Partners Life tweaks policies

The full list can be seen here. 

They include a new newborn benefit that pays 25% of a parent's trauma sum insured if a child is born with one of a range of conditions, including blindness or deafness; a new counselling benefit for TPD and trauma cover; and an increase to the maximum sum insured for terminal illness cover.

Early childhood education and motor vehicle lease costs have been added to eligible expenses for household expenses cover and full-time work has been redefined as 25 hours a week.

Managing director Naomi Ballantyne said Partners Life products had always rated highly but it kept an eye on the market and claims being made to identify opportunities for improvement.