Assurity Life Insurance Company introduced long-term disability insurance, Income Protection+, flexible and affordable protection for customers' most important asset. With expanded occupation classes ...

In 49 states, long-term disability benefit claims for physical ailments – like cancer, arthritis and stroke – are assessed differently than mental health issues such as major depressive disorder, ...

How would you support yourself or your loved ones if you couldn't work due to an injury or illness? A majority of respondents said they'd dip into financial reserves or borrow, according to a study by ...

Medicare typically provides coverage for people who are aged 65 or older. However, younger people who receive disability benefits from the Social Security Administration are also eligible. If a person ...

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One major trend in disability insurance policies stems from an increased focus on mental health problems and stress-induced diagnoses due to the ongoing pandemic. Insurance providers are now ...

Thomas Lane was visibly sick. His clothing hung loose, his complexion seemed blanched, his vision blurred in and out. Already a slight man, he lost 45 pounds in a five-month period. More than four ...

A bill that would protect organ donors from challenges accessing life, disability or long term disability insurance has ...

Only one state has disability coverage parity, in which mental health conditions are covered in the same way as physical health conditions: Vermont. In the other 49 states, long-term disability ...