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Choose your option

To change your cover you can either:  Choose one of our premixed insurance options below, or customise your own blend of Death Cover, Income Protection Cover and Lump-Sum TPD Cover.

HESTA's three insurance options
Option Cover How to select it Cost per week
Option 1 (default insurance cover)

Two units of Death Cover plus two units of
Income Protection Cover

Up to $170,000 Death Cover with payment available until age 70 (benefits decrease from age 36)

Plus

Up to $850 per month IP Cover with benefits to age 60 with a 90-day waiting period

$3.00
Option 2

Two units of Lump-sum Total
and Permanent Disablement (TPD) Cover
plus two units of Death Cover

Up to $170,000 Death Cover with payment available until age 70 (benefits decrease from age 36)

Plus

Lump-Sum TPD Cover until age 70 equivalent to that provided by each unit of Death Cover

$2.90
Option 3 Two units of Death Cover plus two units of Lump-Sum Total and Permanent Disablement (TPD) Cover plus two units of Income Protection (IP) Cover with benefits for up to two years only

Up to $170,000 Death Cover with payment available until age 70 (benefits decrease from age 36)

Plus

Lump-Sum TPD Cover until age 70 equivalent to that provided by each unit of Death Cover

Plus

Up to $850 per month IP Cover with benefits for up to two years only, until age 60, with a 90-day waiting period.

$3.40
 
Please note that the definition of total and permanent disablement under Options 2 and 3 requires disablement from "any occupation". IP Cover under Options 1 and 3 uses an "own occupation" definition. See definitions for details.

Personal Super Plan Members: cover under all three options is subject to New Events restrictions, which you can apply to remove using Your HESTA insurance guide.