One of the readers of AK71 solicited his views on Eldershield in his blog, "A Singapore Stock Market Investor". In his post, the author wrote that he don't need the Eldershield protection but nonetheless, had not opted out of the scheme due to his "friend's persuasion" (Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents (PRs) with Medisave accounts are automatically covered under ElderShield at the age of 40).In his article, AK71 also downplayed the importance of Eldershield, stating that he don't need disability insurance as he is a "Superman" with self-generating assets. After reading the article, I was unimpressed and thought it was ridiculous that a finance blogger could write such warped immature material on Eldershield without even having first-hand experience with the scheme. Such an article only serves to reinforce the ignorance among Singaporeans on insurance. Make no mistake, I hope that none of my readers would ever suffer the ill ...