Disability Insurance Calculator
Estimate your monthly disability or income protection insurance premium based on income, benefit period, waiting period, and occupation risk class.
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How to use this calculator
- 1
Select your country to apply local disability insurance pricing benchmarks.
- 2
Enter your gross monthly income — the benefit is calculated as 65% of this amount.
- 3
Choose a benefit period: longer periods provide cover for longer but cost more.
- 4
Select your waiting (elimination) period — shorter waits mean higher premiums.
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Pick your occupation risk class based on the physical demands of your job.
Frequently asked questions
How does this tool calculate the premium?
This tool sets the monthly benefit at 65% of the gross monthly income you enter, then multiplies that benefit by three figures from a built-in table: a base rate for your country and occupation class, a multiplier for the benefit period and a multiplier for the waiting period. The result is the monthly premium, and the annual premium is twelve times that. The rates are assumptions built into the tool, not quotes from any insurer.
Can I change the 65% benefit level?
No. The benefit is fixed at 65% of income in the code, and the output line says so. A policy with a different cap, an offset for other benefits or a partial-disability feature would price differently. The tool also does not cap the benefit at an insurer maximum.
How much do the waiting period and benefit period change the result?
In the US table the multipliers are 1.40 for a 30-day wait, 1.20 for 60 days, 1.00 for 90 and 0.75 for 180, and 0.55, 0.75 and 1.00 for 2-year, 5-year and to-65 benefit periods. At the default $5,000 income, that makes a 30-day wait cost about $100 a month against about $72 at 90 days, roughly 29% less for the longer wait. Other countries use their own multipliers.
What does the occupation class do?
It selects one of three base rates for the country: low, medium or high risk. In the US table they are 1.5%, 2.2% and 3.0% of the monthly benefit. The tool does not map a job title to a class, so you choose the class yourself. It does not use age, sex, smoker status, health or hobbies, which real underwriters do.
Is the result a quote, and does it cover tax or exclusions?
No. It is a rough estimate from simple multipliers that the tool’s tables do not update automatically. Insurers use detailed underwriting, and insurance and tax treatment of premiums and benefits vary by country and change over time. The tool does not include riders, indexation, own-occupation definitions, exclusions, tax on benefits or any employer-paid cover. A licensed adviser or insurer can give a real quote.
What happens at zero income?
An income of 0, which is also what a cleared box becomes, shows a zero benefit and zero premium. The percent-of-income line shows 0.00% instead of dividing by zero. Negative entries are treated as zero.
Why do the premium and annual figures look slightly inconsistent?
Both are rounded for display. The tool calculates the annual premium as twelve times the unrounded monthly premium, so a monthly figure of $100 can sit beside an annual figure of $1,201 rather than $1,200. The effect is a few units at most and does not change with the inputs.
Disability Insurance Calculator — how the premium estimate is built
Premium equals benefit times three multipliers
The tool first fixes a monthly benefit of 65% of gross monthly income. It then multiplies that benefit by a base rate for the country and occupation class, a multiplier for the benefit period and a multiplier for the waiting period, and shows the monthly premium, the annual premium and the premium as a share of income. Everything in the model comes from tables in the code. There is no age, health, sex or smoking input, and no insurer data, so the output is an illustration of how the variables push the price up or down, not a prediction of any real quote.
Base rates built into the tool
The table lists the rate applied to the monthly benefit for each country and occupation class, before the benefit-period and waiting-period multipliers. These are the tool’s assumptions. Insurance pricing and the tax treatment of premiums and benefits vary by country and change over time, and the tables here are not updated automatically, so ask an insurer or adviser for real figures.
| Country | Low risk | Medium risk | High risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1.5% | 2.2% | 3.0% |
| United Kingdom | 0.3% | 0.8% | 1.5% |
| India | 1.0% | 1.5% | 2.0% |
| Canada | 1.5% | 2.0% | 2.5% |
| Australia | 0.5% | 1.0% | 1.5% |
Worked example: the default and a shorter wait
The default US profile is $5,000 of income, medium risk, benefit to 65 and a 90-day wait. The benefit is $3,250 and the premium is $72 a month, $858 a year, 1.43% of income. Change only the waiting period to 30 days and the 1.40 multiplier lifts the premium to $100 a month, $1,201 a year, 2.00% of income. The only difference between the two runs is the waiting period, so the roughly 40% higher figure is the cost the tool attaches to starting benefits two months sooner.
Worked example: other countries and risk classes
A UK low-risk profile earning £4,000 a month, with a 2-year benefit and a 30-day wait, has a £2,600 benefit and a premium of £6 a month, £70 a year, 0.15% of income. An Australian high-risk profile on A$8,000, a 5-year benefit and a 180-day wait has a A$5,200 benefit and A$42 a month, A$505 a year. In India, ₹1,00,000 of income at low risk gives a ₹65,000 benefit and ₹650 a month. A Canadian high-risk profile on CA$6,000 with a 60-day wait shows CA$115 a month, CA$1,381 a year, 1.92% of income.
What the estimate leaves out
The model ignores age, health, occupation title, the insurer’s definition of disability, offsets for other benefits, riders, inflation protection and any maximum benefit. It does not model employer-provided cover, state benefits or the tax on premiums and benefits. A longer waiting period lowers the figure only because the multiplier is lower, and a longer benefit period raises it for the same reason. Use the tool to see the direction of each choice, and get a real quote before relying on any number.
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