Chubb Life LifeOne Funeral Cover vs Fidelity Life Funeral Cover (LifeProtect rider): Exclusions
Standard exclusions across NZ funeral insurance: death by suicide in the first 12-13 months, war, criminal activity, intoxication-related death. This page lists each insurer's exclusion clause verbatim.
Chubb Life Funeral Cover — Chubb Life LifeOne Funeral Cover
Wording version 2026-05-21
exclusions: • If the life assured dies within 24 months of the cover start date from any cause other than an accidental injury, the sum insured is not paid — only premiums paid for the relevant cover are refunded. • Cover does not apply to the extent that trade or economic sanctions or other laws or regulations prohibit Chubb Life from providing insurance, including paying claims. • Cover may be cancelled or claim declined if the life assured was not a permanent resident of New Zealand when their cover started. • If false or incorrect information was provided, or information asked for was not given, Chubb Life may decline the claim, reduce or cancel cover, cancel the policy from inception, or keep all or some of premiums.
Fidelity Life Funeral Cover — Fidelity Life Funeral Cover (LifeProtect rider)
Wording version 2025-04-30
exclusions: • 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. • Child's Funeral Assistance Benefit: death doesn't directly result from a known congenital condition, or any child pre-existing condition • Child's Funeral Assistance Benefit: death hasn't occurred within three months of the start date or reinstatement of their parent's Life Cover • Repatriation Benefit will not pay direct costs which can be or have been claimed, reimbursed, or paid for, under any of the following: a travel insurance policy, any other insurance policy, government aid or assistance, any other source. • Repatriation Benefit does not cover: the insured person's funeral, cremation, or the transportation of their ashes, or burial; the transportation or accommodation cost for a person to accompany the coffin or casket for repatriation; the transportation of the coffin or casket following its arrival in New Zealand or their home country; any other cost which is not a direct cost.
Source: https://www.fidelitylife.co.nz/media/rhwnwmfn/life-protect-life-cover-policy-wording.pdf