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  • Discovery Life making strides in closing the insurance gap

    Discovery Life making strides in closing the insurance gap

    There are multiple trends that compound to create a more complex financial planning environment for women. Because of persistent socio-economic inequality, women face a large insurance gap. With this context in mind, Discovery Life has built life insurance products which specifically cater to these challenges and risks.

  • Gareth Friedlander, Head of Research and Development at Discovery Life

    Millennials face a demonstrable insurance gap of R15 trillion

    South Africa’s young adults could bridge the growing life and disability insurance gap by diverting a fraction of their monthly lifestyle expenditure to financial services products. The largest insurance gap is currently presented by millennials between the age of 18 and 30 coupled by high levels of indebtedness and low savings.