18.
What is the Waiting Period Reduction Benefit?
This Pregnancy Premium Waiver will cease when six consecutive months premium have been waived.
If this Mortgage and Income Protection Benefit has a waiting period of 26, 52 or 104 weeks the life assured can reduce this waiting period , without providing any further medical evidence, if the life assured’s Business Overheads, Business Continuity, Rural Continuity or Locum Cover is cancelled due to: the life assured no longer being actively engaged in the business;
16. What is the Return to Home Benefit?
If the life assured is outside of New Zealand and suffers, for the first time a total disability, upon acceptance of the claim we will pay the lesser of:
three times the monthly benefit specified in the schedule ; or
a single standard economy flight back to New Zealand for the life assured and one support person. In total the maximum AIA will pay over the life of the Policy under the Return Home Benefit is $10,000. No payment will be made if the life assured is covered for the same event with a travel insurance provider.
the business being sold; or
the business is no longer actively trading .
The waiting period for this Mortgage and Income Protection Benefit will reduce to align with the waiting period on the cancelled Benefit. The reduced waiting period on this Mortgage and Income Protection Benefit will apply to the lesser of: the monthly benefit for the Business Overheads, Business Continuity, Rural Continuity or Locum Cover at the time it was cancelled; or the monthly benefit for this Mortgage and Income Protection Benefit.
17. What is the Childcare Support Benefit?
AIA will pay a Childcare Support Benefit in the following circumstances: the life assured is totally disabled or partially disabled and is receiving a monthly benefit; and as a direct result of the life assured’s disability, additional childcare costs are incurred over and above any childcare arrangements which existed prior to the life assured becoming totally disabled or partially disabled , in respect of any dependent child who is under the age of 14 years old; and the additional childcare services are not being provided by you or an immediate family member, in AIA’s sole opinion. The amount AIA will reimburse under the Childcare Support Benefit is the lesser of:
For example:
A life assured has the following:
Mortgage and Income Protection with a $2,500 per month benefit and a 52 week waiting period ; and Business Continuity with a $1,000 per month benefit with a 13 week waiting period . When Business Continuity is cancelled the Mortgage and Income Protection Benefit waiting period would be reduced to a: 13 week waiting period with a $1,000 per month benefit; and
the actual additional childcare costs; or
$800 per month per dependent child under the age of 14 years old.
52 week waiting period with a $1,500 per month benefit.
The following conditions apply:
This Childcare Support Benefit is payable until the earlier of:
Within 60 days of the cancellation of cover the life assured must notify AIA in writing with supporting evidence that the life assured is no longer actively engaged in the business or the business has been sold or the business is no longer actively trading; the life assured must be no longer actively engaged in the business due to reasons other than retirement, redundancy, ill health or incapacity;
the life assured no longer being totally disabled or partially disabled ; or six monthly Childcare Support Benefit payments have been made; or
the end of the benefit payment period is reached; or
the end of the benefit term is reached.
You will need to provide evidence satisfactory to AIA each month of the additional childcare fees that have been paid before AIA will make a payment under the Childcare Support Benefit.
the life assured must be under the age of 60;
if the life assured has had a claim paid or is entitled to be paid a claim under any policy with us or any other insurance company the request will be referred to an AIA underwriter and full underwriting terms and conditions may apply; the payment premiums must be up to date and are not being waived for any reason.
This payment is in addition to the monthly benefit.
1110 AL-MIP version 4 Effective 4 August 2023
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