Download Benefits for your employees from Discovery Life Group Risk

Benefits for your employees from Discovery Life Group Risk
Why is it important to offer employee benefits?
With the economy recovering, your budgets shrinking and financial planning being so crucial in day to day living the benefits
your company offers your employees are one of the reasons that a potential candidate may choose the position. Choosing
the right benefit package for your employees will take some careful research though the outcome could end up saving you,
the employer, a great deal of money and may invite exceptional employees to your company.
Discovery Life Benefits that have been secured for you as a member of the NSBC
Employees are the single most valuable asset for any company. Use Discovery Life Group Risk to attract the best talent
through the value benefits we offer. Discovery Group Risk has designed a flexible solution that will protect National Small
Business Chamber (NSBC) employees and their families throughout their lives. NSBC members can get Life Cover, Capital
Disability Cover and Funeral Cover at very competitive prices through the NSBC Umbrella scheme for their staff. You can
get cover for your employees for as little as R100 per month.
Life Cover Benefit
The Life Cover Benefit will pay a lump sum in the event of an NSBC member or their employees’ death, giving their families
the financial support they need.
Global Education Protector
As part of the Life Cover Benefit, members that are on category three and four will also receive the Global Education Protector.
We cover education from pre-school to tertiary level.
All South African universities are included in this benefit, as well as universities of technology (technikons) and recognised
institutions providing education for a trade. Your children could even attend international universities like Harvard,
Cambridge and Oxford.
Under this benefit, Discovery Life Group Risk guarantees the payment of the education fees of your children. Payments will be made
directly to the institution where the child is being educated and will be made until the child completes a three-year qualification.
There is no limitation on the number of children covered per member.
Capital Disability Benefit
The Capital Disability Benefit provides a lump sum to ensure your employees remain financially secure in the event of
becoming disabled and not being able to earn income.
Should a member become disabled an amount equal to 50% or 100% of the chosen cover will be paid to him/her. This would
depend on the severity of the disability and the impact the disability has on the member’s ability to earn an income.
(The definition of disability during the first 12 months of claim is when you cannot perform your own job at your own employer).
There is a 12 month exclusion for pre-existing conditions. There is no waiting period attached to this benefit.
Funeral Cover Benefit
The Funeral Cover Benefit provides a lump sum payment to cover the cost of a funeral in as little as 48 hours.
The employee, three spouses and five children will be covered on this policy.
Additional benefits with Discovery Group Risk Life
Continue your benefits: Continuation option
The Capital Disability Benefit, Global Education Protector and the Funeral Cover Benefit ends on resignation, retrenchment,
retirement or age 65. However because Discovery Life is designed to accommodate the dynamic needs of our policyholders
the Continuation option benefit can be selected by the employee to enable him or her to take out an individual LIFE PLAN
with Discovery Life for same benefits they enjoyed under the Group Risk LIFE PLAN.
Have your employees engage in a state of the art health and wellness programme:
Join Vitality
Vitality is a wellness programme that empowers employees to improve their health by giving them the knowledge, tools and
motivation to set and meet health goals. The more healthy your employees, the more Vitality rewards them and the greater the
productivity in the workplace. To qualify for Vitality, 50% of your staff members must be on Discovery Health.
What next
The Afken Group
It’s always good to speak to your financial adviser. As a member of the NSBC you can contact
Afken Financial Services on 0861 4 AFKEN (23536) to answer any questions that you may have,
and help you apply from 1 February 2011. Your cover will be effective from 1 March 2011 which
is the beginning of the next tax year.
Afken Risk Management (Pty) Ltd
Afken Wealth Management (Pty) Ltd
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