Adrian Gore to receive the Geneva Forum for Health Award
Adrian Gore, CEO of Discovery, will tomorrow night receive the Geneva Forum for Health Award at a ceremony during the Forum for Health in Geneva, Switzerland.
Topics: Economy, Finance
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Sizwe Nxasana to highlight trends affecting the financial services sector at upcoming Discovery Financial Planning Summit
The second Discovery Financial Planning Summit will take place on 19 May 2015 at the Sandton Convention Centre under the theme ‘Making sense of today’s financial complexities.’ Over 1500 financial advisers are expected to attend the event, which is notably a key highlight in the 2015 financial services calendar.
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DISCOVERY AND JOHN HANCOCK ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
Discovery Limited (“Discovery”) and John Hancock Insurance (“John Hancock”) have entered into a strategic partnership which will see the introduction of a comprehensive healthy living program for U.S. consumers. John Hancock, a division of the global financial services group Manulife, is one of the largest life insurers in the United States.
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Discovery Invest launches the Dollar Discovery Retirement Optimiser
Discovery Invest announced its new globally-focused retirement product, the Dollar Discovery Retirement Optimiser, which is aimed at building up a retirement nest egg in hard currency.
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Minister of Finance to share his vision for South Africa at upcoming Discovery Financial Planning Summit
Discovery will host its second Financial Planning Summit on 19 May 2015 at the Sandton Convention Centre under the theme ‘Making sense of today’s financial complexities’.
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Discovery Invest’s new Enhanced Yield Fund provides clients with the ability to earn significant returns
At a launch held in Johannesburg, Discovery Invest announced its investment product enhancements which included a newly designed structured fund, the Discovery Enhanced Yield Fund. Compared with traditional interest or income funds, the Discovery Enhanced Yield Fund offers investors the potential to earn significantly higher fixed returns of 15 percent per year.
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Discovery Life’s Income Continuation Benefit now also protects a client’s lifestyle
At a launch event held in Johannesburg on Tuesday, Discovery Life announced exciting enhancements to its Income Continuation Benefit, which includes market-leading comprehensive income and lifestyle protection and a broadened claims criteria.
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Discovery announces capital raise to purchase majority stake in credit card partnership and expansion of life protection business in the UK
Discovery Limited today announced details of the Group’s intention to raise capital to the amount of R5 billion through a fully underwritten, renounceable rights issue. Proceeds of the rights issue will be used to fund growth in adjacent financial markets in South Africa, and to drive further growth in its high-potential protection business in the UK, VitalityLife.
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Discovery delivers excellent financial results and accelerated global growth
Discovery delivers excellent financial results and accelerated global growth • Normalised headline earnings up 20% to R1 981 million • Normalised profit from operations up 19% to R2 824 million • Growth in embedded value increased 14% to R45.5 billion • New business growth of 17% to R6 663 million
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Discovery Invest's Capital 200+ is back to offer a minimum return of at least double your capital, if global markets return even as little as 1%
Successfully launched in May of 2014, the Discovery Capital 200+ is reopening today, Monday, 26 February 2015 for a limited period. For investors looking for equity exposure to the European and US markets, the Discovery Capital 200+ offering is a fixed-term five-year product investing in the Euro Stoxx 50 and S&P 500 indices.
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SADC Health Ministers endorse Discovery Health’s fourth bottom line strategy
Discovery Health’s fourth bottom line strategy was on 15 January 2015 endorsed by health ministers of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) at a key conference held in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. This strategy takes into account the impact of employee wellness on company performance and profit and integrates health reporting into companies’ statutory reports.
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Entries for the Discovery Health Journalism Awards 2014 are now open
Are you a health journalist proud of your work in helping to provide our citizens with reporting of high quality in healthcare? Discovery Health invites you to submit your work that has been published or broadcast between 1 January 2014 and 31 December 2014 for the Discovery Health Journalism Awards 2014.
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The Generali Group announce partnership that will see Discovery’s shared-value insurance model rolled out in Europe
18 November - The Generali Group (“Generali”) today announced a strategic partnership that will see the introduction of Discovery’s shared-value insurance model to the European market. Generali is one of the 50 largest organisations in the world and serves over 60 million clients.
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Discovery acquires full ownership of its UK joint venture; UK businesses rebranded
Discovery today announced an important strategic change in its business with its acquisition of the remaining 25% stake in Prudential Health Holdings Limited, the holding company of PruHealth and PruProtect in the UK.
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Discovery Health statement relating to Ronald Bobroff & Partners
1. Cover for motor vehicle accidents in claims against the Road Accident Fund
Discovery’s position on Road Accident Fund (“RAF”) claims is in accordance with the attached press release from the Council of Medical Schemes (Annexure A) and is summarised below:
· Discovery Health Medical Scheme (“the Scheme”) does not differentiate between medical claims resulting from a motor vehicle -
Bloemfontein weighs in highest in the Vitality ObeCity Index
According to the Discovery Vitality ObeCity Index the least healthy Vitality members, when compared on weight status and associated factors, live in Bloemfontein while the healthiest Vitality members live in Cape Town.
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Discovery Financial Annual Results
Innovative behaviour-based model drives global Discovery growth • Normalised profit from operations up 23% to R4 976 million • New business growth of 15% to R12 196 million • Normalised headline earnings up 24% to R3 457 million • Growth in embedded value of 21% to R43.1 billion
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Discovery Insure concludes partnership with leading US technology firm
Johannesburg (26 August 2014) – Discovery Limited today announced a strategic partnership deal with US-based Cambridge Mobile Telematics (CMT), a leading telematics technology provider. This deal will further bolster the current strategic partnership between Discovery Insure and CMT.
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Launch of “We Believe in You” all-star collaboration
Making it; listening to it; and dancing to it – music has long had a special place in South African culture and celebration. What a better way than to acknowledge a group of special South Africans who are true heroes in people’s lives, than through music.
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INVITATION: Discovery Foundation panel discussion on healthcare
South Africa is facing adverse healthcare challenges that threaten the quality of life of its citizens and overall economic growth
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