Disability Care
Flexible Design with Innovative Benefits
Short Term Disability is designed to encourage ultimate flexibility. Designs can be perfectly simple, easily adjusted to match an existing plan, or enhanced with innovative benefits.
Build in the Basics
- Waiver of Premium
- Partial Disability
- Conditional Portability
- Initial Rate/Premium Guarantee
- Experience Rating
Rely on Complete Coverage
- Mental Illness
- Drug and Alcohol
- Pre-Existing Credit for Takeover groups
Experience Benefit Innovation
- Pre-Existing Condition Benefit
- Survivor Benefit
- Critical Care/FMLA
- Terminal Illness
- Organ Donation
Benefits
Total Disability Benefit
The amount of Total Disability Benefit equals the maximum benefit amount minus any deductible sources on income.
Definition
- Choice of own occupation or any occupation definition.
- Insured is unable, due to non-occupational sickness or injury, to do the substantia and material duties of his or her regular job/any occupation; and is not doing any work for pay or benefits.
Partial Disability Benefit
- Option A: The maximum benefit amount minus any deductible source of income.
- Option B: The maximum benefit amount minus 50% of deductible sources of income.
- Option C: Benefit equals 50% of the maximum benefit amount for up to six months.
Definition
- Insured is unable, due to non-occupational sickness or injury, to do one or more, but not all the substantial and material duties of his or her regular job/any occupation
- Insured has a 20% loss in pre-disability earnings due to the same non-occupational sickness or injury
- Insured is not totally disabled
- (Options B and C only) Insured was Totally Disabled during the elimination period and for at least four consecutive weeks following the elimination period for the same non-occupational sickness or injury
Covered Conditions
- Non-occupational sickness or injury
- Pregnancy
- Complications of Pregnancy
Pre-Existing Condition
Definition
Sickness or injury for which the insured had received medical treatment, consultation, care or services including diagnostic measures, or had taken prescribed drugs or medicines in the 3/6/12 months immediately prior to the effective date.
Limitation
No benefits will be paid for any disability caused by or resulting from a pre-existing condition, which begins in the first 6/12/24 months after the insured’s effective date.
Pre-existing Condition Credit for Takeovers
An insured will receive credit for a pre-existing period that has been satisfied with the prior group carrier for like benefits, as long as there is no lapse in coverage between the termination date with the prior group carrier and the effective date. The benefit is the lesser of the amount paid by the prior plan (had it remained in force) and the benefit under this coverage.
Maximum Benefit Periods
- 13 to 104 weeks
- 3, 6, 12, 24 months
Injury/Sickness Elmination Periods
0/7, 7/7, 0/14, 7/14, 14/14, 0/30, 7/30, 14/30,
30/30, 60/60, 180/180, 365/365
Standard Eligibility
Active full-time employees, age 17 to 67, on the job 90 days; longer than 90 days for part-time employees.


