How long could you afford to be without a paycheck?
Do you save any of your annual income? 48% of U.S. families don’t.*
Retirement savings?
One-third of us have none.* 68% of adult Americans have NO savings earmarked for emergencies.*
It happens more often than you’d imagine:
Just over 1 in 4 of today’s 20 year-olds will become disabled before they retire.* Over 37 million Americans are classified as disabled; about 12% of the total population.* More than 50% of those disabled Americans are in their working years, from 18-64.*
Disability prevents people from earning a living:
- The average group long-term disability claim lasts 34.6 months.*
- The average individual disability claim lasts 31.6 months.*
- One in eight workers will be disabled for five years or more during their working careers.*
*Source: Council For Disability Awareness