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Financial hardship

In life, unplanned events can happen that leave you in a financial position that you didn’t expect. These events may include:

  • injury or illness,
  • unexpected changes in income or expenditure,
  • a relationship breakdown or death in the family, or
  • a natural disaster such as floods, fires, etc or,
  • situations of domestic and family violence.

This may result in a short-term or long-term issue for you. If you require support or assistance during this time, please don't hesitate to contact us.

What can you do if you're experiencing financial hardship?

If you would like to change the terms of your policy or if you are having trouble paying your premiums, we may be able to offer you financial hardship assistance. Please contact us to discuss the options that might be available to you depending on the type of policy you hold, such as stopping your premium payments for a short period of time, changing your benefit structure or cover amount or removing certain options to reduce your premium.

We encourage any customers facing financial difficulty to contact us on 13 77 87.

Assistance when making a claim

We understand making a claim can be stressful. Our claims managers are here to support and work with you to find a solution in:

  • understanding what is required of you,
  • completing claim forms,
  • providing requested claim information.

This may include offering to collect the information on your behalf, with your permission.

If you hold a Life Insurance policy and urgently need the benefits due to a condition that your policy covers, we will assess your request for urgent access to your benefits. We may ask you for evidence of this urgent need.

What happens next

We will aim to prioritise your claim for an illness or injury your policy covers. We will let you know what help we can offer you as soon as possible or within 5 business days of receiving all the evidence we need.

If we accept your request, we will confirm any help we offer in writing which might include:

  • prioritising your claim assessment and our decision, and/or
  • advancing part of your claim payment.

If you disagree with the outcome or are dissatisfied with how your claim was assessed, you can lodge a complaint.

Support for existing customers

It is important to understand that our Life and Income Protection policies come with a grace period or period of extended cover when customers miss a premium payment. Generally, your insurance cover continues for at least 30 days if you miss a premium payment. So don’t worry if you have missed a premium payment recently, you are still covered for at least 30 days depending on your individual policy.

If you are an existing customer and having difficulty in making premium payments on your policy then Insuranceline can offer a range of options to provide you with support to maintain your policy.

Other ways to get help

If you're dealing with financial hardship it’s important that you get the help and support you need. In addition to speaking with us, these organisations may be able to provide you with further assistance. 

National debt helpline

Lifeline

Beyond Blue

MoneySmart | 13 11 14

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**Bonus 10% more cover is calculated on the fifth anniversary from the Policy Commencement Date. Each adult life insured will have an extra 10% of the average Funeral Insurance Cover amount held during the previous five years added to their Funeral Insurance benefit. Terms and conditions apply. Refer to the PDS for more information.

#Claims paid figures relate to all Insuranceline life insurance policies in the 2021 financial reporting year (1 April2021 to 31 March 2022). All claims on Insuranceline policies are assessed against the relevant policy terms and conditions. These terms and conditions, as well an explanation of the claims process, can be found in the applicable Product Disclosure Statement. Claims are administered and settled by the insurer, TAL Life Limited.

***Insuranceline is the longest standing provider of Funeral Insurance in Australia, based on: Strategic Insight, Actuaries & Researchers. Funeral Insurance means a policy with periodic premium payments that provides a lump sum to help pay for funeral and associated expenses when you die and excludes pre-paid Funeral Plans and Funeral Bonds.

Any financial product advice is general in nature only and does not take into account any person’s objectives, financial situation or needs. Before acting on it, the appropriateness of the advice for any person should be considered, having regard to those factors. Persons deciding whether to acquire or continue to hold life insurance issued by Insuranceline should consider the relevant Combined Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) and the Financial Services Guide (FSG). The Target Market Determination (TMD) for the relevant product, where applicable, is also available.

If you are considering cancelling a policy you already hold in order to replace it with a new policy, make sure you read the terms and conditions of both policies before you make a decision. The cover terms may be different, you may lose benefits accrued under your existing policy, and waiting periods may apply to the new policy. Changes in your personal circumstances (such as your age, health, and employment) that have occurred since your existing policy was originally taken out may also affect your new policy. As your application for a new policy may not be accepted, and some policies may be unable to be reinstated after they have been cancelled, you should consider waiting until your new policy is confirmed before you cancel any existing cover.

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