The high cost of funerals will come as a nasty shock to anyone that has not had to deal with this kind of thing before.If you haven’t given this much thought before, it is best that you start thinking about it now. A funeral can cost anything up to R50 000, when considering the cost of tombstone and custom considerations.So, on top of trying to cope with the grief involved with such an occasion, you still need to worry about ...

There is a waiting period for funeral cover regarding natural death is normally between 6 and 12 months. During this waiting period, you can get a waiver with death resulting from an accident. If you have a pre-existing condition and a bad prognosis, the normal waiting period will apply.You can also find policies which have pensioners’ plans. They provide government grant recipients with easy access to funeral cover. They have affordable premiums and provide adequate cash benefits to cover funeral ...

A funeral in South Africa can cost anything up to R30 000 or more, depending on the costs of custom practices that must be adhered to. A cremation could be slightly less, but still expensive.People don’t usually think of funeral costs while in the hustle and bustle of their daily lives. Death is far from people’s minds. They don’t like to think about death. It’s morbid, they think, so we’ll not dwell on such thoughts.Death often comes as a surprise ...

Everybody should take out funeral cover. If you are a responsible citizen, you will take out funeral cover immediately. Anything can happen at any time in life, it is totally out of our control, and your family must be prepared for this. You may not want to be thinking of funerals when you’re strong and healthy, and any thought of death is far away. You may even think it’s morbid to think of things like this, but you also know ...

Life insurance does not provide funeral cover. In any event, life insurance policies normally don’t pay out immediately. It could take some time for the cover to be paid and you need to settle funeral costs at the time of the funeral.It is essential that you have funeral cover as funerals are very expensive and your family could be left in a precarious position if there is no money available for them to give you a proper burial or cremation, ...