“The Association has been absolutely marvelous, helping me step-by-step throughout the whole process. They also organised and helped me go back to work on restricted duties.”RN Shari Budgen
If you are injured travelling to or from work, you should contact the Association immediately for advice.
If your accident involves travel by car, you should also straight away lodge a Compulsory Third Party (CTP) claim. It is a condition of claiming under the Journey Accident Insurance policy, that you lodge a CTP claim if eligible. Any CTP payments for past economic loss will need to be reimbursed to the Journey Accident insurer.
How do I make a claim?The Association will assist you with the submission of a claim. Remember that you must be a financial member at the time of the accident in order to claim under the policy.
A Journey Accident claim form will be emailed (or mailed) to you for completion. The information you will need to provide along with the completed form includes:
The completed claim form and documents should be submitted to the Association via email insurance@nswnma.asn.au or fax: (02) 9662 1414.
The Association will then lodge the claim and liaise on your behalf with our insurers. Our insurers will assess and respond to the claim within 10 business days. Should further information be required this will be requested via the Association. We will provide regular updates to you on the progress of your claim.
Requirements over the life of a claimFor claims that are assessed to be more long term, you will be requested to provide the following over the life of the claim: