For your family
Life insurance
Life insurance is important if you want to provide your family with a financial safety net in the event of your death. There are a number of things you need to consider when deciding on a level of cover:
- Your total amount of debt, including home loans, credit cards, HPs and overdrafts
- Ongoing living costs for your family
- Funeral costs
We will help you work out exactly what cover you need.
For serious illness
Trauma cover
Suffering a serious medical condition can leave you out of work for an extended period — maybe for good — and getting back on your feet can be an expensive process involving rehabilitation and ongoing medical costs.
To make sure you and your family don't suffer financially during this difficult time, trauma cover pays a lump sum to reduce debt, cover living costs and meet ongoing medical costs.
If you can never work again
Total permanent disability
If you are never able to work again, the financial impact would be catastrophic. It is important to have enough insurance cover to pay off all debts and cover living expenses for the rest of your life.
TPD is relatively inexpensive compared to other insurances, so it is worth making sure you have enough cover for all of your costs.
For your income
Income protection
This is one of the most commonly claimed insurances, as most people will have to stop work for a period during their working life. Although ACC can cover your income if you are off work due to injury, it is far more common to be off work for a long time due to illness — which is not covered by ACC.
If you are self-employed, we can also help you adjust your ACC cover so that your income is fully protected, without breaking the bank.
For your home loan
Mortgage protection
Mortgage repayment cover pays your regular mortgage payments if you're unable to work because of sickness or injury. There's an initial stand-down period of at least 4 weeks, and the cost is usually slightly cheaper than income protection.
For faster treatment
Health insurance
Health insurance provides varying amounts of cover for less urgent medical issues, including day-to-day medical expenses, surgeries, specialist appointments and hospitalisation.
While the public health system is relatively good in New Zealand, private medical care allows you to have quicker treatment, appointments that don't get bumped, and access to private facilities.