Many Disability Plans Give False Sense of Security

Would you purchase Fire Insurance on your home if it only covered a fire that started on a Monday morning? Would you purchase collision on your brand new car that only covered ½ its value? rnAlmost everyone reading this would probably answer a definite “No” to both questions, in fact you wouldn’t go near a policy like that. rnYet thousands of Canadian workers think their Worksafe plan is sufficient coverage for long term disability. rnAccording to the Council of Disability Awareness, less than 5% of disabling accidents or sickness are work related, which means these people are relying on a policy that does not cover them 95% of the time, yet you would think it was crazy if someone tried to sell you a home insurance product like that. rnThen there are others that say “yes” to disability mortgage insurance yet never see a contract. You don’t know what is covered, definitions, exclusions, or length of policy. And now you have disability insurance that covers the mortgage payments (maybe), but what about the other half or two thirds of your income. The mortgage might be paid but you’ll starve to death in the mean time. Accidents and illnesses are facts in life. They can happen to anyone at any time.rnAnd in a second, they can change your life forever. rnConsider the following: • Your chances of winning the Lotto 649 draw is 1 in 13.9 millionrn• Your chances of dying during your working career is 1 in 8rn• Your chances of becoming disabled for 90 days or longer at least once prior to age 65 is 1 in 3 * • The average length of a disability which lasts over 90 days is 2.9 years So considering all of these stats and the fact that a long term disability is more likely to happen than anything else, and your ability to earn a living is the most valuable thing you own, why is it that hundreds of thousands of Canadians have either no insurance or rely on Worksafe or mortgage insurance as their plan? It’s like your future is hidden behind one of three doors. Two of them lead to good health. The other leads to disability. Pick the wrong one and you loose. Are you willing to play the odds? Can you afford to let that happen? Of course you can’t. The person who says he or she does not need disability insurance is the same person that says it’s not going to happen to them. You can’t take a holiday from work for 5 years. How do you think you would last with a sickness or injury that prevented you from working for the same length of time? The solution is a personal plan that covers sickness or injury 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with no exclusions or hidden fine print. You’re insuring everything else, what about the machine that pays for those premiums?