The No. 1 opportunity in the DI market

January 10, 2011 at 07:00 PM
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The No. 1 reason many people don't have disability insurance coverage is because they have never been asked. Simply asking the client if they have any DI coverage is the No. 1 opportunity in the market today. This product needs to be discussed with each and every client. This expansion needs to encompass all types of insurance professionals and financial advisors.

There's an opportunity owing to the fact that DI can be sold in conjunction with any other product and make complete sense. For example, consider these scenarios:

With life insurance, the producer might ask, "What if you don't die but you become disabled?"

With investments, the producer might ask, "What if you become disabled? Will you still be able to invest?"

With health insurance, the producer might ask, "Sure, pay the hospital and the physicians, but who is going to pay you?"

With group long-term disability coverage, the producer might say, "This is inexpensive and catastrophic in nature. Let's fill the gaps and get a higher percentage of income replaced with an individual policy that will also fill the holes in a GLTD policy."

Finally, there's an opportunity to rename the product in place of DI. Consider these options: income protection, asset protection, business protection or paycheck protection.

Editor's note: The preceding is an excerpt from "Top Niche Markets for DI," a Life Insurance Selling Producer Roundtable article from the May 2010 issue. Featured is a portion of the response of noted DI expert John F. Nichols, CLU, DIA, president of Disability Resource Group Inc. in Chicago, to the question, "Where do you see the biggest opportunities in the DI business, and what are you doing to take advantage of them?" Click here to read the complete Producer Roundtable article.

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