The term PPS Mutual Insurance plan, means the package of one or more PPS Mutual Insurance Benefits provided to a Member. Most other insurers refer to this as an insurance policy.
Professional Provident Society Mutual
PPS Mutual is unlike any other company in Australia. We exist solely for the benefit of our Members and PPS Mutual products are only offered to a defined group of professionals. We operate on a mutual model. This means when you take out insurance with us, you become not just a policyholder, but a Member of the company and you share in its ownership.
Our Professionals Choice Life, Trauma, Total & Permanent Disability, Income Protection and Business Insurance Cover insurance products, together with access to our Profit-Share Plan are only available to a defined list of 24 professional occupations. Therefore our insurance products have unique features which have been designed specifically for the professionals that we insure.
We’ve partnered with the world’s largest multi-disciplinary group of professionals, an Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) regulated insurer and one of the world’s largest reinsurers. These partnerships enable PPS Mutual Members to share in the profits generated by the insurance they buy.
PPS Mutual is based on a business model that has been hugely successful throughout the world and in South Africa since the 1940s – PPS South Africa is the country’s biggest Mutual.
Life
Pays a lump sum if you die or if you are terminally ill.
Total & Permanent Disability
Pays a lump sum if you are totally and permanently disabled.
Trauma
Pays a lump sum if you suffer a specified trauma condition such as cancer or a heart attack.
Income Protection
Pays a monthly benefit to help replace your income if you aren’t able to carry out all or part of your occupation due to illness or injury.
Business Expenses
Pays a monthly benefit to replace your fixed business expenses if you’re unable to carry out all or part of your occupation due to illness or injury.
PPS Mutual allows you to structure your insurance via Non-Super or Super.
The structure you choose will influence:
Yes, you are covered under the benefits of your plan for any COVID-19 vaccine related adverse reactions. All claims will be considered subject to the usual requirements of meeting the terms and conditions of your plan benefits.
Non Super
A non-super plan is one that is owned by an individual who may or may not be different from the Life Insured, a company or a Trustee. Only one Life Insured is permitted on each Plan (except in cases where children are insured under the Child Insurance Option). If there is more than one Plan Owner, we will treat them as joint tenants.
The benefits under a non-super plan will be paid to either the Plan Owner or the beneficiaries who have been nominated under the Plan.
Superannuation
If you purchase your insurance through Super, the Plan Owner will be the Trustee of an approved Superannuation fund or SMSF of which you are a Member. Only one Life Insured is permitted on each plan. Not all Insurances or features and options can be applied for within a Super Plan, as detailed further in the PDS.
The benefits paid under a Super Plan will be paid to the trustee of the Super Fund who will then distribute them as per the governing rules of the relevant superannuation fund and superannuation law.
There may be a situation where we will pay a benefit to the superannuation fund however Superannuation law may prevent the release of the benefit by the fund.
By structuring insurance through Super you may be able to take advantage of a range of tax concessions generally not available with insurance outside super. These concessions can make it more affordable to insure through super. However as superannuation law is complex it is important that you receive advice from your financial adviser.
Unlike a company that is listed on a stock exchange, PPS Mutual belongs to its Members and operates under the ethos of mutuality. This means that it does not offer shares on any public stock exchange and answers only to the professional Members it serves. It is operated and maintained for the sole benefit of its professional Members. The unique business model of PPS Mutual offers “ownership” to Members who can exclusively share in the profits of the PPS Mutual products.
When you join PPS Mutual, you get exclusive access to a unique and tailor-made portfolio of insurance benefits as part of our Professionals Choice product – each one created to answer the specific protection needs of a defined group of Australia’s professionals.
And, uniquely in Australia, you also receive a share of the annual profit generated by the PPS Mutual product. After 10 years’ membership you can start to withdraw this money from your ‘Profit-Share Account’.
It’s an approach that’s already proved hugely successful. Some of the world’s biggest and most successful Insurance companies operate on a mutual model as does PPS in South Africa. And we believe it’s time Australia’s professionals were offered a similar chance to benefit from a radical reappraisal of how insurance – and insurance companies – can work.
In the event that all the core insurance plans on the same Life Insured as under the Profit-Share Plan are lapsed or cancelled, then the Profit-Share Plan owner is paid out the maximum amount that is available to withdraw.
Membership of PPS Mutual is strictly limited to a defined group of Australian professionals.
To join PPS Mutual you will need to be an Australian citizen or a permanent resident of Australia or a New Zealander with special category visa and be eligible to practise in one of the designated professions shown here or be a previous member of PPS in South Africa.
MEDICAL
Audiologist
An Audiology Australia Accredited Audiologist
Chinese Medicine Practitioner
Registered with the Chinese Medicine Practitioners Board of Australia
Chiropractor
Registered with the Chiropractic Board of Australia
Dentist, Dental Specialist
Registered with the Dental Board of Australia as a Dentist or Dental Specialist
Doctor, GP or Specialist
Registered with the Medical Practitioners Board in any Australian State or Territory
Medical Radiation Practitioner
Registered with the Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia
Occupational Therapist
Registered with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia
Optometrist
General registration with the Optometry Board of Australia
Osteopath
Registered with the Osteopathy Board of Australia
Pharmacist
Registered with the Pharmacy Board of Australia
Podiatrist
Registered with the Podiatry Board of Australia
Psychologist
General registration with the Psychology Board of Australia
Physiotherapist
Registered with the Physiotherapists Registration Board
Speech Pathologist
A Certified Practising Member of Speech Pathology Australia
Veterinarian
Registered to practise with the Veterinary Registration Board in any Australian State or Territory
INDUSTRIAL
Architect
Registered with the Architects Board in any State or Territory of Australia
Engineer
Accredited as an Engineering Technologist or Professional Engineer of Engineers Australia, Board of Professional Engineers of Queensland or Professionals Australia or a Member / Fellow of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
Quantity Surveyor
Member or Fellow of the Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors
Surveyors
Registered or licensed with the Surveyors Board in any Australian State or Territory
Town Planner
A Full Member or Registered Planner of the Planning Institute of Australia
COMMERCIAL & LEGAL
Accountant
Current or Prior Member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, CPA Australia or Institute of Public Accountants.
Actuary
Associate Actuary or Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia
Barrister, Solicitor, Judge
Admitted to practice by the Supreme Court of an Australian State or
Territory
Chartered Financial Analyst Charterholders
Registered as a Chartered Financial Analyst Charterholder
You can only join PPS Mutual via one of our Accredited Advisers – an exclusive group of professional Advisers who are licenced to give advice under their own Australian Financial Services Licence or Licencee and fully comply with our strict accreditation rules for the PPS Mutual Professionals Choice product.
Every Accredited Adviser receives formal product training by PPS Mutual in order to ensure that they are fully equipped to give you all the advice and guidance you may need.
Before applying to join via your PPS Mutual Accredited Adviser, please remember that PPS Mutual Membership is reserved for the professionals who meet our eligibility criteria.
Find an Accredited Adviser
You can find a PPS Mutual Accredited Adviser by calling the Member Services Contact Centre on 1300 401 436.
Here are some of the things we are looking for in the Advisers we will offer Accredited Adviser status to:
If you would like to become a PPS Mutual Accredited Adviser please contact Brian Pillemer, our Director of Distribution on
T: 02 8292 2911
The PPS Mutual Professionals Choice product is promoted exclusively by PPS Mutual and Financial Advisers accredited by PPS Mutual. PPS Mutual is a specialist risk insurance business. PPS Mutual is a wholly owned subsidiary of PPS Mutual Holding.
PPS Mutual represents Members on certain life insurance matters. These include participating in a working group which recommends to NobleOak how any profit of the product is assigned by NobleOak to Plan owners each year, when the Profit-Share Pool should be used to support some of the insurance risk, and the investment strategy for the assets within the Benefit Fund which support Profit-Share Accounts.
Additionally, PPS Mutual provides services to NobleOak relating to product and business development, distribution support and underwriting of the business. NobleOak pays PPS Mutual fees for providing these services. These fees are limited to amounts necessary for PPS Mutual to recover its costs to maximise the profits relating to the product within NobleOak’s PPS Mutual Benefit Fund, which can be assigned to Profit-Share Accounts. PPS Mutual’s costs include royalty fees to the founding members of PPS Mutual Holding for the establishment of the business and providing the intellectual property.
NobleOak has appointed PPS South Africa to be the administrator of this product. All data will be stored in Australia.
PPS South Africa is a South African mutual financial services company which was formed in 1941 and is the largest mutual in South Africa. PPS South Africa is a specialist administrator of insurance products incorporating a Profit-Share Account. PPS South Africa is also a founding member of PPS Mutual Holding.
NobleOak is the insurer and issuer of this PPS Mutual Professionals Choice product. NobleOak is an Australian life insurer that was established in 1877.
NobleOak is regulated by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and holds an Australian Financial Services Licence issued by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC). NobleOak is responsible for meeting the terms and conditions of your cover, including the payment of benefits.
NobleOak is a Friendly Society, and business will be written in the PPS Mutual Benefit Fund of NobleOak. The Benefit Fund structure helps facilitate the profit sharing concept included in this product.
Yes, you are covered by your insurance plan across all the benefits. There are no COVID-19 exclusions or restrictions in cover. Any COVID-19 related claim will be considered subject to the usual requirements of meeting the terms and conditions of your plan benefits.
Yes, you are covered under the benefits of your plan for any related adverse reactions to an ATAGI approved vaccine or vaccine trial under the National Immunisation Program. All claims will be considered subject to the usual requirements of meeting the terms and conditions of your plan benefits.
Yes, you are covered by your insurance plan across all the benefits. There are no exclusions or restrictions in cover. Any COVID-19 related claim will be considered subject to the usual requirements of meeting the terms and conditions of your plan benefits.