by Laeni Gittins | Jan 23, 2017 | Blog, Critical Illness, Financial Planning
If you are paying for both Medical Cover and Dread Disease Cover… you may ask yourself why? The cost of living keeps rising and in the year ahead we can expect more increases that will put pressure on our hard-earned and diligently saved resources. This doesn’t have...
by Laeni Gittins | May 30, 2016 | Blog, Critical Illness, Risk Cover
Recent statistics made available by Liberty Life reveal that cancer is the leading cause of claims paid by the assurer in 2015. One in four claims paid by Liberty were for cancer, and the proportion of claims for cancer is increasing, even at younger ages. Motor...
by Laeni Gittins | Apr 6, 2015 | Blog, Critical Illness, Health, Risk Cover
As I wrote in a previous article, full medical cover has become an expensive purchase that few South Africans can afford. As we see a significant increase in the purchase of hospital plans, we are also seeing a decrease in how much our clients fully understand the big...
by Laeni Gittins | Mar 23, 2015 | Blog, Critical Illness, Health, Risk Cover
Full medical cover has become an expensive purchase that few South Africans can afford. This is the reason for the increased popularity of hospital plans that cover your medical bills if you are hospitalised. Having come from a generation that largely understood...
by Laeni Gittins | Oct 6, 2014 | Blog, Critical Illness, Health, Risk Cover
Last year I shared an article on my blog that spoke to the stark reality of the tragic impact that cancer has had (and continues to have) on almost every family in South Africa. It’s very rare, in fact, to meet someone who hasn’t either had cancer themselves, or has a...
by Laeni Gittins | May 5, 2014 | Critical Illness, Financial Planning
Women submit more critical illness claims than men. RISKSA published an online article that shed some light on an area of financial planning that appears to be largely overlooked, or at least, underestimated. A key consideration for every financial portfolio is to...