Discovery offers you and your family flexible personal financial protection at a cost-effective premium and we reward you for living a healthy life and managing your finances.
Why do I need life insurance?
Life insurance ensures that you and your family are financially protected in the event of a death, disability, severe illness or loss of income. The life cover portion pays out a lump sum in the event of a death which can then be used by you or your loved ones to cover any financial obligations - from funeral costs to outstanding home loans - that may arise from your death.
In addition, severe illness, disability and income protection benefits can cover your financial needs in the form of either a lump sum payout or a regular income. You can also cover the education costs of your children should you die, become disabled or suffer from a severe illness. We've designed our products to provide relevant, comprehensive benefits that adapt to your changing needs. To find out more about our products, contact your financial adviser or get life insurance quote from us today.
A Life Plan to suit you in every stage of your life.
Benefits to enhance your cover
We will pay out a lump sum if you suffer from a severe illness.
We will pay you a monthly amount if you're unable to work due to injury or illness.
We will pay out a lump sum if you become disabled.
We will fund your children's education in the event of your death, disability or severe illness.
Additional benefits to provide further financial protection
Medical Premium Waiver
The Medical Premium Waiver covers your family's Discovery Health Medical Scheme contributions for up to 10 years if you die, become disabled or suffer severe illness. This benefit will cover the contributions for the remaining lives on your health plan and will increase in line with the medical scheme contribution increase, up to a maximum of 20% each year.
Global Health Protector
The Global Health Protector ensures that you and your family are covered for a number of medical procedures that either cannot be performed in South Africa or have a greater success rate if performed in the USA. The Global Health Protector will cover the cost of medically necessary healthcare procedures and medication in the USA. It will also cover the costs of transporting you and, if medically necessary, a family member, organ donor, nurse or doctor to the medical facility. We've partnered with an extensive network of leading hospitals and centres of excellence in the USA to ensure that the full procedure, including surgical and medical treatments and organ transplants, will be covered. An overall lifetime limit of $1 million per insured family member applies.
Supplementary Illness Benefit
The Discovery Supplementary Illness Benefit provides lump-sum payouts, premium protection and home support when you need it most.
- Medical Breakthrough Funder:Gives you a lump-sum payout of up to R820 000 on diagnosis of qualifying illnesses associated with high treatment costs as well as access to advanced genomic sequencing for certain cancers.
- Comprehensive Premium Protector:Covers your medical scheme, Discovery Vitality and Discovery Gap Cover premiums for up to two years in the event of death, disability or severe illness.
- Home Support Benefit:Pays you R15,000 every month for a year if you or your spouse experience a qualifying life-changing event.
- Yearly PayBack:Get up to 25% of your Discovery Supplementary Illness Benefit premiums back through the PayBack benefit.
We will reward you for managing your health with Vitality
Get exclusive rewards for being healthy and managing your financial wellness. Benefit from upfront premium discounts and get up to 50% of your premiums back.
Recognised in South Africa and globally
Discovery Life Limited. Registration number 1966/003901/06, is a licensed life insurer, an authorised financial services and registered credit provider, NCR Reg No. NCRCP3555. Product rules, terms and conditions apply.