The 1988 Paralympic Games in South Korea changed my outlook on disability – and ultimately helped shift the focus of my group benefits career to disability income insurance and instilled a strong belief in an advocacy-based approach.
At the time, I was a group underwriter with Hartford Life. I also was a pretty serious competitive wheelchair athlete. While I played just about everything – basketball, tennis, skiing – it was in wheelchair racing that I became good enough to compete on a national and then international level, eventually earning a place on the ’84 and ’88 U.S. Paralympic teams.
