A lot of forethought, planning and investment goes into funerals, but many people forget that once the caterers have packed up, the marquee has been taken down. The headstone unveiled, the surviving members of your family must face life without you and pay the costs for the funeral.

Helping ensure your family is provided for financially is very important; the earlier you start planning for that, the better.

This basic funeral policy assists employees with funeral expense cover that ranges from M10 000 to M50 000, depending on the cover chosen.This benefit is funeral cover for small, medium, or large companies’ employees and their immediate families, with the added benefit that no underwriting is required for this cover.

The following benefits can be included at an additional cost:

• Repatriation benefits up to M20,000
• Parents cover not exceeding 50% of the main life cover benefit
• Grocery benefit on the death of the main member
• Tombstone benefit on the death of the main member
• Cow benefit for main member and children.