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Start with the income behind the plan.

What protects your paycheck today? Let's find out.

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A MESSAGE FROM MATT

Why your paycheck comes first.

The goals are different for everyone. But nearly every financial plan has the same engine: income.

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25+ Years Focused On Income Protection

Independent Guidance · Multiple Carriers

25+ Years Focused On Income Protection

CFP® Perspective

Independent Guidance · Multiple Carriers

25+ Years Focused On Income Protection

Independent Guidance · Multiple Carriers

The StartSmart way begins with your income.

WHY YOUR PAYCHECK MATTERS

Your income does more than pay bills. It keeps life moving.

It supports the people you love, the choices you have, and the progress you’re making. Before we talk about insurance, we identify what your paycheck is actually doing for you.

Paycheck protection isn't about expecting the worst. It's about protecting the things your income makes possible.

Your Home

Your Freedom

Your Family

Your Freedom

Your Family

Your Freedom

Your Future

Your Freedom

THE STARTSMART PAYCHECK REVIEW

Before you buy anything, know where you stand.

A policy is not automatically the answer. First, understand what your paycheck makes possible and what would still be available if it stopped.

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What does your income make possible?

Would more protection make a difference?

What does your income make possible?

We begin with the life, responsibilities, and future your paycheck is supporting right now.

What protection is already in place?

Would more protection make a difference?

What does your income make possible?

Employer benefits, paid leave, savings, personal coverage and other resources all count.

Would more protection make a difference?

If it would, we explore your options. If what you already have works for you, that's a useful answer too.

Disability insurance isn't the point. Keeping your life and your plans in motion is.

PLANNING FIRST. PRODUCT SECOND.

MEET THE PERSON BEHIND STARTSMART

25 Years in Disability Insurance. One simple mission.

I built StartSmart for one reason: to help you see what protects your income, understand your choices, and decide what makes sense for your life. Better questions, clear answers, and room to say no.

Based in the Charlotte, North Carolina area, I work with consumers nationwide.

— Matt Jachelski, CFP®

Protecting Your Paycheck Starts Here

What is paycheck protection? Do I really need it?

I wrote Protecting Your Paycheck to help you find your own answers.

Learn how disability income insurance works, what protection you may already have, and what to consider before buying a policy.

Clear explanations. Practical questions. Your decision.

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