long term disability News

Disability Benefits Get Costlier and More Complicated

Like just about every other workplace benefit, disability insurance is becoming something workers have to manage and pay for, at least partially, themselves. In the current open enrollment season for 2012 benefits, more employers are asking workers to put some …

Percent of U.S. Workers with Disability Coverage Declines

More than half of U.S. workers have no disability coverage and that percentage is dropping, an insurance company survey shows. According to new research from The Hartford, 49 percent of U.S. workers have short-term disability insurance and 44 percent have …