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:
Benefits at a glance
Payment of the full Trauma Cover sum insured if you get a covered condition under our Full Trauma 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.
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.
Benefits at a glance
Allows you to convert your Life Cover to another policy if your circumstances change.
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.
Benefits at a glance
A reimbursement of up to $2,500 for the costs of receiving professional advice.
Optional benefits
Allows you to increase the sum insured without further assessment of health if there's a justified need for additional cover.
Optional benefits
You can ‘buy back’ your Life Cover that has been reduced if you’ve made a claim on your accelerated Trauma Cover.
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.
Insurance that provides a lump sum if you or a key person becomes completely or partially disabled due to illness or injury.
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.
Insurance that provides a monthly "agreed value" benefit to help compensate for losses a new business may face if a life assu
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