Most employees know little or nothing about disability insurance. But when they find out about it, they want it.

So says a national survey of 1,200 employees from the Consumer Federation of America and Unum. When given information about this financial protection benefit, nine out of 10 employees say they want disability coverage and would pay for it.

In the CFA-Unum survey, only 13 percent of all employees say they know "a lot" about this insurance, and less than half of those who say they have coverage know how much it costs (41 percent) or what its benefits are (47 percent).

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