Products & services

Optional fixed insurance cover

If you don’t want your insurance cover to reduce each year, you can apply to retain a set level of Death Cover and optional TPD Cover (although TPD cover will still decrease in a linear manner each year after age 60 to nil at age 70). 

It’s important to note that fixing your cover level will mean that the insurance premium deducted from your account will generally increase each year.

TPD Cover amounts will reduce by 10% for each complete year after age 60. The TPD Cover premium will be calculated based on the reduced sum insured. 

Fixed cover is available in multiples of $1,000.

For example, the annual cost of $300,000 fixed cover at different ages is:

Age

Annual Cost for
Death Cover 
$300,000

Annual Cost for
$300,000 TPD Cover
("any occupation" definition)

Annual Cost for
$300,000 TPD Cover
("own occupation" definition)

20

$146.64

$40.56

$48.36

30

$96.72

$82.68

$96.72

40

$184.08

$329.16

$386.88

50

$357.24

$1,165.32

$1,371.24

60

$803.40

$3,037.32

$3,572.40



 HESTA fixed cover option:

 

Premium cost per week for each $1,000 sum insured

Age

Death

TPD Any
Occupation

TPD Own
Occupation

15-19

0.0099

0.0024

0.0028

20

0.0094

0.0026

0.0031

21

0.0089

0.0029

0.0034

22

0.0083

0.0030

0.0036

23

0.0078

0.0032

0.0037

24

0.0073

0.0033

0.0039

25

0.0068

0.0034

0.0039

26

0.0064

0.0035

0.0041

27

0.0062

0.0039

0.0045

28

0.0061

0.0043

0.0050

29

0.0061

0.0047

0.0056

30

0.0062

0.0053

0.0062

31

0.0064

0.0059

0.0070

32

0.0067

0.0068

0.0080

33

0.0071

0.0078

0.0092

34 

0.0076

0.0089

0.0105

35

0.0080

0.0102

0.0120

36

0.0086

0.0117

0.0138

37

0.0092

0.0135

0.0159

38

0.0100

0.0156

0.0184

39

0.0108

0.0180

0.0212

40

0.0118

0.0211

0.0248

41

0.0128

0.0244

0.0287

42

0.0137

0.0278

0.0327

43

0.0145

0.0313

0.0369

44

0.0153

0.0351

0.0413

45

0.0161

0.0390

0.0459

46

0.0170

0.0438

0.0515

47

0.0181

0.0497

0.0585

48

0.0195

0.0569

0.0669

49

0.0210

0.0653

0.0768

50

0.0229

0.0747

0.0879

51

0.0251

0.0848

0.0997

52

0.0274

0.0954

0.1123

53

0.0297

0.1068

0.1257

54

0.0322

0.1178

0.1386

55

0.0349

0.1284

0.1511

56

0.0378

0.1398

0.1645

57

0.0408

0.1519

0.1787

58

0.0441

0.1649

0.1940

59

0.0476

0.1790

0.2106

60

0.0515

0.1947

0.2290

61

0.0560

0.2132

0.2508

62

0.0613

0.2353

0.2769

63

0.0676

0.2613

0.3074

64

0.0745

0.2905

0.3418

65

0.1081

0.3239

0.3811

66

0.1243

0.3622

0.4262

67

0.1431

0.4068

0.4786

68

0.1638

0.4597

0.5409

69

0.1864

0.5239

0.6163


Premium rates for HESTA's fixed cover insurance are shown in the table above. Please use these to calculate the weekly cost of your selected fixed cover, not only at your current age but also in the future.

Warning: The cost of fixed amounts of insurance will increase significantly as you grow older, reducing your retirement savings.