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Johannesburg - Nedgroup Life, the life insurance arm of the Nedbank Group [JSE:NED] has re-entered the fully underwritten life market through the launch of a suite of products that fall under the banner of 360Life.
Designed as a holistic approach to life insurance, Nedbank says 360Life has been researched and developed for more than a year and focuses on providing a flexible set of offerings including death, disability, critical illness and income protection cover.
The launch of 360Life will enable Nedbank to compete against other major life insurers such as Liberty, Old Mutual, Sanlam and Momentum, and provide another option for financial planners and individuals to consider.
It comes about a year after Nedbank acquired Old Mutual's 50% stake in Nedgroup Life, paving the way for re-entry into fully underwritten life insurance services.
In its joint venture with Old Mutual, Nedgroup Life had previously focused on credit life, mainly for mortgage bond holders, as well as simple risk and savings solutions to Nedbank retail clients.
“There was a gap in the Nedbank Group's range of financial services offerings and we believe that 360Life will fill this gap and make us a strong competitor in the fully underwritten life insurance market,” said Lance Blumeris, Chief Operating Officer of Nedgroup Life.
According to Blumeris, the life insurance market has changed considerably in the past few years with consumers needing flexible cover that adapts to changing lifestyles and enables benefits to be amended or added throughout one's lifespan.
“We did a lot of listening to the market when we designed 360Life and believe that we have come up with life insurance solutions that can grow with people as their lives and needs change. Our solutions are adaptable and responsive to every angle of a person's life.”
“360Life will adopt an individual pricing model and price accurately for risk, based on assessing policyholders' lifestyles holistically. Improvements in health and income will result in cash-back being paid out annually into a become health wallet.”
A core background element driving 360Life is an automated underwriting engine and “straight through processing” which sharply reduces the time between signing up new business and getting it on to the books.