Disability Insurance Blog
Common Retirement Mistakes
The USA Today published an article titled Seven Big Mistakes Couples Make in Retirement. While the agents at Montana Life Group likely can’t help with Mistake #1 (couples that never talked to each other about retirement), we certainly can be a useful tool in avoiding Mistakes #3 (couples that didn’t do proper financial planning), #4
…read more »What are the Best Disability Insurance Riders?
If you’ve spoken with an insurance agent about disability insurance, the topic of “riders” has probably come up. A rider is essentially an “add-on” to an insurance policy. The rider provides additional coverage not included in the basic disability insurance policy. Of course these riders aren’t free. There’s an increase in monthly premium associated with
…read more »Long-Term or Short-Term Disability Insurance?
You’ve decided to protect your income with a disability insurance policy. But the inquiry does not stop there: what type of disability insurance do you want? While eventually you’ll have to potentially evaluate features such as own occupation disability insurance, a guaranteed renewable policy, and non-cancelable disability insurance, today we’ll focus on a more preliminary decision: long-term or
…read more »Should a Lawyer Have Disability Insurance?
Should a lawyer purchase disability insurance? Most lawyers will be familiar with the answer: it depends. The reason anyone has disability insurance is to protect their income. If a lawyer (and this goes for any occupation, really) is independently wealthy and doesn’t rely on their income to make ends meet, then disability insurance doesn’t make a
…read more »Top 15 Occupations Purchasing Disability Insurance
What are the most common occupations enrolled in disability insurance? A common question among many of our potential disability insurance customers is “Is my occupation one that typically gets disability insurance?” So we thought it might be interesting to pull back the curtain a bit and write a blog detailing the occupations that are most
…read more »New Medigap Insurance Website
www.Medigap-Insurance-For-Medicare.com We are pleased to announce our newest website dedicated to helping consumers shop for Medicare Supplement Insurance. The site has a regularly updated blog which will provide useful information for Medigap Insurance shoppers. Our approach to Medicare Supplement Insurance Our approach to Medicare Supplement (MedSupp) insurance is the same as it is
…read more »Surgeons Need Own Occupation Disability Insurance
Disability insurance is extremely important for surgeons and specialists. If you are a surgeon or specialized medical professional then you should request a quote for disability insurance now. Why Surgeons need “True Own-Occupation DI” You may have heard the term Own-Occupation Disability Insurance before. This is the strongest form of disability insurance a person can
…read more »Tax Implications of Disability Insurance
We’re in the heat of tax season and you might be wondering about the tax implications of your disability insurance. This blog post will focus specifically on whether long-term disability insurance is considered taxable. For a more in-depth analysis, please check out the IRS website regarding taxing disability insurance. The first dividing point in determining
…read more »How Does a Disability Insurance Policy Work?
I cannot stress enough how important it is to buy a strong disability insurance plan. I’ve posted blogs in the past on the topic and I could drone on and on about how your income is your most important asset. If you want to get into statistics and read a bunch of horror stories then
…read more »Disability Insurance Myths
A few years ago, Forbes published an article entitled “5 Myths About Disability Insurance.” We couldn’t agree more with most common disability insurance myths set forth in Ashlea Ebeling’s article and suggest you give it a read. In short, Ms. Ebeling noted some common misconceptions regarding disability insurance: you won’t ever need disability insurance worker’s compensation will
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