Most South Africans may have seen the letters "SASRIA" on their insurance policy schedule and moved on swiftly with their lives. Another acronym in the insurance industry, that washes over most of us. It's one of those things we tend not to notice, until you really need to understand what it means. If July 2021 taught the country anything, it's that that moment can arrive faster than anyone expects.

How, when, and why would your car be declared a write-off? The answer is more complicated than you'd think.

When your bike is your business, how do you know which cover actually protects you? For South African delivery riders, the right delivery bike insurance is the difference between a bad day and a wrecked livelihood. The short answer: a standard motorbike insurance policy is rarely enough, because the vehicle isn't just transport , it's the main asset of a small business. If you're a contracted delivery rider, you almost always need business insurance for delivery bikes as well.

Your home is an ever-evolving asset. And like any asset, it is vulnerable to unforeseen eventualities that affect its price for the better or worse. A home is something you make, but in simpler terms a house, apartment or townhouse in a complex is a structure made of bricks and mortar with a roof. Buildings Insurance is the part of Home Insurance that protects the physical structure of your home, not your possessions within it like your couch, TV, or air fryer. Those would fall under Home Contents Insurance.

When it comes to your family's financial future, the only thing worse than not having the right type, and amount, of Life Insurance cover is being unaware of a benefit payout that is due – sometimes long after they needed it the most.

Home Insurance consists of a combination of Home Contents Insurance and Buildings Insurance. Your home not only offers shelter, protection and a haven for you and your family, it’s also a place to keep all of your…stuff. Some of it is valuable and some of it sentimental. Then there’s those things you’ve been meaning to get rid of. Like ageing treadmills or a digital camera you just know you’ll find the charging cable for or even those clothes that you will wear one day. Perhaps after a few gym sessions.

Of the many things you need to consider when starting or owning a business, Business Insurance Cover should be at the top of your list. Whatever your vision and ambition for the company is, when you’re building something, you want to protect all the hard work you’ve put into it.

Since ancient times and even as you read this sentence, humans have worshipped, adored, cared for and revered our pets. They are an essential part of millions of South Africans’ lives. No matter what you do, who you are or what sort of day you’ve had, pets are absolutely delighted to see us, and despite popular belief, cats are fairly pleased too. They are part of the family, and if they get sick or injured, we will try to do anything in our power to help them. That’s where Pet Insurance comes in.

Funeral Cover is one of those products many South Africans take out fairly quickly, often during emotional or time-pressured moments. The catch is that small details in the policy can shape the real value of the cover when you need it.

When the Uber wave first hit South Africa in 2013, it didn’t just bring ride-hailing convenience to the palm of our hands; it shook up the entire taxi industry. Fast forward a few years, Bolt joined the race, and now e-hailing is as South African as biltong and braais.

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We think about our family all the time. Through good times and bad, they are the reason we get up every day and go to work, because we want to provide them with the best lives possible. Yet we don’t often think about what their lives might be like after we’ve gone, and unfortunately death is a destination as much as life is a joyful journey.