Ways you can be prepared:

Insuring your things

• Car insurance
• Home insurance
• Household items

Getting insurance for losing your income or not being able to work

• Disability insurance – pays an amount if you’re unable to work
• Retrenchment insurance – pays an amount within a certain period if you are retrenched
• Critical illness insurance – pays an amount if you are diagnosed with one or more of a specific list of illnesses
• Credit insurance – repays one or more of your debts if you die, become disabled or sometimes if you’re retrenched

Find out more about the different types of insurance.

Looking after your family or dependants

• Life insurance – pays an amount to certain people who depend on you financially, when you die.
• Funeral insurance – pays a fixed value if you die or an immediate family member dies.

Find out more about the different types of insurance.

• Wills and estate planning.
  • Read this flyer to find out why it’s so important to draw up a plan for your finances and your family when you die.