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Disability Insurance: Who Gets Denied?
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February 24, 2013
The Game Plan; A Single Mother With a Late Start
WSJ.comErin Tierney is committed to giving her 5-year-old daughter a wonderful life. As a single mother who works two jobs, it isn't always easy.Ms. Tierney, age 44, has worked as a part-time professor of hospitality and tourism management at a ...
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February 12, 2013Hidden Disability Benefits
WSJ.comMillions of people pay for disability insurance to provide income if they become ill or injured and unable to work. Some of them might be surprised to learn they don't have to be bedridden to get benefits.
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October 29, 2012
The Game Plan; Changing Priorities, Changing Finances
WSJ.comKristin and Simon Leutz aren't worried about keeping up with the Joneses.After the Sept. 11 attacks, Mr. and Mrs. Leutz, who are both 40 years old, re-evaluated their priorities. They moved to a smaller house in a new neighborhood, and she ...
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May 14, 2012
How to pick a disability insurance plan; A guide to choosing the right plan for you
MarketWatchDECATUR, Ga. (MarketWatch)—Disability insurance isn't on the radar for most Americans, but many workers may come to rue that lack of awareness.
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May 5, 2012
New Policies Make Unum Look Like a Buy
Barrons.comWhen Unum Group announced in early February that it would take a pretax charge of nearly $900 million to exit the group long-term-care insurance business, all the old fears that have haunted the stock surfaced, and the shares slumped on ...
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April 28, 2012
If You're Under 40, Don't Bank on Social Security
WSJ.comIf Plan A in your retirement scheme is Social Security, it's time to start working on Plan B. Based on reports last week from the folks responsible for the Medicare and Social Security Trust Funds, Americans—especially those under age ...
- April 25, 2012
MarketWatch; Younger Than 40? Worry About Social Security; If Plan A in your retirement scheme is Social Security, it's time to start working on Plan B.
SmartMoney.comIf Plan A in your retirement scheme is Social Security, it's time to start working on Plan B. Based on this week's report from the folks responsible for the Medicare and Social Security Trust Funds, Americans -- and especially those under ...
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January 14, 2012
Benefits Without the Boss
WSJ.comLurking under the recent improvement in jobs numbers is another challenge for workers: how to cope when the work doesn't come with company benefits.
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December 28, 2011
Jobless Tap Disability Fund
WSJ.comThe prolonged economic slump has fueled a surge in applications for Social Security disability benefits, with many desperate Americans seeking refuge in the program as a last resort after their unemployment insurance and savings run out.
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December 22, 2011
Two Lawyers Strike Gold In U.S. Disability System
WSJ.comLawyers Harry and Charles Binder began representing applicants for Social Security disability benefits in the 1970s, when the field was a professional backwater. Last year, their firm collected $88 million in fees for guiding clients ...
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November 5, 2011
Is Disability Coverage a Buy?
WSJ.comDisability insurance has long been the stepchild of employee benefits, ignored by workers until it's needed. But with employee costs rising and company open-enrollment season beginning, it's worth a closer look.
- October 11, 2011
How Much Insurance Do You Really Need? Firms are pushing everything from cancer coverage to tuition protection.
SmartMoney.comIn this age of hurricanes, tsunamis, market crashes and banking crises, it isn't any wonder that people are feeling insecure. Companies are responding by rolling out a raft of newfangled insurance policies designed to protect against ...
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August 3, 2011
Deal Clears Path to More Disability Reviews
WSJ.comThe deficit-reduction deal's spending caps contain an exemption for the Social Security Administration that could allow the agency to quickly ramp up its reviews of recipients' continuing eligibility for disability benefits.
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July 24, 2011
How to Get With the Mobile-Banking Program
WSJ.comDon't fear mobile banking. More consumers are buying smartphones, but they're not embracing mobile banking at the same pace -- mostly because they have a misplaced fear of it, according to several studies by research firm Javelin ...
- June 24, 2011
The Insurance Coverage You May Be Losing; Most workers get disability coverage through employers. But now companies are cutting back.
SmartMoney.comNo one likes to think about the possibility of becoming disabled and unable to work -- and for the most part, employers have made it easy to ignore, picking up the tab for disability insurance so workers don't have to. But now that ...
- May 18, 2011
How to Buy Disability Insurance
SmartMoney.comNearly one-third of U.S. workers will become disabled at some point in their career before reaching retirement, according to a 2009 estimate from the Social Security Administration. Yet the federal agency says that 70% of employees ...
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May 13, 2011
Medicare, Social Security finance outlook worsens
MarketWatchWASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The outlook for Medicare’s finances has worsened on a slow economic recovery and higher costs, while the outlook for Social Security has also declined, trustees for the programs said Friday.
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April 24, 2011
Avoiding Taxes on Life and Disability Insurance
WSJ.comHaving enough life and disability insurance should be a key element of your personal financial game plan. Hopefully, with some advance planning, you can collect life and disability insurance proceeds free of taxes. Here's how.
- April 20, 2011
How to Avoid Taxes on Life and Disability Insurance; With some advance planning, you and your heirs can be better off.
SmartMoney.comHaving enough life and disability insurance should be a key element of your personal financial game plan. Hopefully, with some advance planning, you can collect life and disability insurance proceeds free of taxes. Here's how.
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How to Buy Disability Insurance
Social Security disability benefits are available for certain disabled workers, but the average payout is only 40% of a person's income.
