Hartford launched DisabilityFLEX(sm), voluntary group disability insurance that allows employees to customize their income protection in three key ways, how much money they receive, when, and for how long if they are unable to work due to an off-the-job injury or illness. With DisabilityFLEX, employees create their own income protection by making choices about: Benefit amount: How much the employee will receive as a weekly flat dollar amount, from $200 to $1,000; Start date: When the employee begins receiving the benefit, from eight to 30 days after a non-work-related injury or illness that is covered by the plan; and Duration: How long the employee will receive the benefit, up to 104 weeks. The company is offering DisabilityFLEX, which is fully funded by employees, to companies with 50 to 999 people, with a variety of incomes.

Beginning in May, the flexible coverage will be available to companies with more than 1,000 employees. DisabilityFLEX joins the company's's suite of voluntary products that includes group life, standard short- and long-term disability, and accidental death & dismemberment insurance.