Nearly one in three Americans ages 35-65 will become disabled for more than 90 days.
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LIMRA
Two-thirds of disabiling injuries suffered by workers in 2004 were off-the-job, meaning they weren't covered by workers' compensation.
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LIMRA
A fatal injury occurs every 5 minutes and a disabiling injury occurs every two seconds.
[3]
Business Roundtable
Many people buy life insurance so their families will have a way to page the mortgage. However, the odds of mortgage foreclosure due to disability are 16 times greater than the risk of forclosure due to death.
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Ceridian Connection
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