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Berkshire Life Offers Disability Product for Home Businesses. (New Products and Services).


Berkshire Berkshire (bärk`shĭr, –shər, bûrk`–) or Berks (bärks, bûrks), former county, S central England.  Life Insurance Company of America America [for Amerigo Vespucci], the lands of the Western Hemisphere—North America, Central (or Middle) America, and South America. The world map published in 1507 by Martin Waldseemüller is the first known cartographic use of the name. , Pittsfield Pittsfield, city (1990 pop. 48,622), seat of Berkshire co., W Mass., between mountain ranges, on branches of the Housatonic River; inc. as a town 1761, as a city 1889. The city is the metropolis of the Berkshire resort area. , Mass., is offering own-occupation disability income coverage for home-based professionals.

Using the Provider Plus policy, Berkshire takes a total-disability approach that liberates agents and brokers from having to prove that clients qualify for benefits under usual home-based coverages, which require certain levels of business-related activities. According to according to
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 the National Association of Home-Based Businesses, more than 55 million Americans work from home, including telecommuters
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Title Annotation:New disability income coverage for home-based professionals
Comment:Berkshire Life Offers Disability Product for Home Businesses. (New Products and Services).(New disability income coverage for home-based professionals)
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Date:Mar 1, 2002
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