Personal Accident & Sickness Insurance

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What's covered by your Personal Accident insurance policy?

If the worst happens, our personal accident and sickness insurance can help protect you by offering financial support until you are recovered and can go back to work, up to the benefit period, as well as offering cover for Accidental Death benefit. Payments are depending on the insuring clauses triggered and the policy excess and benefit period you have selected, however in a nutshell, you have the option to be insured for:

WEEKLY SICKNESS BENEFIT:
Your weekly Sickness Benefit as specified in your Schedule or 85% of your gross Salary, whichever is the lesser (see below for definition of gross salary). There are scenarios where some indidividuals return to work in some capacity during their claim period, in which case thre may be an an amount payable (the difference) beweteen the agreed Sum insured and amount received from employment in a reduced capacity

ACCIDENTAL DEATH COVER: You have the option to select cover for accidental death up to the amount shown int he quoting platform. The benefit amount can also be utilised to pay compensation for Disablement as per the benefit list in the Product Disclosure Statement (PDS). For example, if you experienced a loss of sight in both eyes, you may receive up to the full sum insured.

REHABILITATION BENEFIT: To assist You to return to work, We will reimburse the cost of Your participation in a return to work program, up to $5,000, but only if the expenses are incurred while a Weekly Accident or Sickness Benefit is payable whilst You are Totally Disabled.

*** Terms and conditions apply. Please ensure you read the Product Disclosure Statement for a full list of policy benefits, definitions and exclusions.
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Choosing your Excess period

The excess/waiting period is the set amount of time that you have to wait before you can make a claim on your insurance policy, and generally, the longer the waiting period, the lower the insurance cost. No benefits are payable during that waiting period. For example, if you select a 14 day waiting period, and become injured during a football match (assuming you seek treatment the same day from a Medical Practioner, and your claim is successful), you are not entitled to income replacement for the first 14 days.

    • 7 day wait
    • 14 day wait
    • 21 day way
    • 28 day way
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Benefit Period

You can choose from a benefit period which will mean the duration the weekly benefits are paid up to. The options available are as per the quoting platform, but are usually 12 months or 24 months.
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Coverage Options

You will have the option on the quoting platform to select whether you want to be covered for Accident only, or for accident as well as sickness.

Selecting Accident-Only will result in a lower premium however it obviusly in turn offers less coverage.

    • Accident-Only
    • accident as well as sickness
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How is Gross Salary defined?

Gross Salary means:
a) in the case of an employee, Your weekly pre-tax income, excluding commission, bonuses, overtime payments and any allowances, averaged during the period of twelve (12) months immediately preceding the commencement of the disability or over such shorter period as You have been employed; or
b) in the case of a self-employed person, Your weekly pretax income derived from personal exertion, after deduction of all expenses incurred in connection with the derivation of that income, averaged over the period of twelve (12) months immediately preceding the commencement of the disability or over such shorter period as You have been self-employed. If pre-tax income is less than the Sum Insured, We will add back fixed Business Expenses when calculating Your weekly Benefit entitlement.

*** Terms and conditions apply. Please ensure you read the Product Disclosure Statement for a full list of policy benefits, definitions and exclusions.
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What if I have other Life Insurance or Income protection Policies, how is this impacted?

This is a great question! Typically Income Protection policies are provided by a Life Insurance Adviser as a Life Insurance Product. Personal Accident & Sickness is a General Insurance Product and there are some important differences between the two. Typically the life insurance is underwritten upfront, has different terms and conditions and exclusions, but generally provides a longer period of insurance - up to age 65 or even higher. Whereas the Insurance for Footballers Personal Accident & Sickness is not underwritten upfront, intead it excludes pre-existing conditions. Generally speaking you should avoid the duplication of policies and ensure that you make enquiry to check that the policy you have chosen adequatly covers you in the events that you are expecting them too. We don't want to see you duplicate your insurance cover unneccessarily. If you are unsure, we do have brokers on hand that you can speak to who can discuss the specifics of our Accident & Sickness Insurance Policy and direct you to a Life Insurance Adviser who can assist with any questions around an existing Life Insurance Policy. We truly want to ensure that taking out Personal Accident & Sickness Insurance with us, does not jeopardise any insurance policy that you may already have in place so please reach out and speak to us before proceeding.

Whilst there are some disavantages of Personal Accident & Sickness Insurance over Life Insurance policies, there are some key benefits which include the following:

    • There are no medical questions or tests required
    • We can include capital benefits in the event of permanent disability or death as part of the policy
    • Premiums are generally lower than most Life Insurance Income Protection policies
    • Lots of people don't qualify for Life Insurance, can obtain Personal Accident & Sickness cover
    • There are no policy loadings for BMI
    • Lots of Income Protection Insurance policies exclude football or mandate higher excess periods