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Thomas McKay

Thomas McKay

Businessman

Oct 13, 2026

19:25
And sometimes an old other type of life insurance policy may be the answer to fix that problem.
19:31
It can be, so let's maybe back up a little bit and just talk about what happened in the long-term care market.
19:36
It's a little off of our prime topic, but when companies came out with long-term care insurance, it's really only been around late 80s, early 90s, kind of in that timeframe.
19:45
And the insurance companies had absolutely no idea what the claims experience was gonna be.
19:51
They just made some guesses.
19:53
And unfortunately to gain market share, a lot of insurance companies price their products extremely low and they got hit with claims that they just couldn't pay without raising rates dramatically.
20:05
So that led to a lot of companies getting out of the business.

6 MINS LATER

26:27
Just give our listeners a quick overview of this terminology if you don't
19:25
And sometimes an old other type of life insurance policy may be the answer to fix that problem.
19:31
It can be, so let's maybe back up a little bit and just talk about what happened in the long-term care market.
19:36
It's a little off of our prime topic, but when companies came out with long-term care insurance, it's really only been around late 80s, early 90s, kind of in that timeframe.
19:45
And the insurance companies had absolutely no idea what the claims experience was gonna be.
19:51
They just made some guesses.
19:53
And unfortunately to gain market share, a lot of insurance companies price their products extremely low and they got hit with claims that they just couldn't pay without raising rates dramatically.
20:05
So that led to a lot of companies getting out of the business.

6 MINS LATER

26:27
Just give our listeners a quick overview of this terminology if you don't

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