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Abandoning LTC, MetLife sparks worries

MetLife Inc.'s announcement last week that it will stop writing new long-term-care insurance shocked advisers, raising fears that rates will rise for existing blocks of business and that other carriers will exit the industry.

MetLife Inc.'s announcement last week that it will stop writing new long-term-care insurance shocked advisers, raising fears that rates will rise for existing blocks of business and that other carriers will exit the industry.

“There wasn't a lot of foreshadowing on this event,” said Jim Ryan, d

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