ABI tackles long-term care funding

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The Association of British Insurers (ABI) is working with the government to find new ways of funding long-term care for the elderly.

Stephen Haddrill, the ABI’s director general, has become a member of the ministerial group on long-term care, which is headed by Ivan Lewis MP. The group was established to formulate the government’s response to the Wanless and Joseph Rowntree Foundation reports into long-term care, and it will feed into the government’s Comprehensive Spending Review discussions. Speaking at the Parliamentary All-Party Housing and Care Group conference at the House of Commons, Chris Kenny, the ABI’s director of life and pensions, states: “Insurers have an important role to play in finding sustainable ...

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