by adminfwc | Jul 29, 2025 | Financial Planning, Life Cover, Medical, Retirement
No. 216 – Rethinking life insurance cover at retirement Question My wife and I are approaching retirement. We are in good health, have no debt, and have built up a reasonable nest egg. However, we are currently paying R15,000 per month for life and dread disease...
by adminfwc | Jul 1, 2025 | Financial Planning, Investment, Life Cover, Retirement, Uncategorized
No. 212 – Top 10 tips for managing money once full-time work is a thing of the past Question One in ten South Africans will live to age 100 so if you retire at 65, your savings may need to support you for another 35 years. Over the past 35 years you lived...
by adminfwc | Jun 2, 2025 | Financial Planning, Investment, Life Cover, Retirement
No. 207 – Protect your finances with critical illness cover Question I’ve recently joined a company where there are no employee benefits, so we need to make our own arrangements. At my old company, I had critical illness cover of one times my annual...
by adminfwc | Jun 2, 2025 | Financial Planning, Life Cover, Medical, Tax
No. 206 – Whether to keep or cancel a life insurance policy Question I took out a life insurance policy many years ago which will pay out about R20m. I do not need the life cover anymore as the loan it needed to cover has been settled. The current premiums are...
by adminfwc | May 5, 2025 | Estate Planning, Financial Planning, Life Cover, Medical
202 – Life insurance and children: how to do the maths Question We will be having our first baby shortly and I think it is about time that I took out some life insurance. How do I work out how much life insurance I should get? Answer The short answer is that you...
by adminfwc | Jan 31, 2025 | Financial Planning, Investment, Life Cover
190 – Finance basics: budget, emergency fund and debt Question I would like to get my finances in order this year. What is the best way of going about it? Answer I recommend following a systematic approach towards managing your finances and would suggest that...
