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• Waiting period Language map · Glossary · Claim workflow · Policy scan Deferred or elimination period — continuous absence/incapacity before benefits start.
• Waiting period Rejection ground Line up symptom onset, cover start, and first certificate against policy waiting-period wording.
• Waiting period identified and continuity evidence planned Glossary Group income protection usually requires a defined waiting period before benefit starts. Readiness means you know the period in days, understand that continuity of incapacity must be proved for every day in it, and have planned aligned medical certificates, leave records, and payroll evidence.
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• Was incapacity continuous through waiting period? Glossary Waiting-period satisfaction is often decided on continuity of incapacity, not just the first sick note. Gaps between medical certificates, return-to-work days, or employer records that show attendance can defeat cover even when symptoms continued. Evidence must cover every part of the waiting period.
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• What are the material duties? Glossary Material duties are the substantive tasks that define whether you can perform your occupation — not every incidental admin task. Your doctor should explain which core duties are affected, why failure in those duties matters clinically, and whether partial performance is realistic or unsafe.
• What evidence is missing? Glossary Rejections often cite missing evidence without a structured gap list. Separating what is missing by domain — medical, occupational, employer-controlled, salary-related, policy-related, or claim-file-related — turns a vague declinature into actionable requests.
• What is the insurer's actual reason? Glossary Rejection letters often blend several grounds in narrative prose. Restating the insurer's actual reason as discrete issue cards — late submission, no disability, pre-existing, missing evidence, non-disclosure, exclusion, offset, admin defect — lets your doctor and adviser respond point by point.
• What is the relevant occupation? Glossary Insurers assess incapacity against your insured occupation as actually performed: contract terms, job description, utilisation, client obligations, supervision duties, site travel, safety responsibilities, and sustained cognitive load. A narrow title-based assessment is a common reason own-occupation cover fails.
• What medical events changed capacity? Glossary Insurers and doctors often talk past each other when the timeline is vague. A clear chronology links symptom onset, deterioration, treatment response, medication changes, hospital admissions, specialist findings, and prognosis to the dates you stopped performing material duties.
• What would cure the issue? Glossary Every insurer issue should have a cure path — not just complaint. That may mean specific record requests, doctor questions tied to material duties, occupational evidence, corrected dates, challenging guide-vs-policy wording drift, or escalating for disclosure when files are withheld.
• Which test applies now? Glossary Policies rarely use one disability standard for the whole claim. The Initial Period may test own occupation while the Extended Period switches to any occupation, partial capacity, or permanent thresholds. Your doctor should answer against the test that applies on the dates you were absent — not a generic 'can you work somewhere' question.
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• Who controls the missing evidence? Glossary Not every gap is your fault to fix. Employer payroll, HR absence records, fund-admin policy schedules, and insurer claim files sit with third parties. Naming who controls each missing item supports fair record-access requests and challenges unfair 'claimant failed to prove' wording.
• Work impact Claim workflow Material duties start to fail — often the true Date of Absence.
• WorkCover (state workers’ compensation) Social Security Compass State statutory compensation for work injury and occupational disease. Each jurisdiction has its own scheme, rates and dispute path. Not a Centrelink payment.
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