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disability insurance

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noun

  1. insurance providing income to a policyholder who is disabled and cannot work.


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Who held their life and disability insurance policies?

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 28, 2026

Unlike private sector employees in California, teachers and other public employees do not have access to the state’s paid family leave or state disability insurance programs.

From Los Angeles Times May 15, 2025

The group also calculated that annual disability insurance payments by the U.S.

From Science Magazine May 22, 2024

If the two-job worker needs medical care, or is temporarily disabled, those claims will be covered only by the other employer’s health insurance or temporary disability insurance, because Uber doesn’t provide this for drivers.

From Slate May 20, 2024

The principal obstacle to the successful operation of disability insurance has been the difficulty experienced in its administration—largely on account of the impracticability of closely defining permanent or total disability.

From Beneficiary Features of American Trade Unions by Kennedy, James B.

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