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BUSINESS EXPENSE DISABILITY
For The Self Employed A Disability Means Double
Jeopardy
- Loss of Personal Income and
- the responsibility of ongoing Overhead Expenses
As a self employed professional, the threat of disability
presents you with financial problems on two fronts. Not only
must you continue to pay your personal expenses, but you must
also pay the overhead expenses associated with your business.
How will you pay for your ongoing fixed expenses
for a Short-Term Disability, 6 months to 18 months? Or for
a Long-Term, Career ending Disability?
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Possible Non-Insurance Solutions
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| • Accounts Receivable - |
How long will they last?
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| • Borrow Funds - |
Will banks lend, if you cannot repay?
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| • Delay payments - |
Possible damage to credit
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| • Use personal Savings - |
For how long?
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| • Personal Disability payments
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Will you have enough for home and business?
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| • Layoff Employees - |
Will this effect your return to work
or your sale or your practice?
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Advantages of a BOE Disability
Policy
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| • Tax Deductible as a business expense |
| • Benefits for 6 – 24 months,
enough time to return or ample time to sell |
| • 80% Refund of Premium Available |
| • 100% Refund with Surrender Value
Benefit |
| • Total Disability Never Required
in some plans |
| • Loss of Gross Earnings of 20% or
more from accident or sickness qualifies. |
Reducing Term
Loan Disability
Insurance
- Problem:
You borrow money for a purchase of a new practice or for
an expansion. As long as you can run the business, the loan
will be repaid from your earnings. But how is that loan
going to be paid off in the event of your death or disability?
Many banks require you to insure for the loan to be paid
off in the event of death or disability.
- Solution:
Term Life - to pay off the loan in the
event of your death. Most dentists purchase Term Life insurance
to pay off the loan in the event of death.
Reducing Term Disability - This policy
is specifically designed for the payoff of a loan in the
event of a Disability.
- Payment - you can insure
up to 80% of the loan payment
- Term - you can match
the period of coverage to meet the terms of the loan.
e.g. 84 months for a 7 year business loan.
- Low Cost -The reducing
benefit structure allows the carrier to price coverage
much lower than traditional coverage.
- May be a Tax Deductible
Business Expense. Please contact your accountant or
tax advisor about the tax deductibility of these premiums.
Insure your loan with Reducing Term Disability instead of
your personal income policy!
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