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A vaccination request too far?

01 September 2021 | General

Income protection specialist, FMI, a division of Bidvest Life, is the latest in a long list of insurers to admit that their lapse experience during lockdown and pandemic has been better than feared. “We expected [premium] affordability would become an issue and that high lapse rates would follow; but we have not experienced that,” said Leza Wells, Chief Product Actuary at the insurer. Wells was commenting during a virtual presentation titled ‘Covid-19: The real impact on life insurance ”. There is also substantial evidence that the country’s life policyholders have cottoned on to the value in their death, disability, dread disease and income protection cover and are doing whatever it takes to keep these covers in place.

September is Wills Month – Here’s what you need to know!

01 September 2021 | Estates & Wills

The last few months have been nothing short of a whirlwind of unprecedented events for our country. As a nation we have had to navigate another level 4 lockdown and watch helplessly as friends and family lose their assets and experience the stresses associated with the recent destructive riots.

Why short-term insurance is not the only insurance SMEs should be considering

31 August 2021 | General

Short-term insurance recently became one of the talking points of the July lootings after thousands of SMEs were affected by the riots, suffering loss and damage to assets.