Disability Insurance

Disability Insurance, insurance designed to provide money in place of earnings lost when a person is unable to work for a long period due to a health problem. Disability insurance may be provided by governments, purchased by individuals, or included in employer-provided insurance packages.

For information on:

• benefits paid, see Health Insurance: Disability Insurance
• disability aspects of Social Security, including Old-Age, Survivors', and Disability Insurance (OASDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI), see Social Security: Retirement, Disability, Death, and Medicare Benefits
• coverage for work-related disabilities, see Workers' Compensation
• insurance and the insurance industry, see Insurance