Overall, the COVID-19 crisis appears to have sucked muchof the energy out of disability awareness month promotionalefforts. (Credit: Thinkstock; NIH)
It's May, and that means Disability Insurance Awareness Month2020 has started.
The month has arrived as the possible COVID-19 effects on lifeinsurance and health insurance claims are dominating the insurancenews, and as efforts to use low interest rates to keep the economyafloat are depressing the bond earnings that life insurers need towrite profitable long-term disability insurance business.
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Allison Bell
Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.
