were offering a long-term care insurance plan to their employees, retirees or both. There were more than 1,500 employer-sponsored plans introduced in 2000 and 2001 alone. Many small …

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