Group Trauma insurance.
Cover that gives financial relief when it’s most needed.
What is Group Trauma insurance?
Being diagnosed with a serious illness like cancer or having something like a stroke or heart attack can be life changing. Not just for your employee, but for their family and friends. But either way, it could mean your employee can’t work, or may need significant time off.
Features.
- Entry age with automatic acceptance is 16 – 65 for eligible employees.
- Your employee’s insurance ends at age 65 as long as you keep paying your premium.
- Employees may be able to continue their cover directly with us when they move to a new employer.
- A 3-month waiting period applies to some conditions.
- You can pay monthly, quarterly, half-yearly or yearly.
- We always recommend chatting to an adviser about the right insurance for you and your employees.
More about Group Trauma insurance.
- What is it?
- Why should you get it?
- What’s the deal?
What is it?
Our Group Trauma insurance is simple and smart. It gives eligible employees financial support when they need it most. There are two types of Trauma insurance to choose from, standard cover which covers 12 conditions and enhanced cover which covers 42 conditions. You can also choose between standalone Trauma insurance or accelerated Life cover. Accelerated means a trauma claim would reduce any Life cover by that amount.
Why should you get it?
It’s a great way to support staff through the tough times and provides employees with a bit of certainty that their families (and finances!) can be supported in the event that they suffer from a condition covered by their policy.
What’s the deal?
You pay an amount of money (called a ‘premium’) for a group policy. The policy is a contract so you know exactly what we’ll pay out for. As long as you keep paying for your insurance with us, and the policy terms and conditions have been met, we’ll pay out for everything we agreed. We’ll also ask for updated employee details at a set annual date, and this will be used to calculate the premium and administer the policy each year.
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What now?
Talk to our dedicated group risk team:grouprisk@Fidelitylife.co.nz0800 88 22 88 ext 596
We’re here to help.
Questions? Start here.
We’ve compiled a list of the most commonly asked questions about this cover.
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An Automatic Acceptance Level (AAL) is a pre-approved level of cover, per product. Eligible employees cover can be automatically accepted up to this level without underwriting, provided they are under age 65. For example, if your benefit increases each year the cover will automatically increase up to the pre-approved limit. In most cases, we will not request any medical information or apply non-standard terms for cover up to this limit.
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The definition of an eligible employee is chosen by the employer (although it needs to be approved by us). There are some restrictions though.
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You select the benefit calculation, with our approval, this can be a multiple of salary or a fixed amount.
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Employees can choose to continue their cover privately when they cease employment, they will need to:
- Be moving to new employment,
- be the maximum age or younger
- complete and return the application form within 45 days,
- meet our occupation and residency requirements, and
- not be eligible for a claim under the group policy.
Why choose Fidelity Life.
* Fidelity Life has an A- (Excellent) financial strength rating from A.M. Best. The rating scale that this rating forms part of is available for inspection at our offices. For more information please visit Fidelity Life's financial strength page.
Disclaimer – the information contained in this webpage is a summary of the key points of this insurance policy and is general in nature. It is not, and is not intended to be, a policy document.
Details of definitions, benefits, standard exclusions/limitations, terms and conditions are contained in the full policy documentation which is available from your financial adviser. Please refer to current policy documents for specific details. This webpage does not provide a personalised financial advice service.