Own Occupation definition

Own Occupation means your occupation that you were performing when your Disability or Partial Disability began. For the purposes of determining Disability under this plan, Liberty will consider your occupation as it is normally performed in the national economy.
Own Occupation means the regular occupation in which Executive is engaged under this Agreement at the time Executive becomes disabled.
Own Occupation means the activity that you regularly perform and that serves as your source of income. It is not limited to the specific position you held with your Employer. It may be a similar activity that could be performed with your Employer or any other employer.

Examples of Own Occupation in a sentence

  • The period of Temporary Recovery will not count toward your Benefit Waiting Period, your Maximum Benefit Period or your Own Occupation Period.

  • The attending Physician must be able to provide objective medical evidence to support his/her opinion as to why you are not able to perform the Material Duties of your Own Occupation or Any Occupation.

  • In determining your Own Occupation, we are not limited to looking at the way you perform your job for your Employer, but we may also look at the way the occupation is generally performed in the national economy.

  • Active Work and Actively At Work mean performing with reasonable continuity the Material Duties of your Own Occupation at your Employer's usual place of business.

  • You must accept any position within a broad definition of Own Occupation that you can perform and which your Employer or another employer makes available during the Own Occupation Period regardless of whether the compensation for such work is less than your Predisability Earnings.


More Definitions of Own Occupation

Own Occupation means the essential duties of your own occupation (see section D).
Own Occupation means the essential duties of your own
Own Occupation means you can make a claim if you are unable to perform your own job; however, being covered under ‘Any Occupation’ means that you have to be unable to perform any job, with equivalent earnings to the job you were doing before not taken into account.
Own Occupation means the usual and customary occupation which a claimant performed on a regular and continuing basis before becoming disabled. One's own occupation is determined at the beginning of a period of disability and takes into account professionally recognized specialties. The own occupation period as spelled out is limited to 12 months for any disability that begins when LTD insurance is continued because of a severance of employment.
Own Occupation means the occupation in which you were engaged immediately before the start of your Total and Permanent Disability.
Own Occupation means the regular position, job or work classification (apart from any temporary assignment) to which a Member was assigned at the time he became disabled. Short term Pre-Disability Bi-weekly Gross Earnings means the basic wages and salaries prescribed in Schedule 1 of this Agreement (or equivalent index rate) that the Member received or is due, based on the classification or position in which the Member worked for the greatest number of hours in the 60 calendar day period immediately prior to the date the Disability occurred. This excludes all bonuses, overtime, shift differential, service pay, statutory holiday or any other payments that are not considered a part of basic wages and salary, normally paid to the Member.
Own Occupation means the Covered Person's occupation that he was performing when his Disability or Partial Disability began. For the purposes of determining Disability under this policy, Lincoln will consider the Covered Person's occupation as it is normally performed in the national economy.