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Run your way to youthfulness this Youth Month
Press Releases • Jun 06, 2018 09:51 GMT
June is full of excuses to start running your way to youthfulness and great health. With World Running Day on the 6th, it is also Youth Month and five years that Discovery Vitality has been a headline sponsor of parkrun SA.
Discovery launches Business Insurance
Press Releases • May 15, 2018 11:10 GMT
Discovery today announced the launch of Discovery Business Insurance – a new type of shared value insurance focused on building better and “healthier” businesses.
Introducing Vitality Move
Press Releases • May 14, 2018 08:45 GMT
It is estimated that nearly half (48.7%) of South Africans with hypertension have never been screened and therefore remain undiagnosed and unaware of their increased risk for heart disease and strokes.
Discovery Insure recognised as a Model Insurer at Celent Model Awards Program ceremony held in Boston, Massachusetts.
Press Releases • Apr 25, 2018 09:46 GMT
At the 2018 Celent Model Awards Program ceremony held in Boston, Massachusetts, Discovery Insure’s Vitalitydrive smartphone programme was recognised as a Model Insurer in the Innovation and Emerging Technologies category.
Door-step deliveries of flu vaccinations to combat 2018 dangerous flu virus
Press Releases • Apr 12, 2018 10:44 GMT
On 18 April 2018, from 10:00 to 15:00, Uber will not only be taking people across cities but also flu vaccinations. To help ensure more people have protection against flu and to make it more convenient for people to get vaccinated Discovery Health has partnered with Uber, Clicks and Dis-Chem.
Claims data from Discovery Health Medical Scheme, SA’s largest open medical scheme, give insight into country’s healthcare trends
Press Releases • Apr 05, 2018 10:57 GMT
Discovery Health and Discovery Health Medical Scheme (DHMS), the country’s largest open medical scheme with over 2.7 million members, today released insightful data into medical aid claims trends for the past year. DHMS paid over R50.6 billion in claims in 2017*, with R26.3 billion of those claims going towards hospital claims and R2.9 billion towards chronic conditions.
Discovery announces partnership with Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka
Press Releases • Mar 28, 2018 12:05 GMT
Discovery Limited, the South African-founded financial services organisation guided by the core purpose of making people healthier and enhancing and protecting lives, announced today that they are the Official Wellness Partner to Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka.
A fierce flu season is expected: immunising early is the best defence
Press Releases • Mar 12, 2018 08:30 GMT
Discovery Health recommends early vaccination against flu to protect everyone, including all high-risk members. The Winter’s colder months are almost here and this means that the time has once again come for us, living in the southern hemisphere, to take up the annual fight against flu.
Regulation 28 offshore limits to increase
Press Releases • Feb 23, 2018 09:47 GMT
A key announcement by Finance Minister, Malusi Gigaba this week included the increase in offshore allocations by institutional investors of 5%, meaning that institutional investors can now invest up to 30% offshore. However, institutional investors typically include retirement funds...
Discovery’s strong performance sets the foundation for further growth in 2018
Press Releases • Feb 20, 2018 07:35 GMT
Group Chief Executive, Adrian Gore, shared the interim earnings and performance highlights of the Discovery Group for the six months ended 31 December 2017 with analysts.
Morningstar and PlexCrown Fund Ratings recognises exceptional performance by Discovery Invest
Press Releases • Feb 14, 2018 09:53 GMT
Fresh from celebrating its 10-year anniversary, Discovery Invest is on the accolade trail with one of its flagship funds recently nominated for a Morningstar South Africa fund award, while the asset manager was ranked in the PlexusCrown Survey as the fourth best CIS management company in South Africa as at end December 2017...
South African triathletes ready for Commonwealth glory
Press Releases • Feb 12, 2018 10:16 GMT
South Africa’s triathlon medal prospects at the Commonwealth Games look promising after team mates Richard Murray and Henri Schoeman bagged gold and silver respectively during the elite men’s race at the 2018 Discovery Triathlon World Cup Cape Town, on Sunday 11 February 2018 in Green Point.
Studies show the emotional state of a driver can impact safety on the road
Press Releases • Jan 25, 2018 12:21 GMT
Texting while driving, and drinking and driving are known causes of severe road accidents and road deaths. Extreme emotions while driving can be equally as dangerous.
Run the Western Cape – in style – with the Discovery Vitality Run Series
Press Releases • Jan 11, 2018 14:15 GMT
Following the overwhelming success of the Discovery Vitality Run Series in Johannesburg in 2017, Discovery Vitality is excited to announce the launch of the next Run Series in the Western Cape over February and March this year.
R5 million required to fund the education of an average size family in SA
Press Releases • Nov 29, 2017 09:05 GMT
Financial planning for education came under the spotlight at a roundtable event recently hosted by Discovery Life. The discussion focused on key insights from a White Paper Discovery Life developed on current trends in education funding and protection in South Africa, and finding solutions in response to the various trends...
Poppy Ntshongwana, Discovery Insure and local celebs raise road safety awareness
Press Releases • Nov 09, 2017 13:28 GMT
How well do our celebs drive? Discovery Insure and #RidingPopGun creator Poppy Ntshongwana are teaming up with well-loved, local celebs to ride “Pop Gun” and answer this question by putting their driving skills to the test. SA roads will soon carry holiday makers to their December holiday destination and as the most dangerous time of year to be on our roads, safety is top of mind.
Entries now open for 2018 Discovery Get Active Weekend in Cape Town
Press Releases • Nov 01, 2017 07:29 GMT
Continuing its endorsement of mass participation sporting events, Discovery will once more host the Discovery Triathlon World Cup Cape Town and Discovery Duathlon Cape Town.
The state of health in South Africa according to Discovery Life’s claim experience 2016
Press Releases • Oct 23, 2017 08:50 GMT
Discovery Life published insights of its life assurance claims from January 2016 to December 2016. A total of 20 247 claims were paid over the period, amounting to R3.2 billion. This brings the total amount that Discovery Life has paid out to date up to R18.7 billion.
Over 42 000 sanitary packs donated to keep 6 000 girls in school
Press Releases • Oct 18, 2017 07:50 GMT
During Women’s Month, Discovery Vitality partnered with Dis-Chem to empower school girls through a special Vitality MoveToGive campaign. The two-week campaign received overwhelming success with over 42 000 sanitary packs donated to the Caring4Girls programme, which will help improve the health and gender equality of schoolgirls living in disadvantaged areas.
South Africa’s healthiest city revealed
Press Releases • Oct 11, 2017 09:29 GMT
Cape Town has the highest number of people who are a healthy weight, plus they purchase the most vegetables and fruit, when compared with South Africa’s other major cities.