What Are The Different Types Of Disability Insurance?

 

 

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All the different types of Disability Insurance can be overwhelming.

This HypoGal Blog explains, What are the different types of disability insurance.

Before you purchase a disability insurance policy, you should check with your tax advisor.

How you pay for your disability insurance coverage may affect your payout.

A Disability Insurance policy paid directly by an individual has different tax consequences than a disability insurance policy paid through a company payroll.

Here is an overview of Disability Insurance:

What Are The Different Types Of Disability Insurance?

Short-Term Disability Insurance

• Short-Term Disability Insurance coverage works best for an injured or sick individual.
• A person who is unable to go back to work within 30 days up to two years of their disability claim.

Long-term Disability Insurance

• Long-term disability insurance covers people who are disabled and unable to work for a longer period.
• Long-term disability insurance offers longer term limits than short-term disability insurance.
• The range for long-term disability insurance can be from two years to a lifetime.
• Long-term disability insurance offers an individual a set amount of financial security.
• Most long-term disability plans do not provide benefits until a person has been disabled for more than 90 days.

Own-Occupation Disability Insurance

• Own-occupation disability insurance covers individuals who are not able to perform their normal job duties because of a disabling condition or illness.

Any-Occupation Disability Insurance

• Any-occupation disability insurance requires users to prove that they are unable to work at any job before they can receive disability benefits.

Governmental Social Security Disability Insurance (S.S.D.I.)

• The government of the United States offers Social Security Disability Insurance in the form of Social Security payments. There is a lengthy application process for this type of insurance, and the requirements are extremely strict.

 

Health References/ Health Resources:

https://www.consumeraffairs.com/insurance/dis.html#guide-criteria

https://www.ssa.gov/disabilityssi/

http://www.iii.org/article/what-are-types-disability-insurance

 

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