INSURANCE GLOSSARY
Insurance, in
plain English.
Insurance can come with a lot of unfamiliar words and phrases.
We've created this glossary to help explain common insurance terms in simple, easy-to-understand language.
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Medical Cover
Medical Cover, also known as Health Insurance, helps pay for eligible private healthcare costs, giving you faster access to diagnosis, treatment and specialist care.
Medical Tests
Medical Tests benefits help cover the cost of eligible diagnostic tests that assist in diagnosing or investigating a medical condition. The level of cover depends on your health insurance policy and the type of test required.
Health Cover vs Trauma Cover
Health Cover and Trauma Cover are designed to provide different types of financial protection. Here we break down the differences between the two covers.
Optical Cover
Optical Cover is an optional benefit that can be added to some Medical Cover policies to help pay for eligible eye care expenses, such as prescription glasses, contact lenses and eye examinations.
Dental Cover
Dental Cover is an optional benefit that can be added to some Medical Cover policies to help pay for eligible routine and major dental treatment.
Specialist Consultations
A Specialist Consultations benefit helps cover the cost of seeing a medical specialist in private practice for eligible conditions, subject to your policy's terms and conditions.
