Fidelity Life vs Partners Life

Mechanical comparison from each insurer's policy wording.

Snapshot 2026-05-20T08:21:45.034Z.

Fidelity Life

LifeProtect Life Cover

Wording v2025-04-30

Partners Life

YouChoose Life CoverBrochure

Wording v2025-10-08

Terminal illness benefit

Fidelity Life

not on file

Partners Life

Pays a lump sum if you're diagnosed as likely to pass away within the next 12 months.

Full cross-market comparison: /topics/terminal-illness-benefit

Funeral advance

Fidelity Life

not on file

Partners Life

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

Full cross-market comparison: /topics/funeral-advance-benefit

Suicide exclusion period

Fidelity Life

We will cancel the cover, or the increased portion of cover, and retain any premiums paid if the insured person, whether sane or insane, dies by their own hand within 13 months of: the start date or the date of reinstatement, or the date of any increases in the sum insured, excluding increases due to CPI Increases.

Partners Life

not on file

Full cross-market comparison: /topics/suicide-exclusion-period

We don't publish a hardcoded premium comparison table. Real premiums depend on individual underwriting at quote time (age, sex, smoker, occupation, health history, sum-insured + term). Quote with each insurer directly via their provider page.

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