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Expense Protector Salary Protection

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1Life Expense Protector helps you pay your bills if you are temporarily disabled by an illness or injury. You decide how much cover you will need and how much you would like to be paid out monthly.

  • No medical exams just an HIV swab
  • Premiums fixed for the first 12 months
  • No waiting periods, you are covered immediately

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What is income protection

If you rely on your monthly income to pay expenses like your bond, school fees and groceries, and would struggle to survive for some months without a salary, salary protection is advisable.

1Life Expense Protector is a type of income protection insurance that pays out if temporary disability results in a loss of income. You pay a monthly premium, and if you are temporarily disabled by an accident or illness, and unable to work, your policy will pay out as a lump sum, or a lump sum and a monthly amount. So you can cover your living expenses until you are able to return to work.  Without it, your family is financially at risk in the event of an accident or illness. 

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What makes income protection the right choice for you and your family

You’re covered in minutes

You know your family will be taken care of with up to R4 million cover. You can get cover online or with just 1 simple call, immediate underwriting and no paperwork!

No medical exams

Get hassle free and convenient cover with no medical exams required just a simple HIV saliva swab that you can take at a Clicks or Dischem pharmacy near you.

Immediate cover

Your policy has no waiting periods and you are covered immediately for accidental disablement.

Fixed premiums

Isn’t it good to know that with 1Life Insurance dread disease cover policies, you can bank on no premium increases, guaranteed, for the first 12 months of your policy.

We're all about changing our expense protector policyholder's lives

We work every day to change our policyholder's lives.
We look after our policyholders with affordable and convenient cover packed with great benefits.

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Manage your policy 24/7

Manage your policy conveniently and quickly using our online policyholder portal and WhatsApp service centre.

Help managing your finances

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Benefit increase

Choose to increase your benefit pay-out by 5% when you start your policy or submit a claim.

Flexible pay-outs

You choose between a lump sum and a monthly pay-out.


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Expense Protector FAQs

1Life Expense Protector, a type of income protection, is an innovative disability insurance policy designed to protect you and your family against the financial implications of disability and loss of income. The policy pays out your sum assured amount monthly if you become temporarily disabled up until you return to work or retire. Your payout depends on the type and amount of cover bought.

You decide how much cover you might need as well as how much you would like to be paid out monthly. You can choose to split your benefit between a monthly pay-out or a total lump sum pay-out as follows:

  • 100% lump sum : 0% monthly
  • 75% lump sum : 25% monthly
  • 50% lump sum : 50% monthly
  • 25% lump sum : 75% monthly
  • 0% lump sum : 100% monthly 

Disablement cover normally pays out a lump sum if the policyholder is permanently disabled. 1Life Expense Protector is designed to help you cover your monthly bills while you recover from a disabling injury before you return to work.

Yes, you will have to undergo an HIV test in order to qualify for 1Life Expense Protector.

DebiCheck is a way you control how certain debit orders are taken out of your bank account. You confirm this once, at the start of the contract. This is done to inform your bank that you give permission for the money to be taken from your account. Find out more here.

No, however there is a deferment period from the date you are diagnosed. This is the period of time that has to lapse, after occurrence of an event that leads to a claim, before you are entitled to receive a benefit. 

Call one of our claim consultants on 0860 10 51 96. The consultant will explain the claims process and will provide you with information on the documents required to process the claim. E-mail the forms back to us:

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