Life Insurance

Less than 15% of South Africans have a Will when they die

Double cancer diagnosis shows why the right cover is critical

Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among South African women – but it’s also the cancer women die of most in our country. According to CANSA figures, women in South Africa have a 1 in 42 lifetime risk of cervical cancer.

Time to spring clean your personal estate document file

With September almost a memory, many of us will be reaching to the top of our cupboards, bringing down the summer gear, packing away the mandatory puffer jacket and dusting off our flip-flops.

“Vat en Sit” does not automatically afford you a claim against your partners estate, for now

Societal norms are fast changing and cohabiting is no longer regarded as a taboo. For many years, couples lived together without entering a legally recognised marriage. “Vat en Sit” – a colloquial Afrikaans term for settling down together without the formalities that come with marriage – does not automatically afford couples the right to inherit in terms of the Law of Intestate Succession Act 81 of 1987 (ISA).