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The Most Overlooked Risk for Self-Employed Professionals

If you run your own business or have a side hustle, you are your most valuable asset.
Without you, there’s no sales, no service, no revenue.

Yet, most self-employed people I speak with have zero disability protection in place.

Here’s the hard truth:
      •     An injury or illness can take you out of work for months—or longer.
      •     Without coverage, your income stops, but your bills and business expenses don’t.
      •     Your savings (and retirement plans) can be wiped out faster than you think.

If your ability to work is your greatest income-producing asset, why leave it unprotected?

Disability insurance is designed to replace a portion of your income if you can’t work due to illness or injury—helping you keep your business afloat, your personal bills paid, and your long-term plans intact.

The reality:
➡️ Employees often have group coverage.
➡️ Self-employed and side-business owners rarely do.
➡️ The financial fallout of not having it can be devastating.

You wouldn’t run your business without protecting your equipment, your inventory, or your intellectual property.
So why run it without protecting you?

If you’re self-employed or running a side business, it’s time to take this seriously.
Your income powers everything else—make sure it’s protected.

The process for coverage is simple, but the benefits are huge!

Interested? Let’s talk about if it’s right for you.

Your family’s future deserves more than hope — it deserves certainty.

As parents, we wear a lot of titles — provider, protector, role model, coach, problem solver. But if I’m being honest, the most important role we’ll ever have is making sure our families are cared for no matter what happens.

Here’s the truth: too many families are walking around under protected, relying on a single work policy or a bit of term coverage. And while those are steps in the right direction, they often fall short of what’s truly needed.

The families I work with are often surprised to learn that building a layered protection strategy doesn’t just mean “having insurance.” It means creating a plan that works for you in real life — one that covers the unexpected today and fuels your goals for tomorrow.
      •     Term insurance: Affordable protection during the years your family depends on you most.
      •     Permanent insurance: Lifetime coverage that guarantees stability and peace of mind.
      •     Participating policies: Protection that not only provides a growing death benefit but also builds tax-advantaged cash value you can use while you’re alive — for opportunities, emergencies, or to supercharge your retirement.
      •     Critical illness coverage: For you — and even your children — so that if a serious diagnosis ever strikes, you have the ability to step away from work, focus on what truly matters, and still keep your financial goals on track. With return-of-premium options, if you stay healthy, you can get your money back — turning peace of mind into a win-win.

When layered together, these solutions don’t just protect your family — they create a legacy and a financial foundation that lasts for generations.

Because at the end of the day, the cars, the house, the lifestyle… none of it matters if the people you love most aren’t secure.

So I’ll ask you this: If something happened tomorrow, would your family have certainty — or just hope?

When the economy gets shaky, the first thing many business owners cut is their protection plan.

I get it. You’re watching expenses. You’re trying to keep payroll moving. You’re hoping this quarter doesn’t turn into a longer storm.

But here’s the truth: the right insurance strategy doesn’t drain your business, it protects it from sinking. Especially in tough times.

Over the past few months, I’ve had conversations with business owners who’ve been navigating slower sales, rising costs, and unpredictable markets. Some of them have taken hits. Others are just trying to hold the line.

And here’s the pattern I’ve seen:
The ones who built proper risk protection into their financial plan, well before things got hard, have stayed afloat. Their families are protected. Their cash flow isn’t crippled. And their long-term goals haven’t been derailed.

Because when things go sideways, whether it’s a critical illness, a lawsuit, a sudden disability, or even an early death the right insurance solution can be the one thing that saves the business, the family, and the legacy you’ve worked so hard to build.

Here’s the key, though:

Protection can’t be built in isolation.
It needs to be part of a bigger plan that understands how your corporation operates, what your accountant is optimizing for, and how your legal structures are set up.

That’s where working with the right advisor matters.

I don’t just sell policies. I help business owners:
      •     Integrate protection into their corporate tax strategy
      •     Build legacy and succession plans that make sense
      •     Collaborate with their accountant, lawyer, and bookkeeper to ensure everything works together, not against each other

Whether it’s corporate-owned insurance for tax-efficient wealth transfer, buy-sell protection between partners, or a holding company strategy that supports retirement income down the road—it all starts with a plan that aligns with your goals and your business model.

If you’re building something that supports your family, your team, and your future…
Then now is the time to ask:

➡️ Is your business protected from the risks that could undo it all?
➡️ Have you built insurance into your offense strategy, not just as a backup?
➡️ Is your plan working hand-in-hand with your accountant and lawyer—or is it sitting in a drawer somewhere?

If the answer isn’t crystal clear, it might be time for a conversation.

Let’s build a plan that protects your hard work, honors your goals, and grows alongside your business.

📩 Send me a message if you want to chat. I’ll walk you through the same process we use with business owners to protect what matters, without overcomplicating things.

And if you’ve worked with me and know someone who needs this kind of support, I’d be grateful for the introduction.

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