Why do you need trauma cover?

Ongoing improvements and advancements in modern medicine mean you have a greater chance of surviving a serious illness or condition, but it can have a serious financial impact on your business. Having Trauma Cover in place can help minimise the financial impact.

Some examples of how this money can help are:

  • a cash injection to help your business continue operating
  • clearing business debt or loans
  • recruitment costs to find a replacement person
  • succession planning
  • executing a buy/sell agreement.

Accelerated or standalone

Trauma Cover can be ‘accelerated’  against Life Cover. This means that the Life Cover sum insured will be reduced by the amount we pay for any Trauma Cover claims.

The sum insured for any other accelerated covers may also be reduced.

Alternatively, Trauma Cover can be ‘standalone’, which means that any Trauma Cover claim paid is independent of any Life Cover.

Benefits

Trauma Cover provides several benefits that are built into the cover as well as some options you can choose to add at an additional cost. This makes it easy to tailor your Trauma Cover to suit your needs and budget.
Full Trauma Benefit

Benefits at a glance

Payment of the full Trauma Cover sum insured if you get a covered condition under our Full Trauma Benefit.

Diagnosis Benefit

Benefits at a glance

An early payment of 25 percent of the Trauma Cover sum insured (up to $75,000) if you're diagnosed  with one of the specific conditions.

Partial Benefit

Benefits at a glance

A partial payment of  25 percent of the Trauma Cover sum insured (up to $75,000) if you get a condition listed under our Partial Benefit.

Cover Conversion Option

Benefits at a glance

Allows you to convert your Life Cover to another policy if your circumstances change.

Support Person Accommodation & Transfer Benefit

Benefits at a glance

Cover for costs of  accommodation and transport for a support person to go with you if you need to travel away from your home area for treatment.

Financial & Legal Advice

Benefits at a glance

A reimbursement of  up to $2,500 for the costs of receiving professional advice.

Business Increase

Optional benefits

Allows you to  increase the sum insured without further assessment of health if there's a justified need for additional cover.

Optional Life Cover Buy-Back (accelerated only)

Optional benefits

You can ‘buy back’ your Life Cover that has been reduced if you’ve made a claim on your accelerated Trauma Cover.

FAQs

  • Intentional self-harm including attempted suicide
  • Taking part in a criminal activity
  • If the life assured doesn't survive for at least 14 days after first meeting the criteria for a covered condition.

Trauma Cover provides you with comprehensive cover for a number of serious illnesses and conditions as outlined in the brochure linked below. To make a claim, you need to meet the relevant criteria of the condition. The full criteria can be found in the Trauma Cover policy wording.

A Full Trauma Benefit, Partial Benefit or Diagnosis Benefit may be payable depending on the criteria met for the condition.

Other Cover options

Complete Disablement Cover

Insurance that provides a lump sum if you or a key person  becomes completely or partially disabled due to illness or injury.

Monthly Disability Cover

Insurance that pays a monthly amount  in the event you or one of your key people are  unable to work as a result of illness.

Start-up Monthly Disability Cover

Insurance that provides a monthly "agreed value" benefit to help compensate for losses a new business may face if a life assu

Find the right cover for you

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