South Africa’s widening life insurance protection gap highlights the importance of acting early. Securing cover while healthy, understanding policy terms, and disclosing all information can help avoid costly mistakes and ensure meaningful financial protection when it’s needed most.

While Easter road safety has improved, risks remain during busy travel periods. Santam urges homeowners to secure their properties by testing alarms, arranging check-ins, and reviewing insurance, ensuring peace of mind and protection against common threats like housebreaking over long weekends.

Old Mutual Insure has appointed Tandiwe Cimela as Executive: Elite, effective April 2026. With extensive industry experience, she succeeds retiring co-founder Tarina Vlok, whose leadership helped establish Elite as a trusted high-net-worth insurance offering.

If your insurance could speak, it would ask whether your cover still matches your life. From updated assets and addresses to accurate risk details, regular reviews are essential to avoid underinsurance and ensure your policy truly protects you when it matters most.

iTOO Special Risks and Munich Re launch aiSure, Africa’s AI performance insurance, covering losses from non-malicious AI errors. The solution enables businesses and developers to adopt autonomous AI confidently by mitigating risk, guaranteeing model performance, and supporting innovation across industries.

Tavaziva Madzinga, CEO of Santam Group, highlighted the insurer’s strong 2025 performance, driven by disciplined underwriting, double-digit premium growth and progress on the FutureFit 2030 strategy. Santam strengthened its market leadership while expanding internationally and investing in capabilities and partnerships.