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Discovery announces partnership with Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka
Press releases • Mar 28, 2018 14:05 CAT
Discovery Limited, the South African-founded financial services organisation guided by the core purpose of making people healthier and enhancing and protecting lives, announced today that they are the Official Wellness Partner to Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka.
A fierce flu season is expected: immunising early is the best defence
Press releases • Mar 12, 2018 10:30 CAT
Discovery Health recommends early vaccination against flu to protect everyone, including all high-risk members. The Winter’s colder months are almost here and this means that the time has once again come for us, living in the southern hemisphere, to take up the annual fight against flu.
Regulation 28 offshore limits to increase
Press releases • Feb 23, 2018 11:47 CAT
A key announcement by Finance Minister, Malusi Gigaba this week included the increase in offshore allocations by institutional investors of 5%, meaning that institutional investors can now invest up to 30% offshore. However, institutional investors typically include retirement funds...
Discovery’s strong performance sets the foundation for further growth in 2018
Press releases • Feb 20, 2018 09:35 CAT
Group Chief Executive, Adrian Gore, shared the interim earnings and performance highlights of the Discovery Group for the six months ended 31 December 2017 with analysts.
Morningstar and PlexCrown Fund Ratings recognises exceptional performance by Discovery Invest
Press releases • Feb 14, 2018 11:53 CAT
Fresh from celebrating its 10-year anniversary, Discovery Invest is on the accolade trail with one of its flagship funds recently nominated for a Morningstar South Africa fund award, while the asset manager was ranked in the PlexusCrown Survey as the fourth best CIS management company in South Africa as at end December 2017...
South African triathletes ready for Commonwealth glory
Press releases • Feb 12, 2018 12:16 CAT
South Africa’s triathlon medal prospects at the Commonwealth Games look promising after team mates Richard Murray and Henri Schoeman bagged gold and silver respectively during the elite men’s race at the 2018 Discovery Triathlon World Cup Cape Town, on Sunday 11 February 2018 in Green Point.
Studies show the emotional state of a driver can impact safety on the road
Press releases • Jan 25, 2018 14:21 CAT
Texting while driving, and drinking and driving are known causes of severe road accidents and road deaths. Extreme emotions while driving can be equally as dangerous.
Run the Western Cape – in style – with the Discovery Vitality Run Series
Press releases • Jan 11, 2018 16:15 CAT
Following the overwhelming success of the Discovery Vitality Run Series in Johannesburg in 2017, Discovery Vitality is excited to announce the launch of the next Run Series in the Western Cape over February and March this year.
R5 million required to fund the education of an average size family in SA
Press releases • Nov 29, 2017 11:05 CAT
Financial planning for education came under the spotlight at a roundtable event recently hosted by Discovery Life. The discussion focused on key insights from a White Paper Discovery Life developed on current trends in education funding and protection in South Africa, and finding solutions in response to the various trends...
Poppy Ntshongwana, Discovery Insure and local celebs raise road safety awareness
Press releases • Nov 09, 2017 15:28 CAT
How well do our celebs drive? Discovery Insure and #RidingPopGun creator Poppy Ntshongwana are teaming up with well-loved, local celebs to ride “Pop Gun” and answer this question by putting their driving skills to the test. SA roads will soon carry holiday makers to their December holiday destination and as the most dangerous time of year to be on our roads, safety is top of mind.
Entries now open for 2018 Discovery Get Active Weekend in Cape Town
Press releases • Nov 01, 2017 09:29 CAT
Continuing its endorsement of mass participation sporting events, Discovery will once more host the Discovery Triathlon World Cup Cape Town and Discovery Duathlon Cape Town.
The state of health in South Africa according to Discovery Life’s claim experience 2016
Press releases • Oct 23, 2017 10:50 CAT
Discovery Life published insights of its life assurance claims from January 2016 to December 2016. A total of 20 247 claims were paid over the period, amounting to R3.2 billion. This brings the total amount that Discovery Life has paid out to date up to R18.7 billion.
Over 42 000 sanitary packs donated to keep 6 000 girls in school
Press releases • Oct 18, 2017 09:50 CAT
During Women’s Month, Discovery Vitality partnered with Dis-Chem to empower school girls through a special Vitality MoveToGive campaign. The two-week campaign received overwhelming success with over 42 000 sanitary packs donated to the Caring4Girls programme, which will help improve the health and gender equality of schoolgirls living in disadvantaged areas.
South Africa’s healthiest city revealed
Press releases • Oct 11, 2017 11:29 CAT
Cape Town has the highest number of people who are a healthy weight, plus they purchase the most vegetables and fruit, when compared with South Africa’s other major cities.
Discovery Health partners with HealthTap to provide significant new services to Discovery Health clients in South Africa
Press releases • Sep 20, 2017 14:04 CAT
Dr Jonathan Broomberg, CEO of Discovery Health, announced the launch of DrConnect, the product of a partnership between Discovery Health and HealthTap, based in Palo Alto, California. DrConnect provides a world-leading platform connecting patients, doctors and medical scheme case managers using state-of-the-art technology and artificial intelligence.
Discovery delivers robust performance as it continues to build scale globally
Press releases • Sep 18, 2017 10:54 CAT
Reporting annual financial results for the period ended 30 June 2017.
Why a focus on health is vital this Women’s Month – what to know and do in your 20s, 30s, 40s and beyond
Press releases • Aug 07, 2017 09:18 CAT
In a bid to promote health education this Women’s Month, clinicians at Discovery Vitality have prepared guidelines to help women maintain good health at different life stages.
Avis partners with Discovery Insure to launch SafeDrive.
Press releases • Jul 31, 2017 09:50 CAT
Avis Rent a Car has partnered with Discovery Insure to launch Avis SafeDrive, the smartphone app designed to reward Avis rental customers for safe driving.
Patients once again choose SA’s top 20 hospitals on experience of care
Press releases • Jul 17, 2017 11:09 CAT
Who better to describe the reality of the healthcare experience in South Africa’s private hospitals than the patient? This week’s announcement of the country’s top 20 hospitals for 2016 is based on the results of the most recent Discovery Health Patient Survey Score (PaSS) initiative, now in its third year.
Discovery and Vitality-linked insurers credited as pioneers of Shared-Value Insurance
Press releases • Jun 27, 2017 13:21 CAT
A new report published by FSG and the Shared Value Initiative this week recognizes the Vitality business model, formed by Discovery and deployed by five of the world’s leading insurers, as a leading example of Shared-Value in insurance.