disability insurance

American  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

Would she quit and begin collecting disability insurance instead, as she had for years after her diagnosis?

From Washington Post

In the 1950s, Social Security was extended to cover another group of people who do not work — people with disabilities — through disability insurance.

From Washington Post

Patients and employers alike can be overwhelmed by the inherent bureaucracy of the system, including worker’s compensation, Social Security disability, and private disability insurance.

From Scientific American

There has been a sharp drop in applications for S.S.I., and for disability insurance.

From New York Times

Other areas of the website, including applications for unemployment insurance or state disability insurance, “are otherwise working fine,” the department said.

From Washington Times