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True Own-Occupation Income Protection

Protect the Specialized Career You Worked Decades to Build.

For high-earning physicians, surgeons, attorneys, and business leaders, your specialized skillset is your largest capital asset. A single unexpected illness or injury can jeopardize millions in future earnings.

Aurexx analyzes proprietary carrier contracts across MassMutual, Guardian Life, Principal, and Ameritas to lock in non-cancellable, true own-occupation definitions tailored to your specialty.

True Own-Occupation Definition

Pays full benefits if you cannot practice in your specific medical or legal specialty.

Non-Cancellable & Guaranteed Renewable

Premiums are locked in and can never be increased by the carrier to age 65/67.

Portable Personal Policy

Coverage stays with you regardless of changes in hospital system, partnership, or state.

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Secure your income with true own-occupation coverage

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Specialist Underwriting

Who Needs Individual Disability Protection?

Physicians & Surgeons

Specialty medical training means an injury limiting procedural duties could end clinical income. True own-occ ensures complete benefit payouts.

Litigators & Attorneys

High billable-hour demands make cognitive and chronic pain conditions significant threats to partnership earnings.

Business Owners & Founders

No employer sick leave or safety net. Individual coverage and Business Overhead Expense (BOE) keep the company solvent.

Dentists & Orthodontists

Severe musculoskeletal strain and fine-motor precision demands make private disability insurance essential.

Executives & C-Suite

Layering individual coverage over corporate group caps to replace bonuses, equity compensation, and true earnings.

Families with Mortgages & Tuition

Ensuring multi-decade lifestyle continuity and tuition commitments remain uninterrupted.

Key Contract Provisions Evaluated by Aurexx

Benefit Amount: The monthly tax-free payment you receive while disabled, based on your earnings history.
Benefit Period: How long benefits are paid — options typically include 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, or to age 65/67.
Elimination Period: The waiting period before benefits begin (standard is 90 days).
Future Increase Option (FIO): Guarantees the right to increase coverage as your income grows without medical exams.
Residual / Partial Benefit: Pays proportional benefits if you lose 15–20%+ income working part-time due to illness.
COLA Rider: Adjusts monthly benefits annually for inflation during long-term claims.

Frequently Asked Questions

Clear answers regarding own-occupation underwriting and claims.