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Making the decision to buy a life insurance policy is a small step you can take to protect your family from financial distress if you pass on. Your life cover can provide for your family when you cannot, which is an important part of building your family’s generational wealth. But how do you decide which life insurer offers the best life insurance in South Africa?
Best Life cover options in South Africa
All life insurance policies will offer you an amount of life cover, known as a sum assured, that pays out to a beneficiary or beneficiaries upon the death of the life assured. But not all life insurance policies are the same! Life insurance policies come in many different shapes and sizes from different companies, with different benefits.
What should I look for to find the best life insurance?
You need to look for a policy that offers you the amount of cover you need, is flexible, easy to manage and easy to claim on, and has benefits you will use.
Flexible policies change as your life changes
From young and single, to married with your first child, your life and your insurance needs change. Your life cover needs to be flexible so that you can meet these changing needs. 1Life makes it convenient and easy for you to change your policy so that it continues to meet your needs as your life changes. 1Life’s Guaranteed Assurability benefit, for example, allows you to increase your cover when your life changes – for example if you get married or have children – as well as on every third policy anniversary. Most importantly, it means you can increase your cover, by a certain percentage, without any additional underwriting!
Life cover that's easy to manage
You also need a policy that is easy to manage, preferably in your own time at your own convenience. You need to be able to view your policy details online and change details such as your beneficiaries and contact details. 1Life’s WhatsApp service centre and online policyholder portal allow you to do this with a quick, secure login. Changes are made in real time, so you can immediately see if your new policy details are correct!
Life cover that's easy to claim
This is the true test of any insurance policy: Does it pay valid claims quickly? 1Life pays claims as quickly as possible, with no delays for valid claims where all the documentation, such as a death certificate, have been received. We’ve also made it easy to claim, by providing a how to claim guide to help your beneficiary or beneficiaries claim and automating as much of the process as possible to speed up your claim.
What else should a good life insurance policy offer?
In addition to cover, policies may also offer other benefits. For example, 1Life policyholders also have access to a free financial education course from Truth About Money. This course helps you learn, in your own time, good money management skills! In addition, 1Life policyholders have access to a free legal assistance benefit that will help draft wills and offer legal advice for family, civil, criminal and labour matters. And there is help to manage your debts with Truth About Money’s debt management services. These benefits help you become more financially aware and manage your money, and debt, well! You can also read our blogs for smart money saving and management tips!
Get the best life insurance policy
How can you tell if you have a good life insurance policy? Look for the insurer's track record and make sure they are authorised by the regulatory authority to sell insurance. Also look at customer satisfaction surveys to see how customers feel about their insurer!
Your insurer must be registered with the Financial Sector Conduct Authority as an authorised financial services provider (FSP). They should also have a good track record in the industry. 1Life Insurance has been a registered insurer since 2006 and in 2021 maintained its position as South Africa’s leading direct life insurer, with the largest market share, for the 10th consecutive year in the annual Swiss Re Individual Risk Market New Business Volume survey.
Cover you need, benefits you will use
When your policy offers you the cover you need with additional features that can save you money and offers great benefits, and is from a reputable insurer, you know you have a good life insurance policy.