Business Overhead Disability Income

AssurityBalance® AssurityBalance® Business Overhead Expense Disability Income Insurance You’re vital to the success of your business – it could fail if you become disabled.

YOUR If you’re a business owner, you’re aware that your income funds TWO – your personal and your business. Home such as mortgage, utilities, car payments, and credit cards can mount up in no time if you are unable to work due to a disabling illness or injury. Likewise, your business expenses FUNDS 2 like payroll, rental/lease, insurance and employee benefits would BUDGETS quickly demand your attention – and your money – as well.

Two sets of expenses with no income could land you in DOUBLE PERSONAL BUSINESS TROUBLE!

Small-business owners have to How would you manage business expenses without an income? cover their personal expenses, What would happen to the business you worked hard to build AND their business expenses. and maintain? You might hope to borrow money, but lenders may not take a chance on your business if you aren’t there to generate . On top of that, repaying a loan could become an additional burden once you’re back on your feet. Likewise, even if you could make arrangements with creditors, eventually those obligations would have to be paid. You don’t think it will be you. But it could be. You shouldn’t have to choose between paying your mortgage or your payroll!

That’s why owning Business Overhead Expense Insurance (BOE) is so important for protecting your business in the event of disability. Look at the advantages provided by an AssurityBalance BOE policy from Assurity Life Insurance Company: Just over 1 in 4 • Coverage of your business’s general operating expenses if of today’s 20-year-olds will become you become disabled • Flexibility of monthly benefit amount and benefit/ DISABLED before they retire.1 elimination periods • Affordable premiums that are generally -deductible There is a high risk of losing the business you’ve worked so hard to build! • Waiver of Premium and Rehabilitation Benefits available (in most cases) Tom’s small business earns $100,000 How does it work? Option A Option B Disability income insurance is designed to $100,000 $100,000 replace a portion of an insured’s income if he or she is unable to work due to sickness $35,000 of gross income or injury. $70,000 not covered by of gross income insurance Just as personal disability income insurance not covered by can ease the losses on the first insurance $65,000 (personal expenses), BOE insurance can go $35,000 a long way to diminish the additional losses covered by to the second budget (business expenses). $40,000 Taxable Income BOE DI $40,000 Let’s look at an example (Option A): Tom $30,000* $30,000* brings in $100,000 gross income per year covered by covered by from his small business. Of this amount, Personal DI Personal DI Tom declares $40,000 taxable income. 0 0 Personal disability income issue guidelines allow him to insure approximately 70% of Which amount would you this amount. This is the amount he would rather have as a business owner have available to pay expenses for both if a disability stops you from working? budgets if a disability occurs. However, if Tom adds BOE to the equation (Option B), he is allowed to insure an additional amount of the $100,000, so that an extra $35,000 becomes available to him, resulting in a total of $65,000 now available to pay expenses. On top of that, the affordable premiums he pays for BOE coverage are generally tax deductible!

Protect yourself from double trouble. Take steps today! Business expenses covered: 4 Lease or mortgage payments 1 5 1 5 1 5 4 Employees’ salaries, wages and benefits 1 5 4 Utilities 4 Remember: Business insurance premiums, including 1 5 and liability insurance BOE premiums are 4 , billing and collection service fees usually tax deductible! 4 Property and payroll 1 5 1 5 4 Interest payments on debts 4 Equipment and furniture 4 Office maintenance, janitorial and laundry services 1 5 * Actual amount is $29,760. The amount shown in the chart 4 Other fixed expenses was rounded up to simplify the illustration. Complete the worksheet below, and you will Features built into the policy see how valuable AssurityBalance® BOE can Accumulating Benefit: If your business’s monthly covered expenses are more than be if you are hit with a disability. the monthly benefit, the excess expenses may be carried forward and paid in a later Business Expense Worksheet month where covered expenses are less than the monthly benefit. Covered Expense Per Month Waiver of Premium: Your policy Accounting Services...... $ premiums are waived following 90 days of ...... $ total disability. Answering or Beeper Service...... $ Rehabilitation Benefit: If you become totally disabled, this plan may help pay the Employee Wages/Benefit Contributions...... $ cost of a rehabilitation program. Equipment Lease/Rental Payments...... $ Equipment Loan Payments (interest plus Choose your level of coverage greater of principal or )...... $ Elimination Period: 30, 60 or 90 days. Laundry and Cleaning Services...... $ Monthly Benefit Amount: $500–$10,000. Liability and Malpractice Insurance...... $ Benefit Period: 12 or 24 months. Mortgage Payments (interest plus greater of principal or depreciation)...... $

Office Rental Fees...... $ Policy Form No. A-D106. Office Supplies and Expenses...... $ Product availability, features and rates may Payroll Taxes (on employee salaries only)...... $ vary by state. Periodical Subscriptions...... $ This policy may contain reductions of benefits, Postage...... $ limitations and exclusions. For and Professional Dues, Fees, and Memberships...... $ complete details of the coverage, please contact your agent, Assurity Life Insurance Real Estate Taxes...... $ Company or ask to review the policy for more Utilities (electricity, heat, telephone, water)...... $ information. Miscellaneous...... $

Your Total Monthly Overhead Expenses ...... $

A company you can count on… At Assurity Life Insurance Company, we’re proud of our history of integrity and financial accountability…and our mission of helping people through difficult times. Our origins are rooted in a 125-year legacy of providing long-term security to policyholders, earning generations of customers’ confidence and trust. Assurity serves customers across the nation, offering disability income, critical illness, life and accident insurance, annuities and specialty insurance plans. With assets of nearly $2.5 billion, Assurity has built a reputation for “best in class” service, sound business practices and a disciplined approach to financial . Headquartered in Lincoln, Neb., Assurity has earned a high rating from A.M. Best Company, one of the insurance industry’s leading independent analysts. For more information about this rating, please visit www.ambest.com. PO Box 82533 • Lincoln, NE 68501-2533 15-052-02211 (Rev. 2/15) (800) 869-0355 • www.assurity.com