About 1Life

Innovation for the better

When we launched in 2006, we shook up the insurance industry with our fresh, customer-focused approach – offering affordable, simple and convenient insurance products direct to South Africans. We have evolved over the years from being a direct life insurer to becoming a multi-distribution insurer in 2013, offering services for all classes of independent financial advisers and in 2021 launching our own tied broker. We are always innovating, always looking for ways to meet South Africans’ evolving needs and change lives for the better.

Everything we do is geared towards making it simpler for you to make smart choices and to protect and grow your wealth. Take a look at some of our industry “firsts”: We were the first company to sell life insurance direct to the public online and through our mobi site, and the first life company to launch a USSD policy management service (*120*101#) for life policyholders. We were the first to introduce HIV testing via saliva instead of blood tests.

Digital innovation is at the heart of what we do. Thanks to automated claims processing, 1Life’s qualifying funeral cover claims are not only processed, approved, and paid on the same day, they’re settled in around five minutes!

We work hard to bring South Africans innovative new products. With 1Life Prepaid Funeral Cover customers without a bank account can buy cover because we believe everyone deserves the protection of insurance.