Long-term care insurance premiums have climbed as much as 40% in five years, and picking the wrong top insurer can now cost you over $5,000 more a year for almost identical coverage.

Our picks include Mutual of Omaha, Nationwide and New York Life.

With its July 6 agreement to assume approximately $3.8 billion in statutory reserves of Unum Group's individual long-term ...

In addition to typically living longer than their husbands, women also are more likely to need long-term care, which can be costly.

“We’ve been paying into long-term-care insurance since we were in our mid-50s,” said a friend, now in her late 60s. “But with all of the premium increases, we might have been better off just investing ...

Medicare skips the daily custodial care 70% of retirees will need. Here's what long-term care actually costs and how to plan ...

The data says 70% of us will need it, and almost none of us are ready. Here are the things every 50-something needs to weigh.

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Nationwide's hybrid policies are a good fit if you want to combine whole life insurance with long-term care benefits. The ...