INSURING CLAUSE If you become Disabled while insured under the Group Policy, we will pay LTD Benefits according to the terms of the Group Policy after we receive satisfactory Proof Of Loss. LT.IC.01 DEFINITION OF DISABILITY You are Disabled if you meet one of the following definitions: A. Own Occupation Definition Of Disability During the Benefit Waiting Period and the first 24 months for which LTD Benefits are paid (Own Occupation Period), you are required to be Disabled only from your Own Occupation. You are Disabled from your Own Occupation if, as a result of Sickness, Injury or Pregnancy, you are unable to perform with reasonable continuity the Material Duties of your Own Occupation. B. Any Occupation Definition Of Disability From the end of the Own Occupation Period to the end of the Maximum Benefit Period (Any Occupation Period), you are required to be Disabled from all occupations. You are Disabled from all occupations if, as a result of Sickness, Injury or Pregnancy, you are unable to perform with reasonable continuity the Material Duties of any gainful occupation for which you are reasonably able through education, training, and experience C. Partial Disability Definition 1. During the Benefit Waiting Period and the Own Occupation Period, you are Partially Disabled if you are working in your Own Occupation but, as a result of Sickness, Injury or Pregnancy, you are unable to earn more than the Own Occupation Income Level (80% of Indexed Predisability Earnings). 2. During the Any Occupation Period, you are Partially Disabled if you are working in an occupation but, as a result of Sickness, Injury or Pregnancy, you are unable to earn more than the Any Occupation Income Level (60% of Indexed Predisability Earnings) in that occupation and in all other occupations for which you are reasonably suited under the Any Occupation Definition of Disability. You may work in another occupation while you meet the Own Occupation Definition of Disability. If you are Disabled from your Own Occupation, there is no limit on your Work Earnings in another occupation. Your Work Earnings may be Deductible Income. See Return To Work Incentive and Deductible Income. Own Occupation means any employment, business, trade, profession, calling or vocation that involves Material Duties of the same general character as your regular and ordinary employment with your Employer. Your Own Occupation is not limited to your job with your Employer. Material Duties means the essential tasks, functions and operations, and the skills, abilities, knowledge, training and experience, generally required by employers from those engaged in a particular occupation. LT.DD.01X RETURN TO WORK INCENTIVE A. During The Benefit Waiting Period You may serve your Benefit Waiting Period while working, if you meet either the Own Occupation Definition of Disability or the Partial Disability Definition. 377661-B - 6 - 6/29/2022
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