Personal accident and business travel insurance

Benefits and assistance for defined people, accidents and journeys. These arrangements do not automatically replace workers compensation, private health insurance or broader income protection.

Start with the risk, then check how the cover is arranged. These examples illustrate possible losses, not promised claim outcomes.

Corporate Travel

Addresses selected risks for insured people on authorised business trips, potentially including overseas medical emergencies, travel disruption, baggage loss and assistance within an employer's travel programme.

Illustrative example
An employee travelling overseas for meetings needs emergency treatment and must rearrange the return journey.
Check the wording
Confirm covered travellers, trip purposes, maximum duration, pre-existing conditions and any private travel extensions before departure.

Read the detailed Corporate Travel guide

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Personal Accident

Pays scheduled benefits following qualifying accidental injury or death, and may include temporary disability payments, helping reduce financial pressure without necessarily reimbursing every resulting expense.

Illustrative example
A self-employed person breaks an arm in an accident and cannot perform normal work temporarily.
Check the wording
Check benefit definitions, occupation, waiting periods, age limits and excluded activities; sickness requires expressly included cover.

Read the detailed Personal Accident guide

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Journey Insurance

Provides specified accident benefits for eligible travel between home and work, addressing commuting injury exposures where the relevant journey falls within the policy's defined scope.

Illustrative example
An employee is injured while cycling directly home from work and temporarily cannot return to duties.
Check the wording
Review route deviations, journey start and end points, benefit limits and interaction with applicable workers compensation arrangements.

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Voluntary Workers

Provides defined accident benefits for eligible volunteers injured while undertaking authorised activities, potentially including specified expenses or disability benefits depending on the organisation's chosen cover.

Illustrative example
A registered volunteer falls while setting up an approved community fundraiser and needs recovery time.
Check the wording
Confirm eligible volunteers, age limits, authorised duties and travel; liability claims against the organisation require separate consideration.

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Group Personal Accident

Insures a defined group under one arrangement, providing scheduled benefits for covered accidental injuries or deaths during specified activities or across an agreed period of cover.

Illustrative example
A sporting association arranges accident benefits for members injured during scheduled training and competition activities.
Check the wording
Membership eligibility, covered activities, benefit categories and aggregate event limits matter; group membership alone does not establish cover.

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Expatriate Insurance

Specialist arrangement

Addresses selected medical, evacuation and accident exposures for employees assigned abroad, sometimes including eligible dependants, through arrangements tailored to assignment length and destination requirements.

Illustrative example
An employee on a long overseas assignment needs specialist medical care unavailable near the work location.
Check the wording
Check residency, local health requirements, dependants and existing benefits; private health, life and travel cover may need separate advice.

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Sickness benefits

Cover section

Specified benefits when covered illness prevents an insured person working, subject to eligibility, waiting and benefit periods, and medical exclusions.

Illustrative example
An insured business owner cannot work during recovery from a covered illness.
Check the wording
Check the occupation, medical exclusions, waiting period, benefit amount and benefit period.

Read the detailed Sickness benefits guide

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Source material

These primary sources explain product structures, including some overseas examples. Australian terms and availability need checking; the links do not confirm a BFY arrangement with an insurer.

  • Chubb Australia: accident and health categories
  • Chubb Australia: business travel insurance
  • QBE Australia: journey insurance claims and benefits

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