Neurological

Parkinson's Disease — NZ Trauma Cover

Primary idiopathic Parkinson's disease pays out fully when diagnosed by a neurologist and meets defined activity-of-daily-living impairment criteria. Drug-induced parkinsonism is excluded.

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 Parkinson's Disease 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 Idiopathic Parkinson's with ≥25% whole person impairment or ≥1 ADL dependency 2025-04-30
AIA Living Critical Conditions Cover Full payout Idiopathic Parkinson's disease 2026-05-18
Asteron Life Trauma Recovery Cover Full payout Brochure 2025-05-22
YouChoose Trauma Cover Full payout Brochure Full sum insured on diagnosis — marker * 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.

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

The unequivocal diagnosis of Idiopathic Parkinson's disease by a specialist medical practitioner resulting in: at least 25% permanent impairment of whole person function, or the permanent inability of the insured person to perform at least one of the activities of daily living without the assistance of an adult.

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

Idiopathic Parkinson's disease [marked in table as Full payment, no 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

Parkinson's disease (Trauma Recovery benefit ü, Major Trauma benefit ü); also Early Trauma benefit ü** as optional add-on with 90-day stand-down

⚠ 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

Parkinson's Disease* — Pays 100% of your sum insured. Conditions marked* will pay the full sum insured on diagnosis.

⚠ 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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