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Workers are increasingly vulnerable to sudden loss of income

The Situation: Americans are increasingly vulnerable to difficulties posed by a sudden loss of income, as might occur with the death of a working spouse or parent.

  • American households lost $7.7 trillion in net worth since peaking before the start of the 2009 recession.1
  • An increased percentage of workers report they have virtually no savings and investments. Twenty-four percent of Americans have no emergency savings at all; another 22 percent said their emergency savings would cover, at best, three months' worth of expenses.2
  • Only 49 percent of the U.S. adults who have financial advisors and financial plans have talked to their advisors about adding life insurance to the plans.3
  • Over the past 50 years, the proportion of U.S. adults with life insurance protection has declined to an all-time low. Half of America’s households (about 58 million) claim to be underinsured when it comes to life insurance. In fact, there’s as much as $17.5 trillion in untapped sales potential for the life insurance market.4

Sources:

  • Federal Reserve report, 6/9/2011
  • Financial Security Index, Bankrate.com, June 2011
  • Saybrus Partners survey, July 2011
  • LIMRA, "Trillion Dollar Baby Growing Up," Sept. 2011

Solutions

  • We offer a number of life and disability insurance plans which can help protect families by providing cash benefits in the event of the death of a wage-earner, or if the wage-earner is unable to work due to a disability. Life and disability insurance gives workers and their families the assurance that immediate expenses and long-term obligations will be met when needed most.
  • Our plans are designed to meet a variety of needs and budgets, available on both employer-funded and employee-paid platforms. Our life plans include Group Term Life, Personal Term Life, Supplemental Term Life and Personal Universal Life, and our disability products include Group Short-Term Disability, Group Long-Term Disability and Personal Disability.



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