D I S A B I L I T Y   I N S U R A N C E

Disability insurance pays an insured person an income when that person is unable to work because of an accident or illness. Benefits and costs are determined by your age, income, occupation , and health history

There are two types of disability policies: Short-Term Disability (STD) and Long-Term Disability (LTD):

•     Short-Term Disability policies (STD) have a waiting period of 0 to 14 days with a maximum benefit period of no longer than two years.

•     Long-Term Disability policies (LTD) have a waiting period of several weeks to several months with a maximum benefit period ranging from a few years to the rest of your life.

Disability policies have two different protection features

•     Non cancelable means the policy cannot be canceled by the insurance company, except for nonpayment of premiums. This gives you the right to renew the policy every year without an increase in the premium or a reduction in benefits.

    Guaranteed renewable gives you the right to renew the policy with the same benefits and not have the policy canceled by the company. However, your insurer has the right to increase your premiums as long as it does so for all other policyholders in the same rating class as you.