Life Insurance

Less than 6% of middle-income customers have sufficient emergency savings on hand

South Africans cash into savings and investments to cope with covid-19 fallout, says study

Life insurance or Funeral insurance? The answer lies with what you want for your family

About 7 million South Africans have funeral insurance; this is according to Finscope’s 2019 statistics. This figure underlines the importance we place on making sure our loved ones have a dignified send-off. The question to be asked, says Old Mutual, is whether it is necessary to have both types of insurance policies to achieve long-term financial stability.

Understanding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on death, funeral and income disability claims

Towards the end of 2020, there was reason to believe that the worst of the pandemic experienced during the height of the first wave was behind us, with the roll out of vaccines around the world on the horizon.