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The 2011 DIAM spokesperson is Rosemarie Rossetti. Rosemarie is passionate about disability insurance and the need for agents to reach out to Americans and help them get the coverage they need. You see, Rosemarie’s life was changed in an instant when a tree fell on her while she was biking, paralyzing her from the waist down. It was her disability insurance that helped her through her darkest hours—and years—when she had no paycheck coming in.
The 2011 DIAM spokesperson is Rosemarie Rossetti. Rosemarie is passionate about disability insurance and the need for agents to reach out to Americans and help them get the coverage they need. You see, Rosemarie’s life was changed in an instant when a tree fell on her while she was biking, paralyzing her from the waist down. It was her disability insurance that helped her through her darkest hours—and years—when she had no paycheck coming in.
John Ogonowski was both a farmer and a pilot. On September 11, 2001, John was piloting American Airlines Flight 11 when it was hijacked and flown into the World Trade Center. Because John had life insurance, his wife, Peg, was able to pay off the mortgage, retire debts, set aside college money for their three girls and keep the family farm.
When Vernon Duckett first heard of long-term care insurance from his wife, Helen, he wasn’t enthusiastic, but his wife talked him into it. Years later when Helen was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, Vernon was thankful they had purchased the coverage. Helen’s policy paid for the best possible care until her death at age 82 and has preserved Vernon’s financial independence.
May is Disability Insurance Awareness Month (DIAM), the perfect opportunity to remind people in your community to protect their paychecks. Watch this video message from John Nichols, president of Disability Resource Group and spokesperson for DIAM, coordinated by the LIFE Foundation. People don’t think twice about protecting their homes and cars with insurance, but are they protecting something many times more valuable—their paychecks—with disability insurance?
