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Disability Claims Slide

Amid the recession, the number of claims filed for both short-term and long-term disability declined in 2009

By staff Writer | Updated on February 01, 2011

Amid the recession, the number of claims filed for both short-term and long-term disability declined in 2009, according to an annual survey by the National Business Group on Health, a non-profit that represents 300 large U.S. employers. But costs for long-term disability claims jumped.

There were 6.7 short-term disability claims per 100 insured employees in 2009, down from 8.1 in 2008, and just 3.4 long-term claims, down from 4.6 in 2008, according to the NBGH survey.

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