What does 'Sick' or 'Sickness' mean in the PDS?
'Sick' or 'Sickness' means a medical condition, not being an Injury, which first occurs or first manifests during Your Period of Insurance.
Sickness includes mental illness.
For the purposes of this definition a Sickness that first manifests itself on the earlier of:
- The date Your Medical Adviser reasonably diagnoses as the most likely date the Sickness or symptoms of the Sickness, first occurred or manifested, whichever is the earlier;
- The date our Medical Adviser reasonably diagnoses as the most likely date the Sickness or symptoms of the Sickness, first occurred or manifested, whichever is the earlier;
- The date You first became aware of the Sickness or symptoms of the Sickness, whichever is the earlier;
- The date a reasonable person in the circumstances would have been aware of the Sickness or symptoms of the Sickness, whichever is the earlier; or
- The date the Sickness or symptoms of the Sickness, were first diagnosed by a Medical Adviser, whichever is the earlier.
For more information, refer to our Product Disclosure Statement (PDS).