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Retirement ProtectionPlus Program
Protection for Retirement Plan Contributions
A Unique Benefit for Valued Employees
8563-11-092009-11697
Disability insurance Policy Forms 1400 or 1500 underwritten and issued by Berkshire Life Insurance Company of America, Pittsfield, MA, a wholly owned stock subsidiary of The Guardian Life Insurance Company
of America, New York, NY. Policy provisions and features may vary from state to state.
Retirement Protection Plus is not a pension plan or a substitute for one.
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Your Business, Your People
• You’ve worked hard to build your business and attract the best employees.
• You also work to retain your people, by providing them with a strong package of benefits…
including a retirement plan.
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Retirement Planning
• Saving for retirement is one of the most critical financial issues you and your employees face.
• But to assure an adequate retirement income, you must be able to work and contribute to your plan.
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A Question
If sickness or injury made you unable to work, what would happen to your retirement plan?
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Your Retirement Plan is Vulnerable
• Contributions continue only as long as you remain on the payroll
• Group and individual disability insurance do not cover retirement plan contributions
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What’s the Impact?
Individual age 35 works to age 65 and makes $1,500 monthly contributions to a defined contribution plan.
*Assumes annual rate of return of 8% on retirement contributions with no disbursements taken prior to age 65. This rate is for Illustration purposes only. Actual results may vary.
$0
$500,000
$1,000,000
$1,500,000
$2,000,000
$2,500,000
35 40 45 50 55 60 65Age
$2,235,539*
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Retirement Protection Plus
• Helps to protect retirement income in the event of a serious disability
• Pays benefits to replace lost retirement plan contributions
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How It Works
• Funded by an individual disability income policy, or by a special rider attached to a policy
• Can replace 100% of current retirement plan contributions, including employer contribution
• Not a pension plan or a substitute for one
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How It Works
• Benefits are paid directly into a special trust
• Trustee is Berkshire Bank, Pittsfield, MA
• Trust assets are invested by trustee at the disabled employee’s direction
• Trust assets distributed at age 65
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Retirement Protection Plus
• Simple to set up
• May be employer-pay or voluntary
• Employer sponsored discount may be available
• You choose who is eligible
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For a Proposal…
• Employees you wish to include
• A few details on your firm’s retirement plan
• How you wish to have program funded
Retirement ProtectionPlus Program
Protection for Retirement Plan Contributions
A Unique Benefit for Valued Employees