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Group Disability Supplemental Insurance Plans For Income Protection



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- Read the fine print!  
has been said about the         Group policies can include        
inadequacy of group disability        exclusions or limited coverage    
insurance plans offered by            for specific situations such as   
employers. For example, group        mental or nervous-related         
disability plans generally have       conditions. Coverage for alcohol  
the following shortcomings:           or drug-related disabilities can  
- The plans pay up to 60% of          be limited to as short as 6       
regular income, however, all          months or excluded                
benefits are fully taxable,           altogether.

                   
reducing take-home pay to roughly     

While such policies often have 
42% of your standard                  these and other limitations,      
paycheck.

                         group coverage can provide an     

- Group benefits are commonly      excellent foundation for proper   
reduced based income from other       income protection at a very low   
sources such as federal Social        monthly cost.

                 
Security Disability Insurance         

The problem is that many       
(SSDI), Worker's Compensation, or     people assume group coverage is   
any plan/program toward which the     the entire answer when, in fact,  
employer contributes or makes         it is just a beginning.

       
payroll deductions.

               

"People think because they     

- Group coverage has monthly       deduct a few bucks from their     
benefits limits, usually in the       paycheck each time that they're   
$5,000 range (before taxes). If       covered if they can't work.",     
your annual salary is more than       explains Rene Apack, President of 
~$70,000, you will find benefits      Insure Your Future, the nation's  
from your disability insurance to     leading independent disability    
be woefully less, even though the     insurance brokerage. "It's only   
policy is paying a maximum            after the first disability income 



check that the hard reality sets      policy, a supplemental policy can 
in, and by then, supplemental         be further customized to fit      
coverage is no longer an              coverage to your specific         
option."

                          needs.

                        

Supplemental disability            

Apack continues, “The most     
insurance is coverage purchased       affordable disability coverage    
to fill in the gaps found with        available is supplemental         
the group disability insurance        insurance. We have clients that   
offered by your employer.

         pay less than $60 per month for   

A supplemental disability          coverage that shores up their     
insurance policy can reduce your      group disability to cover 100% of 
risk of severe income loss in         their regular income and closes   
several ways:

                     gaps in their employer’s          

• Policies can be written to       policy.”

                      
extend your income coverage to        

Income Protection Takes     
100% very affordably.

             Planning

                  

• Because you pay the premium,     

Supplemental insurance can be  
all benefits received via the         a viable, affordable solution for 
supplemental policy are               couples planning to have a child  
tax-free.

                         as well. The number one cause of  

• Gaps in coverage identified      missing work for 180 or less      
by your insurance agent can be        consecutive days (i.e., short     
specifically closed in the            term disability) is pregnancy.    
supplemental policy.

              The second leading cause of long  

• While group coverage ends        term disability (over 180 days)   
when you leave your employer,         is also pregnancy, both before    
supplemental coverage remains         and after delivery.

           
with you regardless of for whom       

Future moms can apply for      
you work.

                         insurance supplemental to their   

Depending on your group            group coverage prior to becoming  



pregnant as a hedge against           security. It’s cheap and it’s     
missing work during the maternity     easy…but it’s just a start! True  
months. Once back at work, the        income protection can be          
option exists to continue the         affordably achieved by            
coverage or let it expire.

        strengthening your group policy   

The key to protecting a            with supplemental disability      
household’s cash flow during and      insurance.

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dozen or so major carriers we         further information regarding the 
work with have no such coverage,”     protection of your income during  
explains Apack.

                   and after                         

Don’t let your group               pregnancy.

 
disability benefits insurance         
                             
give you a false sense of             




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