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Thumbnail image for Will My Insurance Still Pay If Someone Else Was Driving My Car?

One of the things an insurance company wants to know when offering car insurance is:
“Who will be the most regular driver of the vehicle?”
Time and time again when we ask this question we get the following reply:
“No, I don’t want that! I want anyone with a licence to be able ...

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Thumbnail image for Is It Possible To Leave My Life Insurance Pay-Out To My Kids?

You can leave your life insurance policy pay-out to whoever you like! I mean it’s your policy, you’ve been paying the premiums on it so why shouldn’t you decide who gets the money when you finally pass on. But before you consider leaving the money to your children, have you ...

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Thumbnail image for Can My Medical Scheme Cancel My Membership?

Are you aware that a South African medical scheme can’t refuse you cover? If you apply to become a member the scheme has to take you on regardless of your age or health status. So if they are obliged to take you on, the assumption is that they can’t kick ...

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Thumbnail image for Is Your Vehicle Insured At The Correct Value?

2012 is upon us… and while the year is but an infant, now is the perfect time to run through your insurance schedule and make sure your car is insured at the right value.
Why is now the perfect time? Well, it is a new year and your car is a ...

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Thumbnail image for No NHRPL! Perhaps It’s Open Season For Greedy Healthcare Providers?

If you belong to medical scheme (A) could they be paying providers at a different rate to medical scheme (B)? Shouldn’t there be a standard tariff structure? Only in a perfect world! There actually was a workable framework called the National Health Reference Price List (NHRPL) that all the medical ...

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Thumbnail image for Holistic Healthcare Planning is Essential!

Current statistics paint an alarming picture of the increasing prevalence of life threatening illnesses such as cancer and heart disease. No-one likes to think about contracting one of these ailments, especially when you consider that your medical aid benefits are unlikely to stretch far enough to cover all of the ...

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Thumbnail image for 4 Differences Between Medical Aid & Medical Insurance Cover!

“So what’s in a name you ask?” Plenty actually! And when it comes to private healthcare cover there are major differences between medical scheme & medical insurance cover. Here are 4 things you should be aware of when you compare your conventional medical aid plan against medical insurance policies.

Price v ...

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Thumbnail image for Are The Proceeds Of My Life Insurance Policy Subject To Estate Duty?

Life insurance pay-outs can be pretty hefty. I mean really big numbers that run into millions and millions of rands. One of the questions I always get is “Will the life insurance proceeds be taxed when it pays out?” And here I’m specifically talking about the policy being subject to ...

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Thumbnail image for Does It Ever Make Sense For You To Own An Endowment Policy?

You might not know this but we write articles for other newsletters as well. Below is an article I wrote about endowment investment policies which I thought was too good to not publish on our own InsuranceFundi site. Why do I think it’s great? Simply because it explains why certain ...

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Thumbnail image for Am I Safe From Creditors In A Close Corporation?

First things first…what exactly is a close corporation?
In 15 words:
A close corporation is a legal business entity which is separate from its individual members!
Here’s the longer version:

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