By offering a full range of disability benefits, you can ensure your employees are covered in the event they’re unable to work. And the result? A happier, more dedicated and more productive workforce for you.
Only 48% of American adults say they have enough savings to cover three months of living expenses in the event they’re not earning any income.1 For these employees, even a minor illness can cause financial hardship, and a serious health problem or injury could be financially devastating. Unum Disability Insurance can provide a benefit to replace a portion of an employee's lost income.
There are three types of Disability Insurance you can offer to your employees in a wide variety of circumstances. Coverage can be employer-paid, employee-paid or shared.
Through return-to-work benefits and programs, Unum also helps employees return to their jobs, saving you the cost and disruption of lost productivity — or hiring replacements.
Together, these plans can offer valuable coverage that can help your employees through a disability.
| Short Term* | Long Term | Individual | |
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| Length of possible coverage payments | 9-52 weeks | Benefits paid until retirement age | Benefits paid until retirement age |
| Amount that the benefit can pay | Up to 60% of your monthly income | Up to 60% of your monthly income | A higher percentage of your pre-disability earnings |
| Portability | Sometimes portable, depending on plan | Portable in most cases | Individually owned and can be ported |
| Most commonly used for | In 2020, Unum’s leading causes of short-term disability claims were:
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In 2020, Unum’s leading causes of long-term disability claims were:
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In 2020, Unum’s leading causes of individual disability claims were:
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By offering both Short and Long Term Disability Insurance through Unum, the plans can work together to keep employees protected when a disability lingers. The long term policy picks up when the short term policy ends, so employees do not wind up “between plans” and face a period of no income. IDI provides additional protection for employees who earn higher incomes.
Available with select Unum employee benefits plans, these services help your employees be even more prepared for challenges life might throw their way.3
Leave and absence management
Total Leave helps streamline absence management for HR while making leave easy and accessible for employees.
*Group and Individual
The policies or their provisions may vary or be unavailable in some states. The policies have exclusions and limitations which may affect any benefits payable. See the actual policy or your Unum representative for specific provisions and details of availability.
Group STD and LTD: Applicable to policy form C.FP-1 et.al.
Individual Disability Insurance: Applicable to policy forms 850 and 851. The expected benefit ratio for policy form 850 is 54% and for policy form 850-F is 61%. The expected benefit ratio for policy form 851 is 60% and for policy form 851-F is 67%.
Individual STD: Applicable to policy form L-21776. In NY, applicable to policy form FUL-21776. The expected benefit ratio for policy form FUL-21776 is 50%.
Expected benefit ratio: This ratio is the portion of future payments that the company expects to return as benefits when averaged over all people with this policy.
Group disability: Underwritten by Unum Life Insurance Company of America, Portland, ME. In New York, underwritten by First Unum Life Insurance Company, Garden City, NY.
Individual disability: Underwritten by Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company, Chattanooga, TN. In New York, underwritten by Provident Life and Casualty Insurance Company, Chattanooga, TN
Individual Short Term disability: Underwritten by Provident Life and Accident Insurance, Chattanooga, TN. In New York, underwritten by First Unum Life Insurance Company, Garden City, NY.
These policies provide disability income insurance only. They do NOT provide basic hospital, basic medical or major medical insurance as defined by the New York State Department of Financial Services.
