More and more attention has been focused on women and how theymake inroads in their careers. The national debate centers on howwomen, particularly working mothers, should be considering theirascent to the top of the corporate ladder, but one crucial elementof the conversation is missing: how to protect their earnings.
Today, in many households, women are the breadwinners. A recentstudy released by Pew Research Center found 4 in 10 households withchildren under age 18 include a woman as the sole or primary wageearner.
What this statistic doesn't show is that many of these women —who are keeping their families afloat financially — may not havethe proper financial safety net in place should somethingunexpected happen to them. According to LIMRA, even when women havelife insurance, they are not as covered as their malecounterparts.
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