Why You Need Disability Insurance

WHAT IS DISABILITY INSURANCE?

disability-insuranceYour most important asset is not your home, your car, your jewellery or other possessions. It’s your ability to earn a living.

Think about it… all of your plans for the future—from buying a home to putting your kids through college to building a retirement nest egg—are based on the assumption you will continue to earn a pay cheques until you retire.

But what would happen if those pay cheques stopped?

That’s where disability insurance comes in. It provides an income to you and your family if you are unable to work because of illness or injury.

Your income IS your largest asset. Think about how much you earn in a year and what that would be over a lifetime.

The financial consequences of a lengthy disability could literally cost you millions. A 25-year-old worker who makes $50,000 a year and suffers a permanent disability could lose $3.8 million in future earnings.

You probably didn’t hesitate to insure your home, car and other valuable possessions, but without your income you wouldn’t have any of these things. So you need to insure your income.

If you’re still not convinced that your income is worth insuring, think about how long you’d last without your pay cheques before it would be difficult to pay for everyday expenses.

The LIFE Foundation conducted a study that found that half of working Americans couldn’t make it one month before financial difficulties would set in. Close to one in four Americans wouldn’t make it a week.

In the event of a disabling illness or injury — and the odds are much greater than you might realize — disability insurance provides you and your family with a source of replacement income to help make ends meet until you’re able to return to work.

So if you don’t have it, get it now!

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WHO NEEDS DISABILITY INSURANCE?

Simply put, if you have a job, you most likely need disability insurance. The possibility of a disabling illness or injury may seem remote, but statistics paint a different picture.

Nearly one in three women can expect to suffer a disability that keeps them out of work for 90 days or longer at some point during their working years. For men, the odds are about one in four. And one worker in seven can expect to be disabled for five or more years before retirement.

disabilityFor many, a sudden interruption of income could have serious financial consequences. Most of us have some kind of personal debt, typically a mortgage or credit card bills.

Would you be able to maintain your standard of living if you were too ill or injured to work for an extended length of time?

Half of all home foreclosures in the United States result from disability, as do an alarming number of personal bankruptcies.

The other thing to keep in mind is that an accident or illness that keeps you out of work for a period of time can be very costly.

That’s because people who become disabled don’t only need to continue providing for loved ones, but for themselves as well. A disabling injury or illness could lead to medical bills, modifications to your car or home, or other unforeseen needs that can be quite expensive.

For all these reasons, almost anyone who works — whether they’re single, married, with children or without — should get disability insurance.

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