Life Insurance & Income Protection

Working out how much Life Insurance cover you’ll need really varies across each person. One approach is to think about how much you can realistically afford to pay for cover each month, taking into consideration your existing expenses. An alternate approach may be to consider your current debts and future expenses like your mortgage or rent, living expenses, child care costs, schooling fees, etc.

The Life Insurance calculator may help you work out how much cover you and your family may want to consider. You can then use that information to get a more accurate Life Insurance quote.

Most super funds offer at least a basic level of life insurance, as well as income protection and Total Permanent Disability (TPD) insurance to protect members and their families from the financial hardship of death or a terminal illness.

The level of cover and types of insurance provided through your super are limited. Payments are also sometimes delayed after you’ve made a claim, and coverage ends after you reach a certain age (usually 65 or 70). Read more about the pros and cons about using the life insurance included with your super fund at Money Smart.

Yes, if you hold other AAMI branded Insurance policies such as car insurance, we will apply a 5% discount on your AAMI Life Insurance premium for the life of the policy.

In addition, if you add another adult to your policy, the youngest person will receive a 5% discount.

Receiving a COVID-19 vaccination approved for use by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) in Australia will not affect the cover under your existing insurance policy. AAMI Life policies do not include exclusions or limitations related to COVID-19 including vaccine related side-effects. If you were to experience sickness or injury after receiving the COVID-19 vaccination, a claim can still be lodged for a benefit under your policy and your claim will be assessed and is subject to the terms and conditions of your policy. This includes doctors, nurses, health professionals, police and people working in quarantine hotels and services.

AAMI Income Protection Insurance: AAMI Income Protection policies provide a benefit if you suffer an illness or injury and you are unable to work, in line with policy terms and conditions. Therefore, if your employer mandates that you are required to be vaccinated for COVID-19 and you are restricted from working as a result of choosing not to be vaccinated, you will not be entitled to make a claim against your policy for being unable to work if you are not suffering an illness or injury that is preventing you from working in your usual occupation or performing your usual daily activities.

For the Sickness and Injury cover, it depends on the benefit period you have chosen. Each time you make a claim that’s accepted, you can be paid for up to 5 years, as long as you’re still unable to work due to the sickness or injury during that time.

You can claim as many times as you need over the life of the policy. The payment of benefits is subject to the relevant terms that apply to your policy, including any exclusions or limitations – check out the Combined Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) and Financial Services Guide (FSG) to find out more.

Most of the time, income protection premiums are tax deductible if you’re working (depending on a few individual circumstances). That means at tax time you may be able to claim your premium as a deduction and potentially save money.

Depending on your earnings and tax bracket, the table below can be used as a guide to see what you could potentially save. The examples used here are based on a payment of AAMI Income Protection premiums of $1,000 per year:

*For the 2017/18 financial year. The above marginal tax rates do not include the:

- Medicare levy of 2%;

- Temporary Budget Repair Levy payable at a rate of 2% for taxable income over $180,000.

**The value of this tax deduction noted above will depend on a taxpayer’s individual circumstances. For the purposes of this table it is assumed that the taxpayer has only a single deduction (the annual premium for AAMI Income Protection cover) allowing the deduction to be applied at the highest marginal tax rate applicable to the taxpayer.

If you suffer from the same or related sickness or injury that you have previously claimed for within 6 months of your last benefit being payable, we will recommence benefit payments without applying a new waiting period. These benefits will be added to the remaining benefit period to ensure the maximum payment under the benefit period is not exceeded. If you’ve made a full recovery and there is more than 6 months between claims, then you will commence a new claim and the benefit period will restart.