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David321

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#322678 11-Sep-2025 14:08
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Hi all,

 

Curious if there are any health insurance companies out there that cover pre-existing conditions?

 

A bit of context, I am shopping around after having a 41% increase to my premiums with NIB this year and have found Partners life to be substantially cheaper for the same cover.

 

But (without going in to too much personal details) they want to have a very broad  range of exclusions due to one minor event I had years ago, basically it was very very minor and not serious at all and is also extremely common, but Partners Life have demanded a whole range of exclusions centering around that particular event. Even my insurance advisor said it was very overkill and pushed back with no luck.

 

So I am curious is there a company out there that would consider pre existing conditions or might even take a slightly more relaxed approach than partners life have?

 

Obviously I have no exclusions with NIB at the moment as the event happened during my cover with them so they can not exclude it. 





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  #3413779 11-Sep-2025 14:11
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Southern Cross do but there are terms and conditions that may not be appealing.




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  #3413788 11-Sep-2025 14:35
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SC also have a stand down period for new policies. 


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  #3413893 11-Sep-2025 19:37
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David321:

 

Hi all,

 

Curious if there are any health insurance companies out there that cover pre-existing conditions?

 

A bit of context, I am shopping around after having a 41% increase to my premiums with NIB this year and have found Partners life to be substantially cheaper for the same cover.

 

But (without going in to too much personal details) they want to have a very broad  range of exclusions due to one minor event I had years ago, basically it was very very minor and not serious at all and is also extremely common, but Partners Life have demanded a whole range of exclusions centering around that particular event. Even my insurance advisor said it was very overkill and pushed back with no luck.

 

So I am curious is there a company out there that would consider pre existing conditions or might even take a slightly more relaxed approach than partners life have?

 

Obviously I have no exclusions with NIB at the moment as the event happened during my cover with them so they can not exclude it. 

 

 

 

 

Saw this, worth noting it doesn’t pay to mention every insignificant thing.

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/newzealand/s/i6w4UHY5T0




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  #3413910 11-Sep-2025 20:07
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In some cases, have you got in touch with a broker and had a chat rather than direct?





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