Tag: disability insurance

Supporting oneself even without a disability these days is not as easy as it should be. Jobs are hard to come by. Prices of goods are high. Debts are high, too. Add a disability into the mix and, according to statistics, and it is even more difficult for someone to make a living. When it […]

The 2012-13 NFL season saw more than 160 players go down with head injuries, a high-profile wrongful death lawsuit, and even had President Obama commenting on the extreme violence in football. In response, the NFL donated $30 million in September to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for brain injury research. Given that this was […]

The 113-day NHL lockout that finally ended last week, only days away from the cancellation of the entire 2012-2013 season begs the question…are professional sports stars protected financially while the battle ensues? Most people realize that players aren’t getting paid during these periods of endless argument, but chances are the average person (and the players […]

Sports fans know that the physical abilities of professional athletes can seem superhuman, but the truth is that athletes who perform at the highest levels are still human beings with a high risk of suffering a disabling injury. With careers and family futures at stake, more and more athletes are taking out disability insurance to […]

Parents love their kids, no matter what. Still, certain circumstances can make parenting extremely stressful. High levels of stress do not make for less love. Stress might, however, mean that parents of disabled kids particularly should consider buying disability insurance. A recent study reveals that the stresses experienced by disabled kids’ parents have measurable health […]

For someone to admit that they have a disease such as cancer or Parkinson’s, it is perhaps emotionally difficult. Still, reporting those health problems comes with less negative stigma attached to it than what comes with someone saying, “I suffer from depression.” Mental health disorders are common; yet many who suffer from some sort of […]

People are working into an older age these days. That awaited retirement at the age of 65 is now basically just a memory. Most can’t afford to stop working at that point. This recession-related reality brings to light a disability insurance matter: older workers need to protect their futures with disability insurance plans, too. Maybe […]

Service men and women are increasingly disabled during our modern wars, rather than suffering fatal injuries. Our armed services have better body armor and better medical care in the field so injuries which once would have been fatal, are no longer. The downside of the increase in injury survivability is that more veterans are coming […]

In a recent post on our blog, we made a note of data that outlined a problematic trend: fewer and fewer young adults are safeguarding their futures with disability insurance policies. Various factors, ranging from costs to changing styles of work for young professionals have attributed to a lessened interest in what could later prove […]

Paying for disability insurance is likely close to the bottom of the list for young professionals these days. It is hard enough to find a job that pays enough to support oneself, a family and to pay back the student debt that so many young workers and families owe. Why would paying for disability insurance […]