There are now nearly 10,000 employer groupsoffering a form of employer-sponsored long-term care insurance, with just overtwo million Americans insured by these plans,” according to researchconducted by the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance andpublished in the organization’s 2008 Sourcebook. “Sales of group long-termcare insurance policies increased in 2007 compared to the prior year,”explains Jesse Slome, executive director of the national industry organization.”Much of the growth came from new entrants into existing plans and buy-upsby existing policy holders,” he said.
