Covering your child’s healthcare as a single parent
FA News - 7th October 2022 Private healthcare is a must when it comes to accessing quality and timely medical services in South Africa and being able to provide this for your children is often
Look after your body : Key to physical and financial wellbeing
By managing our lifestyle and making more informed health choices, it is possible to not only live longer and be healthier, but to avoid frequent significant medical expenses, improving our financial wellbeing as well. News24 -
The true cost of absenteeism in the workplace and how gap cover can prevent it
FA News - 3rd August 2022 The success of a business is built on the wellbeing and health of its workforce. Evidence suggests that maintaining employee health results in increased productive yield and business performance. People miss work
Gap cover – an employee benefit that makes a real difference today
FA News - 18th July 2022 Benefits are an important part of attracting and retaining talent for corporates, and these offerings can often be a point of differentiation. As such, many businesses have started to offer Employee Assistance
Hypertension is a silent killer that can also kill your financial wellbeing
FA NEWS – 28th June 2022 Hypertension, or high blood pressure, affects an estimated 1.13 billion people worldwide – one in four men and one in five women. It can cause a range of health problems, from heart
Colorectal cancer – don’t let a dread disease diagnosis ruin your financial future
FA NEWS – 20th June 2022 We tend to think that cancer is something that mainly affects you as you get older, but the reality is that cancer is increasingly affecting younger people, and previously less common forms
Moving from your parents’ medical aid to your own? Gap cover can be a financial lifesaver
FA News – 14th June 2022 Medical aid is essential for accessing private healthcare in South Africa, but when children become adults, the rate charged for being a dependent on their parents’ medical aid increases substantially. However, many
When it comes to birth, it pays to know your options
Ridge Times 12th May 2022 While C-sections are a necessary operation that can save lives, they are often unnecessary in the majority of normal, uncomplicated births and deliveries. A report by the Council for Medical Schemes states that
The importance of gap cover to protect you from the devastating costs of cancer treatment
FA News – 17th May 2022 A cancer diagnosis can have a severe impact on the emotional health of patients and their families, often leading to feelings of anxiety, stress and even depression. But the stress of a
Muscular-skeletal problems can have huge medical expense shortfalls
Cover - 26th April 2022 Medical aid and gap cover are often viewed as unnecessary when people are young and healthy. But the reality is that muscular-skeletal conditions, or those affecting the bones, muscles, tendons, ligaments and soft