The provision to pay benefits to a covered disabled person as long as he/ she remains disabled up to a specified period not exceeding two years.
A type of disability income coverage that provides disability income benefits for a maximum benefit period of from one to five years. Contrast with long-term disability income insurance. TO TOP
Disability income insurance that provides a benefit for a short disability or for the first part of a long disability. Group short-term disability generally specifies a maximum benefit period of less than one year, commonly 13, 26, or 52 weeks. Individual short-term disability insurance features a maximum benefit period of from one to five years. See also disability income insurance, and long-term disability income insurance.
Disability income insurance which provides a benefit for a short disability or for the first part of a long disability. See also disability income insurance, long-term disability income insurance, and weekly indemnity plan.
A group or individual policy usually written to cover a short term disability (13-26 weeks).