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To see how COVID-19 changed the industry, look at disability insurance

The pandemic made consumers think more about the possibility of critical illness and injury.

By Mike Brown | March 30, 2022 at 01:00 AM
For many consumers, I’m sure they were most concerned with contracting the COVID-19 virus, and that’s why they went searching for a larger disability insurance benefit. But I believe the coronavirus pandemic also just generally elevated our collective concern for just how easy it is to fall victim to any type of illness and any type of injury. (Credit: Photocreo Bednarek/Adobe Stock) For many consumers, I’m sure they were most concerned with contracting the COVID-19 virus, and that’s why they went searching for a larger disability insurance benefit. But I believe the coronavirus pandemic also just generally elevated our collective concern for just how easy it is to fall victim to any type of illness and any type of injury. (Credit: Photocreo Bednarek/Adobe Stock)

To say the coronavirus pandemic changed the way we operate would be quite an understatement. It changed how we work, educate and socialize. Who knows if anything will go back to the way it was pre-pandemic.

The pandemic definitely changed the insurance market as well. In this case, the most common example cited pertains to life insurance. Death became a very real, very distinct, very sudden possibility for every single person.

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