Business Overhead Expense

Is this the same as disability insurance?

No. Business Overhead Expense pays the fixed costs of running your office while you’re disabled. It doesn’t replace your own income: that’s what Disability Income Protection does.

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Keeps your business running if you can’t work because of an accident or illness.

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