Insurance Press Releases

Avoid Falling Into The Under-Insurance Trap

Many South Africans assume that if they have a home contents insurance policy in place, they will be covered if any of their possessions are lost, stolen or damaged. What they don’t realise is that if they don’t insure their possessions at their replacement value they could have to cough up – even if they have been diligently paying their insurance premiums every month.

Dial Direct Launches Business Insurance

March 2007 - This month, Dial Direct will add a Business Insurance offering to its portfolio. Answering to the demand for affordable, short-term insurance products for SMEs, Dial Direct Business Insurance not only caters for SME-specific insurance needs but, can also be further customised to individual business requirements.

TLC for Cars this Winter

Just like you stock up on vitamins or put on a bit more moisturiser during winter, your car needs extra attention too.
While South Africa doesn’t suffer a dramatic drop in temperature during winter, it is still advisable to be aware that the change of season does affect your car.

Can't Make Your Payments? What You Need To Know…

At some point or another, many consumers experience financial difficulty of some sort, which may mean that they can't make their short-term insurance premium payments.

The danger with this is that their insurance policy will lapse and their vehicle or house will no longer be insured.

With today's high accident rates and the rising incidence of house breakings, this is not a good situation to be in.

Buying A New Car? Don't Forget to Shop Around for Insurance!

handshake For a first-time car buyer, the process can be fraught with difficult decisions.
Many buyers are not aware of the fact that they need to have insurance before driving their new car off the showroom floor.
The financial institutions providing the finance for the purchase will insist on this, in order to ensure that their new asset is protected.

Traffic Fine Arrests and Your Rights

traffic sign As the Metro Police continue to clamp down on unpaid traffic fines around the country, arrests of motorists are on the increase. In Gauteng alone, R3 million in unpaid fines is outstanding and 145 people were arrested over the weekend of 16/17 July 2005. The arrests are causing significant debate about whether or not this practice is legal. Emails to this effect are circulating, warning motorists that they cannot be arrested unless the arresting officer produces a warrant for their arrest.

Motor Warranties versus Motor Plans

When purchasing a new vehicle, it is important to find out what all of your options are, and this doesn't just mean finance and insurance. Motor warranties and motor plans are added options that many people don't know about. Those who do know about them may not understand exactly what they include or exclude.

Brokers take on Dial Direct – and lose!

Rapidly growing short-term insurance company, Dial Direct, which offers consumers direct access to and advice on motor and household insurance, recently created a stir in the market when it was taken to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) by two of the largest Broker associations in South Africa, namely SAFSIA and the IBC, for its advertising campaign which ran in 2003.

Dial Direct launches Protection Plus to combat HIV

Recent statistics reveal that according to research, there are around one thousand new cases of HIV infections each week.

In addition, the startling research reveals that women have a one in four chance of being raped in their lifetimes and that a woman is being raped every 24 seconds.

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