Protecting your family

What happens if one pay cheque stops — and how the cover fits together.

One income usually supports more lives than people realise. This path is about what happens if it’s interrupted, and how the different kinds of cover work.

Stage 1: Income cover

The cover that stands in for an earner’s income.

Stage 2: The health gaps

Where medical costs land that a medical aid doesn’t.

Stage 3: The pricing

Why cover costs what it costs, and how the types differ.

Stage 4: The estate

What your family would actually face, and how a will changes it.

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