Individual income protection
Address the gap between essential cash flow and benefits available during a qualifying disability.
Disability insurance
Coordinate individual and business disability coverage around the income, operating obligations, and ownership risks that an illness or injury could disrupt.
Address the gap between essential cash flow and benefits available during a qualifying disability.
Evaluate coverage for eligible operating expenses while a covered owner is disabled.
Align coverage with a documented ownership-transfer obligation and the agreement’s disability definition.
Consider the financial effect of a covered disability affecting a critical employee or owner.
Professional case review
A useful comparison makes the objectives, assumptions, tradeoffs, and implementation responsibilities clear.
Compare occupation definitions, total and residual or partial benefits, exclusions, and the treatment of a return to work.
Review elimination periods, benefit periods, coverage amounts, income documentation, and offsets against other coverage.
Coordinate individual and group coverage, ownership, premium payment, business agreements, and tax treatment with the appropriate professionals.
Benefits depend on meeting the policy’s disability definition and other claim requirements. Issue amounts and terms are subject to occupational, financial, and medical underwriting. Review exclusions, offsets, renewability, and noncancelability provisions for the actual contract.
Product availability, underwriting, features, and compensation vary by insurer, contract, state, and professional capacity. Insurance guarantees depend on the issuing insurer’s claims-paying ability.
For your practice
Start with the planning objective, client state, and the decision you need to make.