Organ failure

Liver Failure — NZ Trauma Cover

End-stage liver failure (irreversible, with permanent jaundice / ascites / encephalopathy) is a full-payout condition. Most policies exclude liver failure caused by alcohol or drug abuse.

5 active trauma products from 5 insurers · 4 matrix cells on file

How every NZ trauma policy handles this

Each cell shows the payout status for Liver 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 liver failure with permanent jaundice, ascites and encephalopathy 2025-04-30
AIA Living Critical Conditions Cover Full payout Chronic liver failure; full payment available, partial payment also available 2026-05-18
Asteron Life Trauma Recovery Cover Full payout Brochure 2025-05-22
YouChoose Trauma Cover Full payout Brochure 2025-10-08

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.

Related exclusions (2)
  • Alcohol or drugs taken by the life insured — unless prescribed by a qualified medical practitioner (Critical Illness Benefit)
  • The life insured driving a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol level exceeding the minimum legal limit (Critical Illness Benefit)

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 liver failure diagnosed by an appropriate specialist medical practitioner based on any of the following symptoms: permanent jaundice, ascites and encephalopathy.
Related exclusions (3)
  • Coma related to alcohol or drug abuse is excluded.
  • Intensive care as a direct or indirect result of drug or alcohol abuse is excluded.
  • Peripheral neuropathy related to alcohol or drug use is excluded.

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 liver failure [marked in table as both Full payment and Partial Payment, with three month stand down period]

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 2025-05-22 · confidence brochure

Chronic liver failure (Trauma Recovery benefit ü, Major Trauma benefit ü)

⚠ Source: insurer brochure (not the full policy wording). The wording contains the medical definition with clinical thresholds — request it from your adviser before claim decisions.

⚠ Source document dated 2025-05-22 — older than 12 months. Confirm currency with the insurer.

Source: https://www.asteronlife.co.nz/sites/default/files/documents/trauma-recovery-brochure.pdf

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Partners Life

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YouChoose Trauma Cover

Wording effective 2025-10-08 · confidence brochure

Chronic Liver Failure — Pays 100% of your sum insured.

⚠ Source: insurer brochure (not the full policy wording). The wording contains the medical definition with clinical thresholds — request it from your adviser before claim decisions.

Source: https://assets.ctfassets.net/w9dpej1et86g/FCLVyj79BiyvbQRKl0fDD/bfe3409e154a4074cd3482036f1b11ba/PLJP_OVERVIEW_TRAUMA_V01_1025.pdf

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