The Long-Term Care Planners' Club Meeting

What You Need to Know

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Working in the long-term care insurance industry is like being part of an exclusive club.

Why? Because once you get immersed in this field, you rarely leave it.

You may change roles, companies or agencies, but you remain dedicated to this product and the need for long-term care protection.

That’s why attending the annual ILTCI Conference, an event for the long-term care planning community, is so special.

More than 950 attendees traveled to San Diego earlier this month to learn and network.

For many of us veterans, this conference means reconnecting with countless colleagues we’ve known for decades. And let’s not forget the company-hosted evening events, where networking and socializing continued.

The 58 break-out workshops were divided into seven tracks: Actuarial and Finance; Advisors, Agents and Agencies; Claims and Underwriting; Legal, Compliance and Regulatory; Management and Operations; Marketing, Engagement and Research; and Wellness and Aging in Place Solutions.

After the official welcome, Karen Smyth, the conference chair, announced the winners of the ILTCI Recognition Award: Ron Hagelman, president of Ice Floe Consulting, who is well- known as the Broker World long-term care columnist: Peter Goldstein, president and CEO of Illumifin, the company many carriers use to handle underwriting, claim payments and other product administration tasks; and LTCI Partners, a national LTCI brokerage firm. Tom Rieske, managing director of LTCI Partners, accepted the award on behalf of the firm.