California Long Term Care Insurance Services, Inc., one of California's largest long term care insurance brokers, is now offering long term care insurance to clients of the Word and Brown General Agency, one of California's largest employee benefits brokers. California Long Term Care Insurance Serv. is a member of the National LTC Network.

"Long term care may be the single biggest financial risk that most Americans face," said James W. Greth, President of Word and Brown General Agency. "We are the first major employee benefits broker in California to give employers such professional long term care advice."

"Our group of long term care insurance specialists is as knowledgeable a group as there is in the United States," said Louis H. Brownstone, Chairman of California Long Term Care Insurance Services who also serves as Chairman of the National LTC Network. "They will bring unique value to the Word and Brown package of employee benefits."

Headquartered in Orange, Word and Brown has grown spectacularly since its inception in 1984 to become a leader in offering sophisticated employee benefits services to companies of all sizes.

Headquartered in Burlingame, California Long Term Care has solely specialized in long term care solutions since 1996 and has marketed throughout California. It plans to offer quality insurance companies and professional help at the grass roots level to respond to many requests from Word and Brown clients for long term care expertise.

About National LTC Network

National LTC Network is an alliance of leading distributors of long-term care insurance. Network members are dedicated to marketing long-term care insurance with knowledge, ethics and excellence. Founded in November 1994, members of The Network include some of the largest and most respected distributors in the nation.