Life Insurance or Funeral Cover: which one better serves the need to protect you and your family?

If you need to file an insurance claim, don't dawdle. If you fail to get your paperwork in on time, your claim could be rejected – and it only gets worse from there.

Money is tight, the debit orders keep coming and cancelling your Car Insurance starts to look like an easy save and benefit to your bank account. Before you contact your insurance provider to discuss cancelling car insurance, it pays to understand what cancelling your car insurance policy really costs and what to do instead. Car Insurance can feel like a grudge purchase when money is tight, but cancelling your current policy may save money this month and cost far more after an accident, theft or other unexpected events. 

There's a particular brand of South African optimism that kicks in when the job market lets you down. It’s that little voice that whispers: ‘You should start your own business’. With the official unemployment rate sitting at 32.7% in the first quarter of 2026 (and youth unemployment for those aged 15 to 34 at a sobering 45.8%), more people are looking at the formal economy and deciding to build their own door rather than keep knocking on closed ones.

Life Insurance tends to sit at the bottom of the financial to-do list. It's benefits are not as immediate as the car payment or as tangible as the medical aid debit order every month. But for South Africans in their 30s and 40s, navigating growing responsibilities and a stack of debit orders that seems to get taller every year, it's one of the more consequential decisions you'll make.

Hippo 2.0 was rebuilt to make finding cover simpler, faster and more personal. It's mobile-first, easier to navigate and, with the Hippo guiding you at every step, a lot nicer to use.

Third-party liability insurance only can seem like a cost-saving option over comprehensive insurance, but an incident involving your car could end up costing you more than you bargained for.

Insurance policies can look similar on the surface, but the fine print often reveals important differences in cover, exclusions, and claim conditions. Understanding these details can help you avoid surprises and choose protection that truly meets your needs.

Running a business in South Africa means your vehicles are almost certainly working harder than most on the road. Whether it's a single bakkie making deliveries or a fleet of minibuses moving people across the city, the moment a vehicle earns you money, your personal Car Insurance stops being enough. Using a privately insured vehicle for commercial purposes is one of the most common and costly gaps in South African business cover, and most owners only find out when a claim gets rejected.

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.