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Protection
that fits your
life stage.
Partners
Life Journey Plan
Life
Cover
Partners
Life Journey Plan




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 Life Cover
 Overview                  Support your loved ones with a one-off payment when you pass away or are diagnosed with a terminal illness.
                           • Pays a lump sum that can be used to help reduce debt, pay for final expenses, provide an inheritance – how the
                              money is spent is up to you.
                           • Helps cover additional costs such as legal and financial advice, counselling and bringing you home if you’re
                              diagnosed with a terminal illness or pass away while you’re overseas.
                           • Also includes a funeral benefit if a dependent child passes away.



 Protection that fits your life.

 Your Life Cover gives you the freedom to select any amount from $1,000 upwards to be paid out on your death or terminal illness diagnosis, to support
 your loved ones when they need it most.
 You can choose from full cover that includes all the premium benefits Partners Life is known for. Or, if there are options you know you won’t need,
 simply remove them to build your own customised cover.
 Partners Life provides a range of insurance covers designed for specific needs that you can add* or remove from your plan when life changes –
 helping to keep you and your loved ones protected through your life journey.
 Save up to 15% on eligible premiums
 You can receive up to 15% discount on eligible premiums when you take out multiple covers (subject to meeting qualifying criteria).
 Terms and conditions apply. Talk to your adviser to find out more.


 What your cover provides

 The following tables show the benefits available under Base Cover and Options.



  • Benefits: These are the names of the benefits.
 What it covers: This provides a summary of each benefit. Conditions, exclusions and limits apply. You can find the full details in our Partners Life
 Journey Plan policy wordings. Special conditions, exclusions and premium loadings may also be applied to your policy.
 How it works: This shows the maximum amount (limit) we’ll pay in one policy year for each person who is part of your policy (“life assured”) if your
 claim is accepted by Partners Life.




*Changes to your plan may require underwriting.


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 Base Cover

 Life Cover provides the following standard benefits for every person insured (“life assured”) as part of your policy.



  Benefits                           What it covers                                                                  How it works

  Life Cover Benefit                 Pays a lump sum on your death.                                                  Pays 100% of your sum insured

  Terminal Illness Benefit           Pays a lump sum if you’re diagnosed as likely to pass away within the next 12
                                     months.

  Non-Survivable Accident Benefit Pays a lump sum if you’re diagnosed as unlikely to survive for longer than three
                                  months as an immediate and direct result of an accident.

  Terminal Illness Advance Benefit   Provides advance payment of some of your Life Cover sum insured if you’re       Pays 30% of your sum insured up to a maximum of
                                     diagnosed with one of the following covered conditions:                         $600,000
                                     •   Motor Neurone Disease
                                     •   Stage 3 or 4 Exocrine Pancreatic Cancer
                                     •   Stage 4 Malignant Melanoma
                                     •   Stage 4 Distal Oesophageal Cancer
                                     •   Stage 4 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
                                     •   Any terminal prognosis where you are likely to pass away within 24 months

  Bereavement Support Benefit        Provides advance payment of some or all of your sum insured to help with        Pays the lesser of $25,000 or your sum insured,
                                     expenses until the proceeds of a life policy can be legally released.           immediately on notification of death.

  Repatriation Benefit               Reimburses the cost of returning your remains to New Zealand or your home       Pays up to 25% of your sum insured to a maximum
                                     country if you die while travelling, working, or living overseas.               of $20,000, in addition to your sum insured.

  Dependent Child Funeral            Pays a set amount immediately on notification of death of a dependent child     Pays the following amount, in addition to your sum
  Support Benefit                    under the age of 21.                                                            insured:
                                     Excludes pre-existing conditions.                                               • $2,000 before age 10.
                                                                                                                     • $15,000 from age 10 to 21.

  Financial and Legal Advice         Reimburses actual financial and legal costs to help manage the proceeds of a    Pays up to $3,000, in addition to your sum insured.
  Benefit                            claim.

  Return to Home Benefit             Reimburses actual transport costs for you and a support person if you have      Pays up to $10,000, in addition to your sum insured.
                                     been working or living overseas for more than three consecutive months when
                                     you are diagnosed with a terminal illness or one of the Covered Conditions
                                     under your Terminal Illness Advance Benefit, and wish to return home.

  Counselling Benefit                Reimburses counselling services once a claim has been paid.                     Pays actual costs up to $2,500, in addition to the
                                                                                                                     sum insured.

  Special Events Increase Benefits   You can choose to increase your Life Cover sum insured and/or convert part      Special events include:
                                     of your Life Cover to Severe Trauma Cover Accelerated without further health    •    Marriage or civil union
                                     assessment for special events.                                                  •     Divorce or legal separation
                                                                                                                     •      Full-time care of a dependent
                                                                                                                     •       Increasing a residential mortgage
                                                                                                                     •       Purchasing a residential property, residential
                                                                                                                              investment property, vacation home or bare
                                                                                                                              residential land
                                                                                                                     •        Co-signing a mortgage for a child, where the
                                                                                                                               residential mortgage is for that child’s primary
                                                                                                                               residence
                                                                                                                     •         Child starting full-time tertiary study
                                                                                                                     •          Birth or adoption
                                                                                                                     •   Salary increase
                                                                                                                     •           Increase in business profits
                                                                                                                     •            Death or terminal illness of a spouse, de facto
                                                                                                                                   partner or civil union partner
                                                                                                                     •             Every fifth policy anniversary

                                     Special Events Increase Benefit                                                 Each increase is limited to the lesser of:

                                     You can increase your sum insured without further health assessment             • $300,000 per increase
                                     following a special event.                                                      or
                                                                                                                     • the actual increase in mortgage
                                                                                                                     or
                                                                                                                     • five times your annual salary increase or annual
                                                                                                                        increase in net business profits, if applicable.



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  Benefits                        What it covers                                                                   How it works

                                  Special Events Severe Trauma Conversion Benefit                                  You can convert:

                                  You can convert part of your Life Cover to Severe Trauma Cover Accelerated       50% of the Life Cover sum insured
                                  following a special event.                                                       or
                                  Severe Trauma Cover Accelerated links your Severe Trauma Cover to your           $100,000
                                  Life Cover. This means if you claim under your Severe Trauma Cover, your Life
                                                                                                                   or
                                  Cover is reduced by the amount paid out – which can make it a more cost-
                                  effective option than Standalone Severe Trauma Cover.                            the remaining balance of Special Events Increase
                                                                                                                   Benefit
                                  Note: You can only use this conversion once.
                                                                                                                   whichever is less.

  Guaranteed Wordings             No matter what changes we make to our policies in the future, we guarantee you’ll hold onto your original benefits for as long as you
                                  have your policy.

  Guaranteed Upgrade of Future    Any future improvements to your existing cover will automatically be added to your policies.
  Benefits




 Options

 The following Options can be added* to your Base Cover to provide comprehensive protection.
 *Changes to your plan may require underwriting.



  Benefits                        What it covers                                                                   How it works

  Future Insurability Option      Allows further increases to your sum insured without further assessment or       You can increase your sum insured up to 10% of
                                  the need for a special event.                                                    the original sum insured, every year on your policy
                                                                                                                   anniversary, for up to 10 years.



 Talk to your adviser today for help with the cover that’s right for you.

 This overview is a marketing document that highlights a number of the key features of Life Cover. The full terms and conditions, benefits and
 exclusions that apply to those features and to the overall Partners Life Journey Plan are detailed in the Life Cover Protection Benefit Sheet and
 Partners Life Journey Plan Policy Document available from your adviser. The availability of insurance cover is subject to your application being
 approved. Special conditions, exclusions and premium loadings may apply.
 For more details on the eligibility criteria for the 15% discount see partnerslife.co.nz/partners-life-multi-benefit-discount




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Partners Life Limited. Private Bag 300995, Albany, Auckland 0752, New Zealand
0800 14 54 33 | partnerslife.co.nz

