2026-07-14

7 reasons you should consider Life Insurance

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.

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2026-07-04

Introducing Hippo 2.0: Hippo's new and improved platform

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.

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2026-07-02

Comprehensive Car Insurance vs Third Party only: What's the difference?

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.

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2026-05-28

How to decode the fine print in your insurance contract

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.

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2026-05-21

Business Car Insurance in South Africa: What you need and why it matters

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.

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2026-05-20

What is Sasria? Everything you need to know

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.

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2026-05-12

Car write-offs: What you need to know

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

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2026-04-24

Delivery bikes: Motorbike Insurance or Business Insurance?

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.

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2026-04-20

What’s covered under Buildings Insurance with Home Insurance?

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.

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2026-04-15

Do you have unclaimed Life Insurance benefits?

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.

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2026-04-10

Home Insurance, unpacking Home Contents Insurance

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.

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2026-04-09

Choosing between some of the best Business Insurance providers

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.

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