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Life & Living Benefits

Protect What Matters. Prepare for What You Can't Predict.

Your financial plan depends on more than investments and savings. Your income, health, family, business, and future plans all depend on your ability to keep earning and building.

We help identify the risks that could disrupt that plan and determine what protection makes sense for your situation.

Protection planning

The Question Isn't How Much Insurance You Need. It's What You Need to Protect.

Insurance should never begin with a product.

It should begin with a question:

What would financially change if something happened to you?

For some people, the greatest risk is losing their income.

For others, it is leaving a family with debt, losing a key person in a business, creating a funding problem between shareholders, or leaving an estate without the liquidity it needs.

Our role is to understand those risks first, then determine which strategies may help protect against them.

The right amount of protection is personal. It should reflect what you've built, who depends on you, and what you're planning for.

The problem

Your Financial Plan Has Risks You Can't See on a Balance Sheet.

A financial plan can look strong on paper and still have significant gaps.

  • What happens if your income stops?
  • What happens if you become seriously ill?
  • What happens if a key person in your business is suddenly unable to work?
  • What happens to a business or estate if someone dies unexpectedly?

Good planning isn't about expecting something to go wrong. It's about being prepared if it does.

Three core types of protection

Different Risks. Different Solutions.

Life Insurance

Protect the people and financial obligations that depend on you. Life insurance can provide financial protection for your family, business, estate, and other long-term commitments.

Disability Insurance

Your ability to earn an income may be one of your most valuable assets. Disability coverage can help protect that income if illness or injury prevents you from working.

Critical Illness Insurance

A serious illness can create financial pressure even when you survive. Critical illness coverage can provide financial flexibility when you may need it most.

How we help

Protection Built Around Your Life

We look at your personal, family, and business circumstances together.

Then we determine where protection may be needed, how much risk you want to retain, and which strategies may make sense.

  1. 01Income ProtectionProtect the income your financial plan depends on.
  2. 02Family ProtectionProtect the people who depend on you.
  3. 03Critical Illness ProtectionCreate financial flexibility around serious health events.
  4. 04Business & Key Person ProtectionProtect the people and relationships critical to your business.
  5. 05Shareholder ProtectionPrepare for the financial consequences of death or disability affecting an owner.
  6. 06Estate & Wealth TransferConsider liquidity and other obligations when wealth moves to the next generation.
Personal and business planning

Risk Doesn't Stop at the Office Door.

For business owners, personal and corporate finances are often closely connected.

Your income, ownership interest, key people, shareholder agreements, corporate assets, and family obligations can all be affected by an unexpected event.

That is why protection planning should be considered alongside your broader corporate strategy.

The broader plan

Protection Should Support the Rest of Your Financial Plan.

Insurance doesn't exist in isolation.

The right strategy should work alongside your savings, investments, retirement planning, business structure, tax planning, estate plan, and long-term goals.

That's why we look at the entire picture before making recommendations.

Where appropriate, we coordinate with your accountant, lawyer, investment professionals, and other specialists.

The goal isn't to own more insurance. It's to make sure the risks that matter most have been considered.

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Why it matters

Protect Your Income

Create a financial backstop around one of your most valuable assets: your ability to earn.

Protect Your Family

Help ensure the people who depend on you have financial resources when they need them.

Protect Your Business

Reduce the financial impact of losing a key person, owner, or shareholder.

Protect Your Future

Keep unexpected events from derailing the longer-term plan you've worked hard to build.

Why Work With Evernorth?

We don't believe insurance should be sold in isolation.

We first understand your financial picture, your family, your business, your income, your existing coverage, and the risks that matter most to you.

Then we determine where protection may fit.

That could mean life insurance, disability insurance, critical illness coverage, business protection, or a combination of strategies.

Where appropriate, we coordinate with your accountant, lawyer, investment professionals, and other specialists.

The recommendation should follow the need—not the other way around.

Start with the risk. Then determine the solution.

Questions

Frequently asked

NEXT STEP

Protect What You've Built.

Your financial plan should be designed for more than the best-case scenario.

Let's start with what you've built, what matters most to you, and what risks could change the plan.