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Thursday, April 9, 2009

A Look at Obtaining Disability Insurance

By Irene Mmari

Having an accident or getting an illness can be a problem, therefore disability insurance has been created to ensure you still receive an income, Fiscal commitments mean we all have regular bills to pay whether we are ill or not. With the tension and frustration caused by a temporary or permanent disability, this type of plan can help you with any financial difficulties. In fact statistically the average person will in all likelihood need some kind of disability cover before they give up work.

Nevertheless, more individuals purchase life insurance long before considering the advantages of disability coverage. Trying to convince a worker of forty they will in all likelihood need 90 days off through injury before they give up work is hard work. Disability insurance by its very nature can be pricey and so getting the best possible rates available is imperative for someone on a budget.

The computations used for disability cover take into account a persons age, the type of work they do and their health in addition to the possible value of lost income, if they make a claim. There are a few ways of reducing the costs with the main one being selecting a longer period of time or waiting period before the plan starts to pay,With this in place there is less probability of the claimant making a claim. The other option to this would be to reduce the period of payments for incapacity. With this arrangement the risk is placed squarely on the shoulders of the claimant who will need to find additional income if the incapacity period is long.

Almost all policies are based on a percentage of salary so even with this protection a certain shortfall will exist. the short term will only cover a set number of months but may have improved benefits. Total disability cover is in force for a longer period albeit at a reduced rate but the onus is on the claimant to prove they can no longer perform the work they carried out before.

Irrespective of the type of insurance you have, payments for disability are made regularly, every week or month until the end of the incapacitation or the policy, whichever come first. Below are listed thusme areas that should be looked at when researching the benefits of any health policy:

Attitude towards pre-existing conditions Whether you will have to pay tax on the benefit Time frames for benefits Your current occupation

Remember that not all disability policies will cover you with the same percentage of your original salary. These percentages vary and payouts can be anywhere from 40 to 70 percent, therefore don't neglect this important detail. More than any other element, it is this one that you need to be sure of as once you have taken out the plan and found it necessary to make a claim, it will be too late for you to change it.

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