Disability Insurance Replaces Income

If the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us anything, it's that our income is extremely important! We all need our income to pay bills. Many Americans would tap their savings or investment accounts to pay their bills if they couldn't work. According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, around half of those people would only have enough money to pay bills for six months or less.*

Are you asking your clients what they would do if they lost their income due to an illness or accident? If you are not, you should be! Disability insurance (DI) is often an overlooked part of a sound financial plan. One-third of working adults say that they would consider obtaining income protection if they knew more about it.*

Whether you primarily sell health or life insurance, your clients depend on their income to pay their bills, and that includes premium payments. Help them keep their financial life in balance with disability income insurance. And if helping your clients isn't enough incentive, advisors who offer DI to their existing clients earn 30% more income than advisors who don't.

May is Disability Insurance Awareness Month. Make sure you take advantage of this time to offer this important insurance to your clients and prospects. An income sustains a lifestyle and supports all financial assets, so it makes sense to protect it.

*U.S. Social Security Administration, Basic Facts, June 2016

Panic Shopping for Life Insurance Amid Coronavirus

According to Forbes, not only are Americans panic shopping for food, water and toilet paper during the pandemic; some are also panic shopping for Life Insurance. Many quoting agencies are reporting as much as a 50% increase in life insurance applications since mid-February. 

At MVP Financial, we have seen a similar increase in life insurance applications. While more Americans are working from home and taking care of their families, reaching out to clients and prospects for a "well check" could lead to a conversation about concerns to move life insurance shopping to the top of their to-do list. 

For obvious reasons right now, electronic application submission with e-policy delivery is the quickest process. With our Quick App solutions, you don’t need to meet face-to-face with your clients to take an application or deliver the policy.

And with the accelerated underwriting possibilities, your clients may not need to meet with a paramed examiner either!

Since the coronavirus outbreak, many of our carriers and service providers are experiencing a slow down in service. We have received notices from paramedical services, APS retrieval services, contracting personnel, phone interview providers, and carriers regarding their processing lag times. Consequently, it might take an extra day or two for each step of application underwriting to be completed. If you work with us, you can be assured that we are doing everything possible to keep your cases on track for timely submission to commission!

We are committed to supporting your needs as you service your clients and are ready to assist you with solutions for peace of mind, income protection, gifting options, wealth transfer, succession plan funding, and portfolio risk mitigation. The partnership values that drive us every day will carry us through this pandemic.