Here is some truly wonderful news to mark October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month: New research from Unum reveals that
In cases of long-term disability, the rates rose more than 6%, from 47% to 53.6%.
Told ya it was wonderful news.
According to Diane Garofalo, senior vice president of
Which, as an employer and just
Cancer has been the leading cause of long-term disability claims for Unum for the last nine years, and breast cancer consistently is the most common type, accounting for nearly one in four long-term disability cancer claims.
In addition to being the leading cause of long-term disability cancer claims, breast cancer is responsible for nearly one in five of Unum’s short-term disability cancer claims.
So, although employees may not
Keep fighting the good fight, and know that in doing so you may be saving an employee and their family from financial ruin.
According to the American Cancer Society, breast cancer is the most common cancer among American women, except for skin cancers. During 2010, about 207,090 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in women.
And although BCAM is nearly over,
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