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WSJ Your Money Briefing

Open Enrollment: Should You Buy Disability Insurance?

WSJ Your Money Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Business News

3.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

More companies are offering disability insurance as part of annual benefits options. WSJ personal-finance reporter Julia Carpenter joins host J.R. Whalen to discuss questions employees should ask before signing up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey your money briefing listeners, this is J.R. Whelan.

0:03.0

Here at YMB, we're all about bringing you important personal finance and career news

0:07.5

to help you make better decisions about your money.

0:09.9

But we want to learn more about you.

0:11.9

What kind of financial knowledge do you have?

0:14.1

And where could you stand to learn more?

0:16.1

If you're listening on Spotify,

0:17.7

look for our poll under the episode description

0:20.2

or you can send us an email to YMB at wsj.

0:24.8

That's YMB at wsj.

0:29.2

Now on to the show.

0:30.4

Here's your money briefing for show.

0:33.0

Here's your money briefing for Wednesday, November 8th.

0:36.0

I'm J. R. Whelan for the Wall Street Journal.

0:41.0

Toward the top of the list for people choosing next year's health benefits are

0:45.0

medical and dental plans but one area of coverage that's sometimes overlooked

0:49.6

is disability insurance. Disability insurance is definitely worst case scenario planning.

0:55.3

You are planning for the possibility that you will become disabled either due to an illness or an

1:01.5

injury or something else,

1:03.0

and you'll be unable to work for a period of time

1:05.1

and you'll need your income replaced.

1:07.4

We'll talk to Wall Street Journal Personal Finance

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