Organ failure

Kidney (Renal) Failure — NZ Trauma Cover

End-stage chronic renal failure (irreversible, requiring permanent dialysis or transplant) is a full-payout condition. Acute renal failure that resolves is excluded.

5 active trauma products from 5 insurers · 2 matrix cells on file

How every NZ trauma policy handles this

Each cell shows the payout status for Kidney (Renal) Failure under that product, with the verbatim definition + qualifier below. "Not on file" means the cell has not yet been extracted from that insurer's published wording.

Insurer Product Payout Wording effective
LifeOne Critical Illness Benefit Not on file 2026-05-17
LifeProtect Trauma Cover Full payout End stage renal failure; chronic irreversible failure of both kidneys requiring regular dialysis 2025-04-30
AIA Living Critical Conditions Cover Full payout No stand down period; listed as Chronic renal failure 2026-05-18
Asteron Life Trauma Recovery Cover Not on file
YouChoose Trauma Cover Not on file

Verbatim definitions per insurer

The exact text from each policy wording — no editorial gloss. Source PDF cited below each block.

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Chubb Life NZ

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LifeOne Critical Illness Benefit

Wording effective 2026-05-17 · confidence verified

No verbatim definition extracted for this condition on this product yet.

Source: https://www.chubb.com/content/dam/chubb-sites/chubb/nz-en/life/documents/cig0276-life-one-policy-wording-v1.pdf

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Fidelity Life

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LifeProtect Trauma Cover

Wording effective 2025-04-30 · confidence verified

End stage renal failure diagnosed by an appropriate specialist medical practitioner and presenting as chronic irreversible failure of both kidneys to function and resulting in regular renal dialysis being started.
Related exclusions (1)
  • Major organ transplant: transplant of all other organs, parts of organs (except for liver transplant) or any other tissue transplant is excluded; cover is only applicable to the recipient, not the donor.

Source: https://www.fidelitylife.co.nz/media/bpbdqczq/life-protect-trauma-cover-policy-wording.pdf

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AIA New Zealand

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AIA Living Critical Conditions Cover

Wording effective 2026-05-18 · confidence verified

Chronic renal failure | - | ✓ (full payment) | - | ✓ | ✓

Source: https://www.aia.co.nz/content/dam/nz/en/docs/our-products/policy-wordings/aia-living/personal/aia-living-personal-critical-conditions-policy-wording.pdf

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Asteron Life

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Asteron Life Trauma Recovery Cover

Wording effective — · confidence no data

No verbatim definition extracted for this condition on this product yet.

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Partners Life

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YouChoose Trauma Cover

Wording effective — · confidence no data

No verbatim definition extracted for this condition on this product yet.

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