Fidelity Life Funeral Cover (LifeProtect rider) vs Momentum Life Funeral Insurance: 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.
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
Momentum Life Funeral Insurance — Momentum Life Funeral Insurance
Wording version 2020-09-21
exclusions: • We will NOT pay the Funeral Insurance Benefit if a Life Insured dies within 24 months of the Cover Start Date for the cover/s unless that Life Insured dies as a direct result of an Accident. • We will not pay any Benefit if this Policy has been cancelled. We will cancel your Policy if you do not pay your premium when it is due and it remains unpaid for more than one month. • The Accidental Death Benefit is only paid if death occurs as a direct result of an Accident, and within 90 days of that Accident. • The Accidental Serious Injury Insurance Benefit is only paid if the Accidental Serious Injury occurs as a direct result of an Accident and within 12 months of that Accident. • No benefit is payable if the Life Insured does not survive at least 14 days from the date of the Accident (Accidental Serious Injury). • If a Life Insured dies or suffers an Accidental Serious Injury during the premium pause period, this Policy will not pay any of the Benefits set out in the Policy Schedule, unless the Life Insured dies because of an Accident, in which case we will pay the Funeral Insurance Benefit for that Life Insured (but no other Benefits).
Source: https://nzcoverdirect.co.nz/media/qsxlz4ja/nzcd-funeral-insurance-policy-wording-mlf2.pdf