• Ensure that your insurance broker is registered with and licensed by the FSB – Financial Services Board.
• Always remember to ask to see your broker’s license; this will indicate what kind of product can be sold by the broker.
• If you withhold any information even if it is not intentional, this is usually one of the primary reasons a claim will be rejected by the insurance company.
• Your financial advisor will do a risk analysis prior to a package or insurance product being sold to you.
• Tax implications should and must be explained in detail at point of sale.
• Financial advisers are licensed according to their qualifications and experience for the kind of planning they are permitted to sell.
• The experts recommend that financial advisers belong to a professional group, for example the Financial Intermediaries Association of South Africa.
• The reason for belonging to a group such as this is that the financial adviser will be kept up to speed at all times regarding any changes in the law and industry developments.
• The dealings of the financial adviser will be scrutinized at all times for ethical reasons.
• If you prefer not to go this route, you can easily compare quotes from various insurance companies so that you will find the best product at the best prices.
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