Thursday, April 27, 2023

2:00 - 3:00 pm

Eastern Time

How COVID has Changed Long Term Care Insurance

Speaker: Sandy Jones, Partner, Faegre Drinker

 ABOUT THE TOPIC:

Although the masks are for the most part behind us, the residual impacts and effects of COVID-19 will be felt by all for many years to come. In this interactive session, Sandy Jones will discuss some of the considerations for long-term care insurance companies that have been caused by, exacerbated by, or are attendant to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

This discussion will include a holistic review of how the long-term care insurance industry has been impacted in almost every way. Specific examples and risks will be addressed ranging from claims and policy administration practices, company hiring and staffing/retention, company-wide consistency issues, country-wide care shortages, accommodations, policy and claims exceptions, and increasing experience with fraud, waste and abuse. 

Sandy will also discuss the legal risks and pitfalls surrounding each of these issues. The session will also touch upon recent litigation matters that have been filed that directly relate to the Pandemic and its lasting impact.

About the Speaker:

Sandy Jones is a partner at Faegre Drinker in its Philadelphia office. Sandy has nearly two decades of long-term care insurance experience and co-leads the firm’s 30+ lawyer long-term care insurance team, which is the largest team of long-term care insurance focused attorneys in the U.S.  Sandy and her colleagues have experience in all areas of long-term care insurance and have a true “soup-to-nuts” practice. The team at Faegre Drinker has addressed nearly every issue facing the industry today, including underwriting, claims, pricing and rate increases, wellness, fraud, technology, AI, solvency, liquidation, sales, marketing, and product development.

Sandy has assisted her industry clients with building and developing new long-term care insurance and combination products, advising on complex claims and rate issues, providing regulatory guidance, and avoiding market conduct exams.  She has also litigated and successfully resolved more long-term care insurance litigation matters than nearly any attorney in the U.S. 

Sandy also leads the firm’s Structured Settlement and Annuity Team and is a nationally-recognized attorney in that space. She lives in Wayne, Pennsylvania with her husband, two daughters, and pets.

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