Empowering Advisors: Strategies for Identifying Insurance Gaps

Podcast: COVER Magazine · COVER Publications 100 (Pty) Ltd

Opublikowano: 2026-07-21

How well protected are South Africans really? According to Old Mutual's latest claims experience and the findings of the ASISA Protection Gap Study, the answer is: not nearly enough. In this conversation, Tony van Niekerk sits down with Arno Jansen van Vuuren, Head of Product: Retail Marketing, Old Mutual, to unpack the realities behind South Africa's widening insurance protection gap. Using real claims data alongside industry research, Arno explains why severe illness claims continue to rise, why cancer remains the leading driver across multiple benefit categories, and why underinsurance affects even affluent consumers. The discussion ex...