May is Disability Insurance Awareness Month, a time when the insurance industry comes together to do something about the enormous gap that exists between Americans’ need for disability insurance and the actual coverage they have.
1. 1,2LIMRA and LIFE Foundation 2012 Insurance Barometer
Study3CareerBuilder Survey,2011What keeps you up at night?42%of
Americans live paycheck to paycheck.3If you rely onyour paycheck to
make ends meet,then you cant afford to not havedisability
insurance. So speak with your benefits manager at work oran
insurance agent about insuring your most valuable assetYOU!For more
information,go to www.protectyourpaycheck.org.The answer is simple:
If you have a job,you need disability insurance.Why then do so few
Americans have it?LIFE is a nonprofit organization dedicated to
helping consumers take personalfinancial responsibility through the
ownership of life insurance and relatedproducts. Learn more at
www.lifehappens.org 2013 LIFE. All rights reserved.of Americans are
concernedabout being able tosupport themselvesIF THEY ARE UNABLEto
work due to aDISABLING ILLNESSOR INJURY.1Do I need disability
insurance?Whats your plan?50%OF WORKERS SAYTHEY DONT NEEDDISABILITY
INSURANCE.So heres the thing:2But where is the $$$ going to come
from if theirpaychecks were to disappear? The government?
Familymembers or friends? Its not a plan to hope that someoneelse
will help you out financially.