Life insurance payouts exceeded R522bn in 2020 as death claims soared by almost 37%

newsBL Premium reports that SA life insurers paid out more than half-a-trillion rand in benefit claims in 2020 as Covid-19 took a heavy toll. Claims and benefit payments to life cover policyholders rose 6.5% to R522.7bn in 2020, up from the previous year’s R491bn, according to long-term insurance statistics released by the Association for Savings & Investment SA (Asisa) on Monday.

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