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Yet another insurer bows out of LTC biz

Rising medical costs and longer live expectencies are putting the squeeze on long-term-care insurance providers. This week, another carrier -- Guardian Life -- said it's exiting the LTC biz.

Does anyone want to write long-term-care insurance policies anymore?
Increasingly, the answer to that question looks like a resounding ‘no.' Today, yet another carrier — Guardian Life Insurance Company of America — announced it will cease sales of its LTC insurance products by th

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