Business Description:
I am a Certified Financial Planner. I have been a broker for over 26 years, I worked at Liberty life for 10 years and I have been at Discovery for over 16 years.
I assist individuals and businesses with their financial planning needs. I can help with risk cover (life/disability/severe illness/income protection/global educator), local and offshore investments, personal lines short term insurance for building/motor/content/portable possessions, Discovery health and vitality, opening of Discovery bank accounts, group risk schemes and provident funds for companies, business insurance needs for example contingent liability, key man and partnership insurance and Discovery gap cover. I can assist with retirement planning, risk planning, wealth planning and estate planning.
I believe in treating each client like they are family, and I always give my clients best advice and always keeping their best interests at heart. I believe the one thing setting me apart from other brokers is my service.
How Business Creates Value:
Discovery's core purpose is to make people healthier and to enhance and protect their lives. All our products are designed with this core purpose in mind. Our vitality wellness program is the foundation on which all our products are built.
Backed by Discovery's full range of benefits, we offer unique benefits in comparison to the market.
For example on our severe illness we offer Lifetime plus 200% - we pay out up to 200% of your sum assured per claim, it reinstates full cover 14 days after each claim, allowing multiple claims, and includes an early cancer, cancer relapse and acute multiple organ failure. On our capital disability, we offer lifetime 300 where you can get paid out up to 300% of your sum assured, should you require any medical technology device for example an artificial arm, leg, heart, e-sight, e-hearing etc.
On our life policies, you can health and bank integrate if you have got Discovery health, vitality and/or Discovery bank, and qualify for an upfront discount on your premium and paybacks on your total risk premium of up to 90%.
We offer the only recurring dollar endowment in south Africa.
How Member Creates Value:
I have been doing networking for around 24 years and met a lot of people, and I can share a lot of knowledge with my fellow members to help teach them how to become a natural networker.
I have a big client base and a big social circle of friends, for potential referrals for my fellow members.
What I do - services I assist clients with
Long term insurance - risk cover like life, capital disability, severe illness, income protection
For companies and partners - group risk cover for companies and business insurance for partners and directors like key man insurance and buy and sell (partnership) insurance as well as contingent liabilities to cover loans for example
Short term insurance - personal lines motor, household content, building and portable possessions
Discovery health and vitality as well as Discovery gap cover
Discovery bank accounts - I can open a transactional account, credit card or suiite, as well as offer personal loans and home loans to my clients
I do offshore and local investments - lump sum and recurring unit trusts, endowments, retirement annuities, recurring dollar endowment (only one in South Africa), provident funds for companies as well as life annuities, living annuities and pension and provident preservation funds
Retirement planning advice
Estate planning advice
I can refer my clients to Discovery wills and trusts and the Discovery estate preserver
Why I do it - why I chose this career
I am passionate about helping people and making a positive difference in their lives.
It is so rewarding to see how my clients retire comfortably or get an investment pay out that matured for a specific event they saved for like buying a house or car.
It also comforts me to see when have enough risk cover in place, should they have to unfortunately claim against a benefit, but I can see how having their policies in place takes financial pressure off them, so they can concentrate on getting better.