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Why Disability Risk is a Threat to Your Retirement

5/11/2017

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There may be a hidden risk in your retirement plan that has escaped your attention. If you don’t address it now, it could threaten your ability to enjoy a comfortable and financially stable retirement. Don’t think it could happen to you? Imagine the following scenario.
 
You’re closing in on retirement. It’s less than 10 years away. You’re already planning life after you leave the working world. Perhaps you’re looking forward to enjoying vacations, your favorite hobby, or spending time with family.
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As you get older, though, you start to experience more health issues. That nagging back or joint pain could limit your mobility. Your chronic high blood pressure could develop into a serious heart issue. You could develop cancer or another life-threatening illness. You could even be involved in an accident that leaves you physically impaired.
 
All of these medical issues, and many more, can be severe enough to restrict your ability to work. If you had to take a medical leave from your career or even retire early, how would your finances be impacted? Would you have to stop saving for retirement? Would you have to prematurely withdraw money from your retirement plans?
 
The risk of disability may be greater than you think. According to the Council for Disability Awareness, 1 in 4 adults will suffer a disability at some point in life. The group reports that the average disability claim lasts nearly 32 months.1
 
Fortunately, there are steps you can take to prevent disability from undermining your retirement plans. Below are three steps you may want to consider. If you haven’t planned for disability risk, now may be the time to do so.

Create an emergency spending plan.
A budget is always a helpful tool, but it’s especially valuable during an emergency. Your budget can help you find areas of spending that you can cut quickly in the event of an emergency. For example, you might scale back on travel, shopping and other discretionary expenses. Or you might opt for a less expensive car or even a smaller home.
 
The key is to create your budget and identify these areas in advance. That doesn’t mean you should implement the spending cuts today. However, you should create a plan so you’ll know exactly which costs you could cut as soon as you suffer a disability.

Build up your emergency reserve.
Again, it’s always important to have an emergency fund. That need becomes even more critical as you approach retirement. You may want to create a sizable, liquid account that could fund months or even years of expenses.
 
A large emergency reserve could help you protect your retirement accounts. For example, if you suffer a disability and have to retire a year early, you could rely on your emergency fund to pay the bills. That allows your retirement assets to continue to grow.

Use disability insurance to protect yourself.
Finally, disability insurance may be the best way to protect yourself from disability risk. A disability insurance policy pays you a monthly benefit to replace lost income if you aren’t physically able to work.
 
There are two types of disability insurance policies: short-term policies, which pay benefits for several months, and long-term policies, which could pay benefits potentially all the way up to age 65. Disability insurance policies have a wide range of adjustable features, so you can create a policy that meets your needs and fits into your budget.
 
Ready to develop your disability protection plan? Let’s talk about it. Contact us today at Fenton Financial Services. We can help you analyze your needs and develop a strategy. Let’s connect soon and start the conversation.

1http://www.disabilitycanhappen.org/chances_disability/

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