Jim Glickman is president and chief executive officer for LifeCare Assurance, and is chairman of the board for both LifeCare and its parent company, 21st Century Life and Health Company, Inc.
He is a third generation insurance professional with 47 years of experience in the life and health insurance industries and is the driving force behind LifeCare’s innovative approach to long term care insurance product design.
Glickman is one of the architects of the long term care industry as it exists today. He led the effort to form the Society of Actuaries’ Long Term Care Insurance Section and was its chairperson in 2000 and 2004.
He also led the effort to develop the Annual Intercompany LTCI Conference, serving as chairperson from 2001 through 2004 and as executive director of the Association from 2005 to the present. He was awarded the first “Lifetime Achievement Award” presented at the Fifth Annual Intercompany LTCI Conference for his work to unite the industry.
Glickman is currently the president of the Society of Actuaries having been elected to that position in 2017. He served as a member of the Society of Actuaries Board of Directors from 2005-2008 and as vice president of the board from 2008-2010.
He has authored many articles on LTCI including the annual Broker World LTCI surveys from 2000 through 2004, as well as articles for the National Underwriter, Best’s Review, Contingencies, Life Insurance Selling, and Health Insurance Underwriter. He is frequently a featured speaker at national meetings discussing the long term care industry.
Prior to founding LifeCare in 1988, Glickman held actuarial positions with CNA, Alexander Hamilton Life Insurance Company of America, Maccabees Mutual Life Insurance Company, Pacific Standard Insurance Services, Inc. and PennCorp Financial.
He is currently a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA), a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries (MAAA), a Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) and a Fellow of the Life Management Institute (FLMI).
Glickman can be reached at LifeCare Assurance, 21600 Oxnard St., Suite 1500, Woodland Hills, CA 91367. Telephone: 818-867-2223. Email: jim.glickman@lifecareassurance.com.
